BRYAN STEVENSON is the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama. Mr. Stevenson is a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated and the condemned. Under his leadership, EJI has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, exonerating innocent death row prisoners, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill and aiding children prosecuted as adults. Mr. Stevenson has successfully argued several cases in the United States Supreme Court and recently won an historic ruling in the U.S. Supreme Court banning mandatory life-without-parole sentences for all children 17 or younger are unconstitutional. EJI has also initiated major new anti-poverty and anti-discrimination efforts challenging the legacy of racial inequality in America.

Red JACKET BALL

SATURDAY, APRIL 23RD 20166 PM to 9 PM

HILTON COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN

401 N HIGH STREET

COLUMBUS, OH 43215

City Year Columbus35 North 4th Street, Lower LevelColumbus, Ohio 43215

Phone: 614.586.4520Website: cityyear.org/columbus

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CITY YEAR COLUMBUS WELCOMES KEYNOTE SPEAKER BRYAN STEVENSON

presenting sponsor

national gala sponsor

2016 ripple award honoree

with keynote speaker bryan stevenson

founder of

the equal justice initiative and author of just mercyfeatured on oprah’s“super soul sunday”

Mr. Stevenson’s work fighting poverty and challenging racial discrimination in the criminal justice system has won him numerous awards including the ABA Wisdom Award for Public Service, the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship Award Prize, the Olaf Palme International Prize, the ACLU National Medal Of Liberty, the National Public Interest Lawyer of the Year Award, the Gruber Prizefor International Justice and the Ford Foundation Visionaries Award. He is a graduate of the Harvard Law School and the Harvard School of Government, has been awarded 21 honorary doctorate degrees and is also a Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law. He is the recent author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller, Just Mercy, which was named by Time Magazine as one of the 10 best books of nonfiction for 2014 and has been awarded several honors including the Carnegie Medal by the American Library Association for the best nonfiction book of 2014 and a 2015 NAACP Image Award.

GIVE A YEAR. CHANGE THE WORLD.city year is an education-focused nonprofit organization that partners with public schools to help keep students in school and on track to graduate. In communities across the United States and through two international affiliates, this innovative public-private partnership brings together teams of young, diverse, and highly-trained AmeriCorps members who commit to a year of full time service in schools.

City Year Columbus places these teams to serve all day, every day throughout the school year as role models, men-tors, and tutors in urban schools to provide academic and developmental support to students. Corps members work with educators and implement interventions with students on attendance, behavior, math and English. They create a positive school climate so every student has the opportunity to graduate high school, ready for college and career. who we serve: For the 2015-2016 school year, City Year Columbus corps members serve more than 3,465 stu-dents in six Columbus City Schools: Livingston Elementary, Trevitt Elementary, Champion Middle School, Linden McKinley STEM Academy, Mifflin High School, and South High School, supporting four of five District feeder school zones: Mifflin, Linden McKinley, East, and South. We have expanded our reach into the Near East Side to replicate our previous success, while standing lockstep with Columbus City Schools and turnaround efforts in the East High School Feeder Pattern.

2014-2015 impact

better grades:

85% of students in grades 6 through 9 improved at least one letter grade.

strong partnerships:

80% of teachers say corps members helped improve their students’ overall academic performance.

more attendance:

91% of students made it to school more often-by at least two or more days.

join us as a sponsor!red jacket ball sponsorship levels & benefits

presenting sponsor - $25,000 - sold out!• Exclusive opportunity to leverage our dollars by matching the crowd’s gifts made during our “Fund the Need” live auction• Inclusion in all television and print advertisements• Two front row, reserved tables for ten guests and two seats at the head table (22 tickets total)• Logo with marquis placement on all materials related to the event (invitations, event signage, program slides, email promotions, and web coverage)*• A full page color advertisement in our program • Exclusive access to VIP Reception with Bryan Stevenson and a signed copy of Just Mercy

senior sponsor - $10,000• One premiere, reserved table for ten guests• Logo on all materials related to the event (invitations, event signage, program slides, email promotions, and web coverage)*• A quarter page color advertisement in our program• Exclusive access to VIP Reception with Bryan Stevenson and a signed copy of Just Mercy

junior sponsor - $5,000• One premiere, reserved table for ten guests• Name/company logo on all materials related to the event (invitations, event signage, program slides, email promotions, and web coverage)*• A quarter page color advertisement in our program• Exclusive access to VIP Reception with Bryan Stevenson and a signed copy of Just Mercy

sophomore sponsor - $3,000• One priority, reserved table for ten guests• Name/company logo on all materials related to the event (invitations, event signage, program slides, email promotions, and web coverage)*• A quarter page black & white advertisement in our program

freshman sponsor - $1,500• One reserved table for ten guests• A quarter page black & white advertisement in our program

ticket - $100 single, $150 couples

City Year Columbus is honored to present Honda with the 2016 City Year Ripple Award for their commitment to keep students in school and on track to success. Their steadfast support and partnership for nearly twenty years has enabled City Year to help more students thrive and reach their full potential.

*Commitment and logo needed by January 29th for inclusion in the invitation, March 1st for inclusion in the event program.