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<strong>Tribute</strong> <strong>Journal</strong><br />
September 28, 2016<br />
2016
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Thank you for joining us<br />
2016<br />
On behalf of the 8.3 million clients we serve, our board, and our staff, we appreciate<br />
your support of the Western Center’s 2016 Garden Party!<br />
PAUL TEPPER<br />
Executive Director<br />
GRACE CARTER<br />
Board Co-Chair<br />
DAVID ELSON<br />
Board Co-Chair
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Thanking our top sponsors<br />
2016<br />
Sue Himmelrich<br />
& Michael Soloff
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Garden Party 2016<br />
2016<br />
PROGRAM<br />
6:00 pm<br />
7:30 pm<br />
8:45 pm<br />
9:30 pm<br />
Guest Reception<br />
Welcome by Paul Tepper<br />
Award Presentations<br />
Auction Closes<br />
Event Ends
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Thank You<br />
Thanking our board for their leadership, our<br />
staff for their passion, and our public interest<br />
friends for their partnership.
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What we advocate for<br />
• Affordable Housing<br />
• Quality Health Care<br />
• Life Sustaining Public<br />
Benefits Programs<br />
• Access to Justice<br />
• Racial Equity
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Who we fight for<br />
POVERTY IN CALIFORNIA<br />
75% of all people living in poverty are people of color<br />
A third of all Californians living in deep poverty are<br />
children<br />
Poverty affects 29% of<br />
people with disabilities in California<br />
Each night over 100,000 people are homeless in our state<br />
Immigrants make up 31% of those living in poverty in the state
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Honorees<br />
GARY BLASI<br />
The Earl Johnson<br />
Equal Justice Award<br />
Prof. of Law Emeritus at UCLA
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Honorees<br />
SENATOR CAROL LIU<br />
The Brinsley Award
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Honorees<br />
SENATOR MARK LENO<br />
The Brinsley Award
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Honorees<br />
CRYSTAL SIMS<br />
The Advocates’<br />
Award<br />
Former Dir. of Litigation &<br />
Training at the LASOC
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Honorees<br />
THE MAX GILLAM<br />
PRO BONO AWARD
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2016<br />
Online Auction<br />
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100% of proceeds benefit Western Center.<br />
Auction Closes September 28th at 8:45 pm.
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Thank you to our Auction Donors<br />
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RECOGNIZING THE GENEROUS SUPPORT<br />
OF THE 2016<br />
Garden Party Sponsors
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Skadden is proud to support the<br />
Western Center on Law & Poverty<br />
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Defenders<br />
is honored to support the important work of the<br />
Western Center on Law & Poverty<br />
and congratulates this year’s honorees:<br />
Senator Carol Liu and Senator Mark Leno<br />
The Brinsley Award<br />
Crystal Sims, former Director of Litigation & Training at the LASOC<br />
The Advocates’ Award<br />
Gary Blasi, Professor of Law Emeritus at UCLA<br />
The Earl Johnson Equal Justice Award<br />
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP<br />
The Max Gillam Pro Bono Award<br />
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We congratulate this year’s award recipients:<br />
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We congratulate this year’s honorees<br />
and stand beside our friends and clients<br />
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We join in congratulating tonight’s honorees<br />
Gary Blasi<br />
The Earl Johnson Equal Justice Award<br />
Senator Carol Liu and Senator Mark Leno<br />
The Brinsley Award<br />
Crystal Sims<br />
The Advocates’ Award
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Making a difference<br />
WilmerHale joins Western Center on Law & Poverty in honoring<br />
Gary Blasi, Senator Carol Liu, Senator Mark Leno and Crystal Sims<br />
at the Garden Party.<br />
We proudly support Western Center in its efforts to secure housing,<br />
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In loving memory of<br />
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(1972-76) and later my senior Judicial<br />
Attorney (1982-2007). An outstanding<br />
lawyer and our dear friend.<br />
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Gary Blasi<br />
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Senator Carol Liu<br />
The Brinsley Award<br />
Senator Mark Leno<br />
The Brinsley Award<br />
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TELACU Applauds Western Center’s Fight for Justice and<br />
Congratulates Tonight’s Honorees<br />
Earl Johnson Equal Justice Award<br />
Gary Blasi<br />
Professor of Law Emeritus, UCLA<br />
The Brinsley Award<br />
The Honorable Carol Liu<br />
California State Senator<br />
and<br />
The Honorable Mark Leno<br />
California State Senator<br />
The Advocates Award<br />
Crystal Sims<br />
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