2016 Awards Dinner
Honoring Courageous Luminaries
On October 13 2016, we will host NILC’s 10th Courageous Luminaries awards dinner. We expect over 300 advocates and allies
committed to social justice to attend and help us celebrate our honorees.
All event proceeds help sustain NILC’s mission-driven efforts to ensure that low-income immigrants living in and contributing to the U.S. can work without being exploited, support their families, and live with dignity.
For more information please contact Acasia Flores at (213) 674-2816.
The Courageous Luminaries Awards Dinner celebrates the incredible contributions that our awards recipients have made to the immigrants’ rights movement. The 2016 Courageous Luminaries are:
Reshma Shamasunder

For the instrumental role she’s played over the last 12 years in improving the lives and health of California’s low-income immigrants.

For the firm’s tradition of pro bono legal service and support.

In recognition of the organization’s strong and dynamic commitment to advancing humane immigration policies.
We deeply appreciate the support of the following distinguished event Host Committee members:
- Maria Elena Durazo, UNITE HERE
- Andrew Friedman, Center for Popular Democracy
- Monica Guizar, Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld
- Mario Hernandez, Western Union
- David Huerta, SEIU United Service Workers West
- Stewart Kwoh, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles
- Vicki Ruiz, UC Irvine Department of History
- Stacy Tolchin, Law Offices of Stacy Tolchin
If you would like to get more information and be part of the Host Committee, please contact Acasia Flores at [email protected].
Available Tickets
Individual – $200
Non-profit rate – $150
Table Host (10 tickets) – $1,500
Click here to reserve your tickets.
Benefits of a Digital Journal Ad
- Your full-color ad is posted online shortly after submission on event website.
- Your digital ad remains online before and after the event – earlier submissions receive even more exposure.
- At the event, your digital journal ad plays on a large screen strategically placed for visibility in the room.
- Your ad is seen repeatedly throughout the event – a typical online journal receives 5-10 more times the unique viewers as the number of guests at the event. Your digital journal ad reaches a much larger audience than possible in a traditional printed book.
Advertising Options
- Full page: $1,000 (11 x 8½)
- Half page: $500 (5½ x 8½)
- Quarter page: $250 (5½ x 4¼)
- Business Card: $150 (5½ x 2.12)
Specifications
- Color artwork must be sent as a high-resolution pdf or jpg.
- All jpegs must be at least 300 dpi.
- Ads should be emailed to [email protected] by October 7, 2016
For more information or to reserve a your space in the digital journal please contact Acasia Flores at (213) 674-2816.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Visionary $50,000
- Sponsor will be featured in event public relations announcements to the press & media.
- Sponsor will receive verbal recognition for your contribution from one of the speakers at the event.
- Sponsor logo will be featured in premium position on event landing page and with hyperlink to website.
- Sponsor logo will be featured in email marketing and social media publicity for event.
- Full-page color advertisement in printed program & full-page, color advertisement in digital awards journal
- Company logo in media wall
- Opportunity to present remarks during program
- 30 event tickets
Catalyst $25,000
- Sponsor will be featured in event public relations announcements to the press & media.
- Sponsor will receive verbal recognition for your contribution from one of the speakers at the event.
- Sponsor logo will be featured in premium position on event landing page and with hyperlink to website.
- Sponsor logo will be featured in email marketing and social media publicity for event.
- Full-page color advertisement in digital awards journal
- Company logo in media wall
- 20 event tickets
Trailblazer $15,000
- Sponsor will be featured in event public relations announcements to the press & media.
- Sponsor will receive verbal recognition for your contribution from one of the speakers at the event.
- Sponsor logo will be featured in premium position on event landing page and with hyperlink to website.
- Sponsor logo will be featured in email marketing and social media publicity for event.
- Full-page color advertisement in digital awards journal
- Company logo in media wall
- 10 event tickets
Champion $10,000
- Sponsor will receive verbal recognition for your contribution from one of the speakers at the event.
- Sponsor will be listed on event landing page and with hyperlink to website.
- Sponsor will be featured in email marketing and social media publicity for event.
- Full page color advertisement in digital awards journal
- Company logo in media wall
- 10 event tickets
Torchbearer $5,000
- Sponsor will receive verbal recognition for your contribution from one of the speakers at the event.
- Sponsor will be listed on event landing page and with hyperlink to website.
- Sponsor will be featured in email marketing and social media publicity for event.
- Full page color advertisement in digital awards journal
- 10 event tickets
Beacon $2,500
- Sponsor will be listed on event landing page and with hyperlink to website.
- Half-page color advertisement in digital awards journal
- 5 event tickets
Allied $2,500 (available to non-profit organizations)
- Sponsor will be listed on event landing page and with hyperlink to website.
- Half-page color advertisement in digital awards journal
- 4 event tickets
Additional sponsorship available. For more information or to reserve a level please contact Acasia Flores at (213) 674-2816.
The National Immigration Law Center deeply appreciates the following
sponsors for their generous support:
Visionary Sponsor
Catalyst Sponsors
Champion Sponsors
Torchbearer Sponsor
- American Federation of Teachers
- Los Angeles County Federation of Labor
- SEIU United Healthcare Workers West
- UFCW Local 770
- Western Union
Beacon Sponsors
- 21st Century ILGWU Heritage Fund
- The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
- The California Endowment
- California Teachers Association
- Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
- Morrison & Foerster Foundation
- SEIU United Service Workers West
- Pitta & Giblin LLP/ Pitta Bishop Del Giorno & Giblin LLC
- Union Bank