For the past 25 years, the National Immigrant Justice Center's (NIJC) Human Rights Awards has honored human rights champions and business, civic, and community leaders. This inspirational event is a staple in the legal and philanthropic communities, drawing 1,000 attendees and providing critical funding for NIJC. Since its founding, NIJC and thousands of pro bono attorneys have provided legal services to countless people and advanced a more humane immigration system through litigation and policy advocacy. The event’s Silver Anniversary marks a special opportunity for sponsors to join us in celebrating more than 25 years of impact. For more details, view the sponsorship packet for the Human Rights Awards.
25th Annual NIJC Human Rights Awards
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile
540 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. CT
Keynote & Jeanne M. and Joseph P. Sullivan Award: EDWIDGE DANTICAT
Edwidge Danticat is the author of several books, including Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book Club selection, Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist, The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner; the novels-in-stories, The Dew Breaker, Claire of the Sea Light, and The Art of Death, a National Book Critics Circle finalist for Criticism. She has written seven books for children and young adults, a travel narrative, After the Dance, and a collection of essays, Create Dangerously. Her memoir, Brother, I'm Dying, was a 2007 finalist for the National Book Award and a 2008 winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography. She is the editor of The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States, The Beacon Best of 2000, Haiti Noir, Haiti Noir 2, and Best American Essays 2011. She is a 2009 MacArthur Fellow, a 2018 Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellow, a 2018 winner of the Neustadt Prize, a 2019 winner of the Saint Louis Literary Award, a 2020 United States Artist Fellow, a 2020 winner of the Vilceck Prize, and a 2023 winner of the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. Her story collection, Everything Inside, was a 2020 winner of the Bocas Fiction Prize, The Story Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Prize. She is a Member of the New York Writer’s Hall of Fame and The American Academy of Arts and Letters. She is currently teaching at Columbia University.
View the 25th Annual Human Rights Awards event page. Stay tuned for more details about the 25th Annual Human Rights Awards including additional awardees. In the meantime, see more about this past year's event, the 24th Annual Human Rights Awards.
Become a sponsor of the 25th Annual Human Rights Awards:
If you have questions, please contact Lina Habib by email.
2024 Sponsorship Benefits:
PREMIER SPONSOR ($50,000)
- Eight seats plus access to special recognition reception
- Logo featured on event website & on signage at event
- Logo on cover of program booklet and full page advertisement with premium placement
- Logo on invitation
- Company mentioned on NIJC's social media channels in five posts prior to and during the event
- Company recognition in media relations
- Company recognition during event
- Recognition in NIJC’s emails about the event
- Speaking opportunity at event
DIAMOND SPONSOR ($30,000)
- Eight seats plus access to special recognition reception
- Logo featured on event website & on signage at event
- Logo in program booklet and full page advertisement
- Logo on invitation
- Company mentioned on NIJC's social media channels in three posts prior to and during the event
- Company recognition in media relations
- Company recognition during event
- Recognition in NIJC’s emails about the event
PLATINUM SPONSOR ($20,000)
- Eight seats plus access to special recognition reception
- Company recognition on event website & on signage at event
- Logo in program booklet and half page advertisement
- Logo on invitation
- Company mentioned on NIJC's social media channels in one post during the event
- Company recognition in media relations
- Company recognition during event
EMERALD SPONSOR ($15,000)
- Eight seats plus access to special recognition reception
- Company recognition on event website & on signage at event
- Logo in program booklet and half page advertisement
- Logo on invitation
- Company mentioned on NIJC's social media channels in one post during the event)
- Company recognition in media relations
GOLD SPONSOR ($10,000)
- Eight seats plus access to special recognition reception
- Company recognition on event website & on signage at event
- Logo in program booklet and one-third page advertisement
- Logo on invitation
- Company mentioned on NIJC's social media channels in one post during the event
SILVER SPONSOR ($5,000)
- Eight seats
- Company recognition on event website & on signage at event
- Logo in program booklet and one-third page advertisement
*Contributions of $1,500-$4,999 will be recognized at the Friend level, which includes two seats, recognition on the event website, and company name listed in the program booklet.
For more information about sponsoring the Human Rights Awards, view the full sponsorship packet.
To purchase a sponsorship for the Human Rights Awards or if you have questions, please contact Lina Habib by email.
2024 SPONSORS (as of 3/18/24)
Premier
Diamond Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Aon plc
Baker McKenzie LLP
Faegre Drinker
KMA Zuckert
Latham & Watkins LLP
Mayer Brown LLP
McDermott Will & Emery
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Reed Smith
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
United Airlines
Winston & Strawn
Emerald Sponsors
Cboe
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Locke Lord LLP
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Gold Sponsors
AbbVie
Accenture
Arnold & Porter
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Chapman and Cutler LLP
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Foley & Lardner LLP
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
Grant Thornton
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Jones Day
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Perkins Coie LLP
Quinn Emanuel
Ropes & Gray, LLP
Silver Sponsors
Akerman LLP
Alvarez & Marsal
Ankura
ArentFox Schiff LLP
Benesch Law
CME Group
Consilio
Cooley
Crowell & Moring LLP
CTS Impact
Dykema Gossett PLLC
Elizabeth Higashi
Exelon
Fidelity Investments
Goldberg Kohn
GoodSmith Gregg & Unruh LLP
Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.
Ingredion
Jaszczuk P.C.
King & Spalding
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
McDonald’s Corp.
Mesirow
Minsky, McCormick & Hallagan
Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)
Pritzker Traubert Foundation
Protiviti
PwC
RSM US LLP
Schaner Dispute Resolution LLC
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Smith, Gambrell & Russell
Taft Law
Weinberg/Newton Family Foundation
Zurich
Friend Sponsors
CBRE
Holland & Knight LLP
Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (IHCC)
Law Office of Jennifer K. Fardy
McGuireWoods LLP
Mony Ruiz-Velasco & Denise Poloyac
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Park Evaluations
Rapp Law Group LLC
Redgrave LLP