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Choate Hall & Stewart LLP Carolee Howell, in memory of Harry Howell Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Hertel & Konish Wealth Management Group Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Private Bank & Trust Co. Executive Director David Tebaldi and the Board of Directors Gourmet Catering of Mass Humanities invite you to John F. Kennedy Library Foundation University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Vacovec, Mayotte & Singer, LLP The 2015 Massachusetts Governor’s Goodwin Procter LLP Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP Awards in the Humanities College of Professional Studies Stern and London Families A Dinner to Support the Public Humanities in Massachusetts Wells Fargo Advisors

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Sunday, November 1, 2015, 5:30 pm All sponsors receive recognition on the Mass Humanities Web site and in printed materials, displays, and announcements at the event, EDWARD M. KENNEDY INSTITUTE according to sponsorship levels. FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE Columbia Point, Boston $40,000 Laureate > Front-of-house table (up to ten seats) > Center spread program ad The 2015 Massachusetts Governor’s Awards in the Humanities will > Program cover recognition be conferred upon: $20,000 Visionary > Front table THE LOWELL INSTITUTE > Full-page program ad & cover recognition

MARGARET H. MARSHALL $10,000 Luminary > Front table > Full-page ad MARGOT STERN STROM $5,000 Champion > One table in recognition of their public actions, grounded in an > Half-page ad appreciation of the humanities, to enhance civic life in the Commonwealth. $2,500 Benefactor > Half table (up to five seats) > Quarter-page ad Mass Humanities is a private, nonprofit organization that promotes the use of history, literature, philosophy, and the Proceeds support programs that reach underserved other humanities disciplines to deepen our understanding communities, such as the Clemente Course in the of the issues of the day, strengthen our sense of common Humanities and Family Adventures in Reading. purpose, and enrich individual and community life. For more information, go to www.masshumanities.org. The deadline for ad submissions is October 9. Contact Carolyn Cushing, [email protected] 413-584-8440, extension 107.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR Glynda Benham Marisa Parham David Tebaldi Ben Birnbaum Robert Strassler Nancy Netzer Lauren Cohen Thomas Putnam David Bryant Cynthia Terwilliger DINNER COMMITTEE Javier Corrales Margaret Shepherd John Burgess VICE CHAIR CO-CHAIRS Elliot Bostwick Davis Bianca Sigh Ward John Dacey James Burke Ellen Berkman Alice DeLana Lisa Simmons Ellen Dunlap Jeffrey Musman David Harris Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello Ronald Slate TREASURER Susan Winston Leff Alfred Griggs Kathleen Stone Jeffrey Musman Alfred Griggs Ingrid MacGillis Andrew Helene Perry Wu Ronald Hertel Cullen Murphy CLERK Ronald Hertel Nancy Netzer Martin Newhouse Ellen Berkman Lindsey Kiang Michael Pappone John Regan James Lopes Laura Roberts Michael Pappone

masshumanities.org Mass Humanities will confer the 2015 Massachusetts Governor’s Awards in the Humanities upon two individuals and one institution whose public actions have been grounded in an appreciation of the humanities and have enhanced civic life in the Commonwealth. In addition to highlighting the important role of the public humanities in our society, the goal of the awards is to inspire all of our leaders and institutions to advance the values expressed in the mission of Mass Humanities by spotlighting the achievements of a few.

The Lowell Institute has Margaret H. Marshall, Margot Stern Strom sponsored free public lectures former Chief Justice of is an international leader in educa- and other educational pro- the Supreme Judicial tion for justice and the preserva- grams throughout the Boston Court of Massachusetts, tion of democracy. After almost area since its founding in is currently senior coun- four decades as the executive 1836 by businessman John sel at Choate Hall & director and president of Facing Lowell, Jr. Over the decades Stewart LLP. Appointed History and Ourselves, Strom is thousands of members of our Chief Justice in 1999, now president emerita and senior community have attended she was the first woman scholar. Through this organiza- Lowell lectures on topics to serve in that position. tion, she has enabled millions of ranging from science to the She was first appointed students to study the steps that William A. arts to humanities, from to the Court as an Asso- led to the Holocaust and genocide Lowell, Trustee literature to politics to world ciate Justice in 1996, the second woman to and to investigate the root causes of racism, affairs. The Lowell Institute’s serve on the Court. anti-Semitism, bigotry, and violence, as they mission since its inception— realize their obligations and capabilities as to inform the populace regardless of gender, During her tenure on the Supreme Judicial citizens. race, or economic status—has also led to Court, Chief Justice Marshall wrote more the establishment of other great Boston than three hundred opinions, many of them Strom has authored many articles and institutions such as the Harvard Extension ground-breaking, including Goodridge v. books on moral and civic education, includ- School and WGBH. Department of Public Health, which de- ing Facing History & Ourselves: Holocaust clared that the Massachusetts Constitution and Human Behavior and Raising a Moral Today the Institute continues to be a pioneer prohibits the state from denying same-sex Child. She was also the co-director on U.S. of education and funds innovative projects couples access to civil marriage. The 2003 Department of Education grants for the im- such as the current expansion of the Low- ruling made Massachusetts the first state to plementation of Title IX and Title III, federal ell Institute School at Northeastern which recognize marriage equality. law that prohibits sex discrimination in edu- was recently awarded a “First in the World” cation, and co-authored Sex Role Stereotyp- grant for innovative educational program- Chief Justice Marshall was born and raised ing in the School, a handbook for teachers in ming by the Department of Education. To in South Africa. While an undergraduate the public schools of Brookline. She chaired this day, the Lowell Institute provides a wide at the University of the Witwatersrand, she the Harvard/Facing History and Ourselves variety of free public lectures and educa- was elected president of the National Union Project. tional programming throughout the city of of South African Students, at the time a lead- Boston. Lowell Institute presenting organi- ing anti-apartheid organization. Ever since, Strom is the recipient of numerous civic and zations have included many Mass Humani- Chief Justice Marshall has been involved in education awards and has been awarded ties grantees, partners, and sponsors. professional and community activities, and several honorary degrees. She credits her she is the recipient of many awards and hon- husband Terry and her children and grand- William A. Lowell, the Trustee of the Insti- orary degrees. children for informing her work. tute and partner at Choate Hall & Stewart LLP , will accept the award on behalf of the Institute.

The Awards Dinner follows the Mass Humanities 2015 Fall Forum: Citizenship, Justice, and Racial Conciliation In the Kennedy Institute’s replica of the United States Senate Chamber. 3:30 – 5:00 PM / Free and open to the public.

Danielle Allen, director, James Forman, Jr., pro- Tommie Shelby, profes- Beverly Daniel Tatum, Safra Center for Ethics, fessor, Yale Law School; sor of philosophy and outgoing president, former Washington African American studies, Spelman College DC public defender Harvard University Douglas Blackmon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Slavery By Another Name and director, Miller Center for Public Affairs, University of Virginia, moderates the panel.