ABOUT THE NIJC HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS Since 2000, the National Immigrant Justice Center s (NIJC) Human Rights Awards luncheon has honored human rights champions and celebrated the contributions of business, civic, and philanthropic leaders. The event draws more than 1,000 attendees and provides critical funding for NIJC to ensure that it can continue to promote human rights and access to justice for immigrants. Visit immigrantjustice.org/humanrightsawards. 2018 AWARDEES Keynote speaker & Jeanne and Joseph Sullivan Award recipient: Dolores Huerta Dolores Huerta is an American labor leader and civil rights activist who cofounded the National Farmworkers Association with César Chávez in 1962, making famous the popular rallying cry, Sí, Se Puede! Huerta has received numerous awards and accolades over the past five decades, recognizing her advocacy on behalf of workers, immigrants, and women s rights, including the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. In 2017, a biographical film titled Dolores was released, highlighting her lifelong commitment to social justice. Today at 87, Huerta continues her lifelong work protecting human rights; developing grassroots leaders; and advocating for the working poor, immigrants, women, and children. She is president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation. Human Rights Practitioner Award recipient: Jones Day Jones Day is a long-time pro bono partner with NIJC. Most recently, the firm created a national project to represent detained immigrant women in Laredo, Texas where its pro bono attorneys are conducting Know Your Rights trainings and intakes, and representing women seeking asylum. This is a unique project as it responds to a need for access to counsel in an area of the country where there are limited, if any, legal services available to poor asylum seekers. In addition to providing detained representation and legal consultations to hundreds of individuals, the firm has represented more than 150 non-detained immigrants. Human Rights Corporate Award recipient: Microsoft Corporation Microsoft is the leading platform and productivity company for the mobile-first, cloud-first world, and its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is committed to respecting human rights by seeking to avoid infringing on the rights of others and working to address adverse human rights impacts with which it is involved. Microsoft also commits to promoting human rights by harnessing the beneficial power of technology to help realize and sustain human rights everywhere. 1
THE HISTORY OF THE NIJC HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS 2017 Keynote & Awardee: Ilhan Omar, Minnesota State Representative Awardees: ; Dr. Zaher Sahloul; Reed Smith LLP 2016 Keynote & Awardee: Monica McWilliams, Professor of Women s Studies, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland Awardees: John Jay Reidy, AT&T Inc.; the Loyola University Chicago Student Body; Walgreen Co. 2015 Keynote & Awardee: Ishmael Beah, New York Times Bestselling Author and President of the Ishmael Beah Foundation Awardees: Carol A. Brook, Mark A. Flessner, JPMorgan Chase 2014 Keynote & Awardee: Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Awardees: Linda Coberly, Daniel Olmos,, Inc. 2013 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 Awardees: Melville Washburn, Chicago Community Trust, Chicago Public Radio, Chicago Reporter, WTTW11, Chicago Public Library 2007 Keynote: Joseph Margulies, Assistant Director, MacArthur Justice Center Awardees: Carlos M. Sada, Tibetan Alliance, Jenner & Block LLP 2006 Keynote: Seymour Hersh, Journalist, The New Yorker Magazine Awardees: Dr. Irene Martinez, Lee Ann Russo, Levi Strauss & Co. 2005 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, 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 2
HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS Sponsors 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 and to the community. Help sustain valuable pro bono opportunities that offer a range of courtroom and transactional experience. Obtain visibility for your organization before more than 1,000 attendees from major law firms, corporations, and civic and community leaders. Sponsors receive recognition on NIJC s website, invitation, pre-event publications, advertisements in local newspapers, and signage and other materials at the event, according to the level of support. Premier 2018 Sponsors (as of 4/24/18) Diamond Platinum Gold Silver 3 Allstate AT&T Inc. Dentons US LLP Jenner & Block LLP Jones Day Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Mayer Brown LLP O Melveny & Myers LLP Seyfarth Shaw LLP The Kapnick Foundation Corporation Ariel Investments LLC Astellas US LLC Buckley Sandler Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP CME Group CNA Crowell & Moring, LLP Exelon Corporation Faegre Baker Daniels LLP Foley & Lardner LLP GCM Grosvenor Grant Thornton LLC Hyatt Hotels Corporation JP Morgan Chase & Co. Latham & Watkins LLP Littler Mendelson P.C. Locke Lord LLP McDermott Will & Emery LLP McDonald s Corporation PwC AlixPartners LLC Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP BMO Harris Chapman and Cutler LLP ComEd Consilio Cozen O Connor DLA Piper US LLP Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Dykema Gossett PLLC Eimer Stahl LLP Epiq Goldberg Kohn Greenberg Traurig LLP Holland & Knight LLP Huron Consulting Microsoft Molex, LLC Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP NiSource Norton Rose Fulbright Paul Hastings LLP Polsinelli PC Protiviti John Rowe RSM US LLP Schiff Hardin LLP Walgreen Co. Willis Towers Watson
NIJC Human Rights Awards Honorary Committee Susie Lees, Co-Chair Allstate Diane Ratekin Huron Consulting NIJC Human Rights Awards Event Committee Natalie Spears, Co-Chair Dentons Mary Meg McCarthy National Immigrant Justice Center Chuck Smith, Co-Chair Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Carrie Di Santo CME Group Brett Hart Elena Kraus Walgreens Peter Lieb Lori Lightfoot Mayer Brown LLP David Mendelsohn DLA Piper Thomas O Neill Exelon John W. Rowe Exelon Corporation (formerly) Amy Rule First Lady of Chicago Gloria Santona McDonald s Corporation (formerly) Carole Segal Crate & Barrel Jeanne M. Sullivan Tina Tchen Buckley Sandler LLP Mary Beth Tighe RR Donnelley Monica Weed Navigant Consulting Vania Wit, Co-Chair Jessica Bartlett PricewaterhouseCoopers Marta Carreira-Slabe Jonathan S. Drage PricewaterhouseCoopers Jennifer Fardy Law Office of Jennifer K. Fardy, LLC Mark Flessner Holland & Knight Dennis Garcia Microsoft Annette Isaacson JPMorgan Chase & Co. Marketa Lindt Perry O Brien Takeda Pharmaceuticals Ernesto Ramos BMO Harris Bank John J. Reidy III. AT&T Pilar Rivera Takeda Pharmaceuticals Mark Sullivan Grant Thornton LLP John Skakun Wade Thomson Jenner & Block LLP Rebecca van Uitert Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP NIJC Leadership Board Wade Thomson, Co-Chair Jenner & Block LLP Ann Marie Walsh, Co-Chair Locke Lord LLP Dolores Ayala Allstate Insurance Company Chirag Badlani Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. Debra Rae 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 Russell Cass Clark Hill Kathleen Dillon Narko Northwestern University School of Law Amy Doehring McDermott Will & Emery LLP Chad Doobay Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Jennifer Fardy Law Office of Jennifer K. Fardy, LLC Terry Y. 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 Annette Isaacson JPMorgan Chase Michael Jarecki Law Office of Michael R. Jarecki Sherene Jodrey Marc Kadish Mayer Brown Richard Brad Kapnick Katten & Temple LLP Robert Kent, Jr. Baker & McKenzie LLP Marketa Lindt Rebecca Lock DLA Piper LLP James Morsch Butler, Rubin, Saltarelli & Boyd LLP Rev. Craig Mousin DePaul University College of Law Soledad O Donnell Mayer Brown LLP Randall Oyler Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP Samad Pardesi Kirkland & Ellis Ivan Poullaos Winston & Strawn LLP Ernesto Ramos BMO Harris Bank Randall Rapp John J. Reidy III AT&T Inc. Gabriel Rodriguez Schiff Hardin LLP Mony Ruiz-Velasco P.A.S.O. (West Suburban Action Project) Lee Ann Russo Jones Day Gloria Santona William Schiller Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. David Serwer Baker & McKenzie LLP Duane Sigelko Reed Smith LLP John Simon Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP John Skakun Maile Solis Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg Mark Sullivan Grant Thornton LLP Rebecca van Uitert Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP Ann Marie Therese Wahls Latham & Watkins LLP Benjamin C. Weinberg Dentons US LLP Ellen Wheeler Foley & Lardner LLP Vania Wit Gretchen Wolf Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Miriam Zeidman Anti-Defamation League 4
19TH ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES PREMIER $50,000 DIAMOND $30,000 PLATINUM $20,000 GOLD $10,000 SILVER $5,000 Table at event (eight seats) two premium tables one premium table Company logo in program logo on cover Advertisement in program full page, premium placement full page half page one-third page one-third page Logo featured on NIJC s website for one year for one year for six months On-site signage at event Admittance to VIP reception Company name on invitation Company recognition in media relations Recognition from podium speaking opportunity Company feature in email to NIJC supporters Name and Title E-mail Company Name Address cut along dashed line 5 City, State, Zip, Phone Please make checks payable to the National Immigrant Justice Center. Please detach form and mail to: NIJC Human Rights Awards, c/o National Immigrant Justice Center. Attn: Nina Gagnon, 208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1300, Chicago, IL 60604. For more information, contact Nina at (312) 660-1326 or ngagnon@heartlandalliance.org. immigrantjustice.org/humanrightsawards