ABOUT THE NATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER

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2 ABOUT THE NATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER Heartland Alliance s National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) protects human rights and ensures access to justice for immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. In the past year, we ve had some remarkable accomplishments. With the hard work and expertise of 1,500 pro bono attorneys, NIJC provided 10,000 immigrants and their families access to legal counsel. We helped more than 3,000 children coming to the United States alone navigate the immigration system and filed a federal complaint on behalf of more than 100 children who were abused by U.S. border officials. We achieved landmark decisions recognizing gender-based asylum claims. We made strides in combating unlawful enforcement and the harmful Secure Communities program. Together with our partners and supporters, we continue to push for humane comprehensive immigration reform and action that would bring relief to millions of people living in our communities. Learn more at immigrantjustice.org. Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights champions the human rights of individuals who are threatened by poverty or danger. For 125 years, Heartland Alliance has provided solutions through both services and policy that move people from crisis to stability to success. National Immigrant Justice Center Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy with NIJC staff at the 2014 Human Rights Awards. Photo credit: Craig Skorberg. 2

3 16th Annual NIJC Human Rights Awards Since 2000, the National Immigrant Justice Center s Human Rights Awards has honored human rights champions and celebrated the contributions of business, civic, and philanthropic leaders. Ishmael Beah was born in Sierra Leone in After being forced to fight as a child soldier in Sierra Leone, he escaped and in 1998 moved to the United States, where he graduated from Oberlin College with a bachelor s degree in political science. He is a member of the Human Rights Watch Children s Rights Division Advisory Committee and has spoken on behalf of children affected by war before the United Nations, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities at the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory. He is the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, about his experiences in the war Awardees Human Rights Practitioner Award: Mark A. Flessner Partner, Holland & Knight LLP Human Rights Commitment to Change Award: Carol Brook Executive Director, Federal Defender Program, Northern District of Illinois Human Rights Corporate Award: JPMorgan Chase & Co. ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS 2015 Keynote Speaker and Recipient of The Jeanne and Joseph Sullivan Award Ishmael Beah Counterclockwise from top during the 2014 NIJC Human Rights Awards: A full room; Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel; and keynoter Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas. Photo credit: Craig Skorberg. 3

4 NIJC Human Rights Awards Past to Present HISTORY OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS 2014 Keynote & Awardee: Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Awardees: Linda Coberly, Daniel Olmos, United Airlines, Inc Keynote & Awardee: Richard J. Durbin, U.S. Senator (D-IL) Awardees: AT&T Inc., Immigrant Youth Justice League, Brian Murray 2012 Keynote: Maria Hinojosa, Correspondent for PBS FRONTLINE, host of NPR s Latino USA Awardees: Caterpillar Inc. Legal Services Division, Jesus Chuy Garcia, Lawrence S. Schaner, Jon Stryker 2011 Keynote: Justice Margaret Marshall, Former Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Awardees: Albany Park Theater Project, Terry Yale Feiertag, McDonald s Corporation 2010 Keynote: Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift Awardees: Duane Sigelko, Sisters of Mercy, Exelon Corporation 2009 Keynote: António Guterres, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees; Former Prime Minister of Portugal Awardees: Luol Deng, James Morsch, Winston & Strawn LLP 2008 Keynote: Harold Koh, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights & Labor, U.S. Department of State Awardees: Melville Washburn, Chicago Community Trust, Chicago Public Radio, Chicago Reporter, WTTW11, Chicago Public Library 2007 Keynote: Joseph Margulies, Assistant Director, MacArthur Justice Center, Northwestern University Law School Awardees: Carlos M. Sada, Tibetan Alliance, Jenner & Block LLP 2006 Keynote: Seymour Hersh, Journalist, The New Yorker Magazine Awardess: Dr. Irene Martinez, Lee Ann Russo, Levi Strauss & Co Keynote: Richard J. Goldstone, Former Justice, South African Constitutional Court Awardees: Joseph Margulies, Natalie Spears 2004 Keynote: Paul Hoffman, Civil & Human Rights Attorney Awardees: Margaret Blackshere, David Berten, Ariel Investments 2003 Keynote: Mary Robinson, Former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights; Former President of Ireland Awardees: Juan Mendez, Bob Glaves, Aon Corporation 2002 Keynotes: Judge Abner Mikva, Former U.S. Congressman, Chief Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. Peggy Kou, Attorney, U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Awardees: Jeanne and Joseph Sullivan, Edwin Silverman, Chicago Tribune Editorial Board 2001 Keynote: David S. Weissbrodt, University of Minnesota Law School Awardees: Jacqueline Bhabha, Baxter International Foundation 2000 Keynote: Juan Garces, Lead Attorney of the Legal Team Prosecuting Chilean Dictator General Augusto Pinochet Awardees: Robert Kirschner, Jan Schakowsky 4

5 ship Benefits s are critical to the success of the NIJC Human Rights Awards. We thank you for your generous support and partnership. As a sponsor you will: Enable NIJC to continue protecting human rights and access to justice for immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. Demonstrate your commitment to the work of pro bono volunteers within your organization and to the community. Help sustain compelling pro bono opportunities that offer a wide range of courtroom and transactional experience. Obtain visibility for your organization before more than 800 attendees from major law firms, corporations, and civic and community leaders. s receive recognition on NIJC s website, invitation mailings, pre-event publications, advertisements in local newspapers, and signage and other materials at the event, according to the level of support. Robert Anderson Anonymous Aon Corporation AT&T Inc. Baker & McKenzie LLP Baker Hostetler LLP Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP BMO Harris Bank Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP Jane and Jim Carroll CDW CME Group Joan E. Coogan Dan Cotter Dentons DePaul University Carrie Di Santo DLA Piper US LLP Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Dykema Gossett PLLC Edwards Wildman Eimer Stahl LLP Ernst & Young Evans Food Group, Ltd. Exelon Corporation Faegre Baker Daniels LLP Mark A. Flessner and Diane Butterfield Foley & Lardner LLP Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP Franczek Radelet P.C. Global IP Law Group LLC Goldberg Kohn 2014 s Goldman Sachs Grant Thornton LLC Greene Espel Grippo & Elden LLC Elizabeth Higashi Holland & Knight LLP Hoy HSBC Huron Consulting Group Illinois Restaurant Association Jones Day JPMorgan Chase & Co. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Kaye Scholer LLP Hon. Thomas L. Kilbride Kirkland & Ellis LLP Latham & Watkins LLP Law Offices of Robert D. Ahlgren & Associates, P.C. Law Offices of Susan R. Fortino-Brown Locke Lord LLP Mayer Brown LLP McDermott Will & Emery LLP McDonald s Corporation McGuire Woods LLP Merrill Corporation Art & Jo Moore Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Steve Navarre Navigant Consulting, Inc. Neal Gerber & Eisenberg LLP NiSource Northern Trust Corporation Hon. Sheila O Brien (ret.) Frank S. Oddo UBS/ Wealth Advisor Ogletree Deakins Paul Hastings LLP Perkins Coie LLP Privatebankcorp, Inc. Protiviti PwC Quarles & Brady, LLP Rapp-McCowin Family Julie Rau Reed Smith LLP Ropes & Gray LLP John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Mony and Jesus Ruiz-Velasco, Steve Laxton Ryan S. Ruskin Lee Ann Russo Schiff Hardin LLP Seyfarth Shaw LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Special Counsel State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Sterling Bay Companies Jeanne M. Sullivan Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Thomson Reuters Mary Beth Tighe United Airlines Walgreens Mel and Pam Washburn Winston & Strawn LLP Zulkie Partners LLC BENEFITS OF SPONSORSHIP 5

6 NIJC Human Rights Awards Honorary Committee Stephen Chipman, Co-Chair Grant Thornton LLP John W. Rowe Exelon Corporation (formerly) NIJC Human Rights Awards Event Committee Carrie Di Santo, Co-Chair CME Group Marketa Lindt Carrie Hightman, Co-Chair NiSource Jesse Ruiz Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Lori Lightfoot, Co-Chair Mayer Brown LLP Mary Meg McCarthy NIJC Executive Director 6 NIJC BOARDS AND COMMITTEES Darryl Bradford Exelon Corporation Bruce R. Braun Jonathan C. Bunge Kirkland & Ellis LLP Jeffrey D. Colman Kathleen Cronin CME Group Charles W. Douglas Brad E. Kotler Latham & Watkins LLP NIJC Leadership Board Wade Thomson, Co-Chair Ann Marie Walsh, Co-Chair Locke Lord LLP Dolores Ayala Walgreen Co. Chirag Badlani Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. Debra R. Bernard Perkins Coie LLP David Berten Global IP Law Group, LLC Bartram Brown Chicago-Kent College of Law Gabrielle Buckley Vedder Price P.C. Edith Canter Chicago Debate Commission Marta Carreira-Slabe Aon Corporation Jane Carroll Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP Russell Cass Joan Coogan Chicago Transit Authority Carrie Di Santo CME Group Thomas Sabatino Gloria Santona McDonald s Corporation Charles F. Smith Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Jeffrey E. Stone McDermott Will & Emery LLP Jeanne M. Sullivan Mary Beth Tighe RR Donnelley Michael Wagner Baker & McKenzie LLP Monica M. Weed Navigant Consulting, Inc. Kathleen Dillon Narko Northwestern University School of Law Amy Doehring McDermott Will & Emery LLP Chad Doobay Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Jennifer Fardy Terry Feiertag Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. Mark A. Flessner Holland & Knight LLP Susan Fortino-Brown Law Office of Susan Fortino- Brown Monica Halloran Levy Restaurants Thomas Hurka Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Nissa Imbrock Mayer Brown LLP Michael Jarecki Law Office of Michael R. Jarecki Richard Johnson Robert Kent, Jr. Baker & McKenzie Kathleen Lally Latham & Watkins LLP Chad Doobay Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Jonathan S. Drage PwC Jennifer Fardy Mark A. Flessner Holland & Knight LLP Annette Isaacson JPMorgan Chase & Co. Erica Jaffe Marketa Lindt Michael Lipsitz JPMorgan Chase & Co. Maria Maras Accenture James Morsch Butler, Rubin, Saltarelli & Boyd LLP Andrew Moss Reed Smith LLP Rev. Craig Mousin DePaul University Wendy Netter Epstein DePaul University College of Law Rachel Nguyen Faegre Baker Daniels LLP Robert E. O Leary Mayer Brown LLP Daniel Olmos Nolan, Armstrong & Barton LLP Randall Oyler Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP Ivan Poullaos Winston & Strawn LLP Randall Rapp Kozacky & Weitzel, P.C. John J. Reidy III AT&T Services, Inc. John Mitchell U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission John N. Rapp Kozacky & Weitzel, P.C. Mark Sullivan Grant Thornton LLP Wade Thomson Rebecca van Uitert Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP Gabriel Rodriguez Schiff Hardin LLP Mony Ruiz-Velasco Law Offices of Mony Ruiz-Velasco Lee Ann Russo Jones Day Lawrence Schaner William Schiller Davidson & Schiller, LLC David Serwer Baker & McKenzie LLP Duane Sigelko Reed Smith LLP John Simon Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Maile Solis-Szukala Grippo & Elden Mark Sullivan Grant Thornton LLP Rebecca van Uitert Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP Ann Marie Wahls Latham & Watkins LLP Mr. Benjamin C. Weinberg Dentons Ellen Wheeler Foley & Lardner LLP Miriam Zeidman Anti-Defamation League

7 16 TH ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Rewards of ship Please select sponsorship level $30,000 Presenting $25,000 Premier $20,000 Partner $15,000 Platinum $10,000 Gold $5,000 Silver $3,000 Bronze Company recognition in media relations two premium tables one premium table Table at event (8 seats) Admittance to VIP reception Company name on invitation Logo in program full page and premium placement full page and premium placement full page half page half page one-third page Advertisement in program Recognition from the podium additional exclusive signage On-site signage Company listed on NIJC s website We cannot attend, but would like to make a tax-deductible donation of $ cut along dashed line Please make checks payable to the National Immigrant Justice Center. Name and Title Company Name Address City, State, Zip, Phone Please detach and mail to NIJC Human Rights Awards, c/o National Immigrant Justice Center. Attention: Michele Amatangelo, 208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1300, Chicago, IL For more information, please contact Michele Amatangelo at (312) or mamatangelo@heartlandalliance.org. Thank you. immigrantjustice.org/humanrightsawards 7

8 immigrantjustice.org/humanrightsawards Cover photography by Alexandra Strada (