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Dear former Yale students of Stephen Bright:

Stephen Bright<https://events.schr.org/30th_anniversary>, the brilliant, impassioned professor who taught us at Yale Law School, will be honored this fall for the 30th anniversary of his leadership at the Southern Center for Human Rights<http://www.schr.org/>. The Frederick Douglass Awards Dinner<https://events.schr.org/index.php?q=16th_annual_dinner> will be on November 15, 2012, in Washington, DC. The tribute will be an energizing and inspiring evening featuring a keynote address by Bryan Stevenson<http://eji.org/eji/about/staff>, one of Steve’s former students, and a former SCHR attorney.

As former students of Steve, we recognize that his impact on our lives and work continues to this day. Please join us in honoring Steve by attending the dinner in November. If you can’t, we hope you will contribute to the dinner in another way - by serving as a sponsor, placing (or having your organization place) an ad in the program, donating to the Southern Center, or contributing to a tribute message from Steve’s YLS students in the program booklet (see below for details). There are links below for various sponsorship opportunities.

This dinner is not only a tribute to our professor and to a great voice for justice for all, but also the signature fundraiser of the Southern Center for Human Rights, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funded by charitable contributions that receives no government support. The Southern Center fearlessly and tirelessly seeks justice in the deep south. Running on a very modest budget, the Southern Center has established itself as one of the nation’s leading organizations fighting for justice, for the lives of people who face the death penalty, for the human rights of people in prison, and for the right to counsel for all.

We hope you will join us in supporting Steve and the wonderful Southern Center for Human Rights in some way. And we hope to see you at the dinner in November!

Thanks,

Nina Beattie, Katharine Huffman, and Deborah Archer
Yale Law School Class of 1996

Please honor Steve and support the Southern Center in one of the following ways, and please contact Barb Horwitz (bhorwitz@schr.org<mailto:bhorwitz@schr.org>) with any questions or with updated contact information:
● Come to the dinner<https://events.schr.org/index.php?q=16th_annual_dinner>! Register now, and please email one of us directly if you’d like to sit with other Yale Law alumni - the Center will attempt to seat classmates together. Details will follow soon about a special reunion with Steve for former students immediately preceding the dinner’s cocktail hour on November 15th.
● Contribute toward a tribute message in the program book<https://events.schr.org/contribute?event_id=1> from YLS students. Former students plan to buy a full-page ad thanking Steve for his teaching and mentorship for $850; all who contribute will have their names listed. Maria Pulzetti, YLS 06, is organizing this tribute, so please email her at maria.pulzetti@gmail.com<mailto:maria.pulzetti@gmail.com> if you are interested in joining.
● Sponsor the event or engage your employer to become an event sponsor<https://events.schr.org/index.php?q=16th_annual_dinner>. Sponsorships are available at levels from $500 to $25,000, and provide vitally important resources to the Southern Center. Contributions are tax-deductible beyond a modest per-attendee cost. Please talk to your law firms!
● Make a direct contribution<https://events.schr.org/contribute?event_id=1> to the Southern Center. They will use it well. For more information on SCHR’s programs and financial accountability, click here<http://www.schr.org/action/donate>.


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