Seeds of Change

Join grantees, board members, and friends of the Crossroads Fund As we celebrate at our Annual Benefit Seeds of Change Friday, April 8, 2016 At the Chicago Cultural Center GAR Hall 77 East Randolph Street Chicago, Illinois [[[[ PURCHASE TICKETS ]]]] www.crossroadsfund.org/seedsofchange2016 Schedule of Events: 5:30 p.m. Reception: music, silent auction, buffet dinner and open bar 7:30 p.m. Awards Presentation 9:30 p.m. Event Concludes Join us in celebrating our revolutionary 2016 honorees who are fearless in the face of injustice! Ron Sable Award for Activism Invisible Institute The Invisible Institute is a journalistic production company on the South Side of Chicago. Their work to hold public institutions accountable makes them a critical asset for movements. Their Youth/Police project holds space for young Black people to share how their lives are affected by the police presence in their neighborhoods. The newly released Citizens Police Data Project exposes officer misconduct and is a powerful resource for organizations across the city, especially in this movement moment. Donald F. Erickson Synapses Award Coalition to Revitalize Walter H. Dyett High School The Coalition’s efforts to challenge the privatization of public education engaged students, parents, educators, and community residents. Ultimately, their direct actions successfully pressured Chicago Public Schools and Mayor Emanuel to re-open the doors of Dyett as a public, open-enrollment neighborhood high school. We congratulate them for their victory and applaud the Hunger Strikers in particular for their 34-days of courage and sacrifice. Lynda J. Tipton Memorial Award for Social Justice Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) BYP100 speaks to the core of what so many youth of color in Chicago and around the country are experiencing. Their campaigns, Justice for Rekia Boyd, #StopTheCops, and Fund Black Futures are inspiring. Throughout their work, they center a black, queer, feminist analysis and stand in solidarity with other local struggles, such as the Dyett Hunger Strike. In the wake of large movement wins and the loss of more lives to police brutality in Chicago and beyond, we recognize their continued leadership and powerful organizing for Black liberation. HOST COMMITTEE (as of 2/22/2016) HONORARY HOSTS State Representative Kelly Cassidy State Representative Barbara Flynn Currie Congressman Danny Davis State Representative Sara Feigenholtz State Representative Robyn Gabel Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia State Representative Will Guzzardi State Representative Greg Harris Alderman Roberto Maldonado Cook County Clerk David Orr Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa Alderwoman Susan Sadlowski Garza Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky State Representative Cynthia Soto Senator Heather Steans HOSTS Ali Abunimah Tony Alvarado-Rivera Lourdes Arias Molly Armour Gary M. Arnold* Kaberi Banerjee Murthy* Angela E.L. Barnes Esq Lawrence L. Benito James Bennett & Terry Vanden Hoek Evette M. Cardona & Mona Noriega Megan Carney Inhe Choi & Guy Ward Ann Christophersen Cathy J. Cohen & Beth E. Richie Michael Collins* Megan Cusick* Michelle Di Benedetto & Dragos Visan Susan K. Eleuterio* & Tom Sourlis Ruth & Dale Fast Karen S. & Michael J. Gallagher Teresa Garcia & Nelson Gonzalez Rhoda Rae L. Gutierrez & Jim Clark Sally Havlis Neena Hemmady Janine L. Hoft* & Linda Wagner Bob Horton & Jim Perry Margaret J. Hunter* Alejandra Ibañez* Barbara Kemmis & Gina Medalle Alice Kim Nora Kyger * Laura León Rebekah Levin & Sophie Kaluziak Sharmili Majmudar* & Laura Noah Laura McAlpine Omar McRoberts & Shelley Davis Chirag Mehta & Rebecca Burwell Agnes G. Meneses* Deborah Minor Harvey JoAnn & Cesareo Moreno Mary F. Morten & Willa J. Taylor Susan R. Nussbaum Patricia O’Brien Sheila O’Donnell & Nora Gallagher Gina M. Olson Alan D. Paberzs Barbara Y. Phillips Lisa Marie Pickens & Rima Malhotra Christine Kim-Tai* & Andrew Plautz Cristine Pope Barbara Ransby & Peter Sporn Alexia Rice-Henry* Mark A. Rodriguez* Shelly Ruzicka & Luis Juarez Steve Saltzman Margie Schaps & Jack Doppelt Elyse Schauer* Mary Scott-Boria Dick Simpson Noah Singer Thelma Uranga Thomas J. Wilson Jaquelyn C. Zevin *Also a Crossroads Fund Board Member For more information, please contact Emmanuel Garcia at 773.227.7676 or Emmanuel@crossroadsfund.org