Discovering JusticeFY2015 ANNUAL REPORT

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Eighth grade students in the United States received a collective “F” in their knowledge of U.S. history, geography, and civics, according to the Nation’s Report Card issued this spring by the National Assessment of Education Progress. These results were, sadly, unsurprising to those of us familiar with the challenging trends in education. Increased standardized testing and shifting national priorities have largely consigned social studies to the back burner in many elementary and middle schools. One

need only watch the deteriorated level of national discourse in order to understand how critical civil dialogue and confli t resolution are to addressing the complex problems our children are confronting and will confront in the future. Discovering Justice helps solves these problems by providing elementary and middle school teachers with the proper tools to return civics to their classrooms in a meaningful, engaging way.

The 2014-2015 fisca year was a period of success as well as transition for Discovering Justice. Our programs reached an

unprecedented 24,073 individuals—including 20,835 students through our flagshi Children Discovering Justice curriculum. After seven years of adept and enthusiastic leadership, Elisabeth Medvedow stepped down as Executive Director. Lissy guided Discovering Justice through the 2008 financia crisis and its aftermath, brought our programs districtwide in Gateway Cities as well as in Cambridge and Watertown, and tirelessly advocated for quality civic education for all children. We are grateful for the strong path she forged, and we look forward to continued success under our new Executive Director Jon Spack. Over the last 16 years, Jon has focused on leading education nonprofit to scale through fundraising, mobilizing volunteers, and building boards of directors. He was previously the Vice President of Development for Education Pioneers and prior to that, Chief Growth Officer at San Francisco-based Spark. Before Spark, Jon worked in Boston and in San Jose at Citizen Schools.

Starting in kindergarten, Discovering Justice provides the resources necessary to dramatically improve eighth grade civic proficien y. I am confide t that Jon’s energy and record of success in growing educational nonprofit will bring the benefit of our programs to even more students, transforming individual lives and building stronger communities in Massachusetts and across the nation. Please join us in these critical efforts.

With warm regards,

Deborah S. Birnbach Board Chair

“I am honored to lead Discovering Justice, a recognized leader in K-8 civic education. Through our partnerships with school districts, lawyers, judges, and teachers, we are bridging the civic opportunity gap with dynamic programming at the Moakley U.S. Courthouse and in classrooms across Massachusetts.”

– Jon Spack, Executive Director

A nonprofi leader in civic education that prepares young

people to value the justice system, realize the power of their

own voices, and embrace civic responsibility by connecting classrooms and courtrooms

Discovering the Bill of Rights draws middle school students into the midst of the judicial process. In real courtrooms, students learn about the Bill of Rights and the appellate process, then develop and present appellate arguments based on landmark Supreme Court cases before lawyers presiding as judges. This 90-minute fiel trip challenges students to think critically, advocate for their “client,” and consider opposing arguments.

Discovering JusticeRIGHTSTHE BILL OFDISCOVERING

Courthouse Tours of the Moakley U.S. Courthouse afford the public the opportunity to learn about the court system and the history, art, and architecture

of this magnifi ent building from volunteer docents. The tour demystifie the justice system and shows visitors that courthouses truly belong to the public.

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Stand Up for Your Rights, offered in the spring, transforms middle school students into appellate lawyers. Working with a team of volunteer attorneys for 11 weeks, students delve into the Bill of Rights, explore how constitutional protections apply in public schools, and argue their cases in real courtrooms before Appellate Panels composed of actual judges and experienced attorneys.

The Mock Trial Program, offered in the fall, is an 11-week afterschool experiential learning program during which middle school students become trial lawyers. With the support of volunteer attorneys, students tackle age-appropriate legal issues, engage in legal analysis, and ultimately try cases in real courtrooms before federal or state judges and juries made up of community members.

Children Discovering Justice (CDJ) is a literacy-based social studies curriculum for elementary

and middle school, that provides students with the tools to understand sophisticated ideas such as democracy, tolerance, rights, responsibilities, and the connection between rules and law. CDJ includes interactive mock trials that further empower children to stand up for their beliefs, engage in respectful discourse, and resolve differences in constructive ways.

Discovering Justice is proud to introduce the revised and expanded

second edition of the Children Discovering Justice curriculum for kindergarten through sixth grade (with seventh and eighth grades in development).

CDJ empowers students to see different viewpoints, respectfully convey their thoughts, stand up for their beliefs, and resolve differences in constructive ways. By connecting children’s innate sense of fairness with classroom lessons, CDJ builds stronger school communities and helps children believe in their own potential for success.

The second edition of the CDJ curriculum:

Uses children’s literature to teach social studies concepts and skills such as critical thinking and problem solving

Includes interactive mock trials or mock appellate arguments at every grade level so students can experience justice in action

Provides opportunities for debate, voting, community service learning, and other hands-on projects

Promotes a positive school culture

Aligns with the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and the MA Curriculum Frameworks for History and Social Science

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Students explore this idea by:

Mixing ingredients to create colors that refle t the racial diversity within the classroom

Mapping their neighborhood and comparing it to others around the world

Assembling a class book of students’ understandings of peace

Drawing pictures to explain the preamble to the Constitution

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It Begins with You, the kindergarten curriculum, introduces the idea that as citizens of a community, we all have a responsibility to help create safe and peaceful places for work and play.

The lessons... promote good citizenship and civic responsibility [and] will fit erfectly in my classroom. Claudie Jean-Baptiste Graham & Parks School, Cambridge

Through engaging narratives and informational texts, students explore:

Bullying, and how to address it

Courageous responses to pressure

Acts of bravery in the struggle for justice

The creation and purpose of the Constitution of the United States

A rule-breaking problem brought to court as students conduct the trial of Goldilocks and the Three Bears

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What Is a Rule?, the first rade curriculum, teaches students about the rules and laws that help keep us safe living in communities.

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Justice for All, the second grade curriculum, tackles big ideas: justice, equality, liberty, and freedom.

Students’ understanding of justice grows by:

Exploring what happens when people feel the need to challenge laws

Building a word web to connect examples of justice and equality

Reading about Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Thurgood Marshall, and a fi tional little girl named Grace, who wants to be the firs female president

Learning the meaning of patriotic symbols and holidays including the American fla and the Fourth of July

Participating in a mock trial to determine the ownership of a beloved teddy bear

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Rights and Responsibilities, the third grade curriculum, asks students to look deeply at their own rights and responsibilities as well as the rights that our government protects and the responsibility it has to govern justly.

Through literature-based activities, students:

Examine the roles of colonial English and Native American children in the 1600s and compare them to their own

Explore the causes and effects of the events that led to the American Revolution

Learn the underlying principles of the Declaration of Independence

Study the life and work of Phillis Wheatley, the firs published African American poet

Re-enact the trial of British soldiers in the aftermath of the Boston Massacre

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Out of Many, One, the fourth grade curriculum, focuses on immigration to the United States: why people move, how they form communities, and the impact of geography on people’s lives.

As students develop an understanding of geographic movements across borders, they:

Study regions of the United States and explore how geographic factors impact people’s lives

Learn how to read and create maps

Bring story characters to life as they enact a mock immigration trial

Act out a Naturalization Ceremony

Analyze political cartoons

Read and write poetry about the immigrant experience

Invent a fi tional country

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Solving Problems: The United States Constitution,

the fi th grade curriculum, examines the creation of the

Constitution and the ideals and principles it sets forth.

To explore how groups solve problems, students:

Identify the compromises and the structures established in the Constitution to protect the balance of power

Brainstorm problem-solving strategies using historical examples

Examine the internment of Japanese Americans as a negative example of problem solving

Analyze the Bill of Rights

Take part in a criminal mock trial involving a case of stolen property

Address a local problem through community service

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Exploring Constitutional Rights around the World, the sixth grade curriculum, takes students to seven regions outside of North America to explore the histories, governments, cultures, geographies, and constitutions of different nations.As students take intellectual journeys through their studies, they:

Explore Brazil, Cambodia, China, India, Iraq, South Africa, and Ukraine

Examine the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution

Argue a landmark Supreme Court case about the constitutional rights of students in public schools through Discovering the Bill of Rights (DBR)

Create regional and world maps

Debate the merits of rights found in other constitutions but not in the U.S. Constitution

[Through the DBR fiel trip,] my kids were actually able to see how the justice system works ... they got to see that their opinions mattered. To have young students like that appreciated and valued and taken seriously was such a joy.

Middle School Teacher

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My favorite moment [of the Mock Trial Program] – hands down – was when the verdict was delivered. Not only because it was in my team’s favor, but because of the feeling I got knowing that I had defended my client to the best of my ability. That feeling that I got is just unexplainable, and I would give anything to have it again.

Alyana Cruz Stoklosa Middle School, Lowell

If I was asked to say one thing I took away from [Stand Up], it is professionalism. Your words are only as profound as you allow them to be.

Bryan Quinonez, Boston Collegiate Charter School

With The Mock Trial Program in the fall

and our mock appellate program Stand Up for Your Rights in the spring, student attorneys have the extraordinary opportunity to experience the progression of a case through the

justice system. Through the guidance of volunteer attorneys and over a period of 11 or 22 weeks, students prepare their cases and gain the confiden e and skills required to argue on behalf of their clients.

Moakley U.S. Courthouse, many groups stay to meet with a federal judge or attorney. Groups also have the opportunity to observe trials and other court proceedings, attend naturalization ceremonies, and view the art on display in the building.

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After a guided Courthouse Tour of theTOURSCOURTHOUSE

The [Courthouse Tours] program allows students to witness firsthan something they may never see again, and for that I am beyond thankful. What your program

does is an incredible task, but pulling it off means educating students like me about one of the most special, most carefully thought-out systems in our country.

Eighth Grade Student, Ephraim Curtis Middle School, Sudbury

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STUDENT IMPACT

TEACHERS & VOLUNTEERS 20,835 elementary school students participated in Children Discovering Justice

1,737 middle school students participated in Discovering the Bill of Rights*

157 middle school students participated in The Mock Trial Program

166 middle school students participated in Stand Up For Your Rights

1,501 students and visitors participated in Courthouse Tours

Total: 24,073 participants

Teachers, Judges, Attorneys, Legal Professionals, Docents & Community Members

MF MF MFMF 945 active teachers, including 104 newly trained teachers

F MF M 374 volunteers

Elementary and middle school students from Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea, Lawrence, Lowell, Malden, Nashoba, New Bedford, Quincy, Revere, Somerville, Springfiel , Watertown & Worcester

*323 students participated in Discovering the Bill of Rights field trip as pa t of the sixth grade Children Discovering Justice curriculum.

TEACHERS & VOLUNTEERSTeachers, Judges, Attorneys, Legal Professionals, Docents & Community Members

MF MF MFMF 945 active teachers, including 104 newly trained teachers

F MF M 374 volunteers

PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS & PARTNERS

Thank you to all the organizations, schools, law firm , and individuals who connected with us through program collaboration and volunteer efforts!

PARTNER ORGANIZATIONSBoys & Girls Clubs of Boston Camp Harbor ViewCitizen SchoolsHyde Square Task ForceSt. Mark’s Wainwright Summer Program The Steppingstone Foundation

SCHOOLSAbraham Lincoln Elementary Lowell

Abraham Lincoln Elementary New Bedford

Alfred J. Gomes Elementary New Bedford

Amigos School Cambridge

Andrew Peabody School Cambridge

Atlantic Middle School Quincy

Baldwin Early Learning Center Boston

Bartlett Community Partnership School Lowell

Beethoven Elementary Boston

Betsey B. Winslow Elementary New Bedford

Blackstone Innovation School Boston

Boston Collegiate Charter Boston

Boston Latin Academy Boston

C.W. Morey Elementary Lowell

Cambridgeport School Cambridge

Carlos Pacheco Elementary New Bedford

Casimir Pulaski Elementary New Bedford

Charles S. Ashley Elementary New Bedford

Cunniff Elementary Watertown

Dever-McCormack School Boston

Donald McKay K-8 Boston

Dr. Albert F. Argenziano School Somerville

Dr. An Wang Middle School Lowell

Dr. Gertrude Bailey Elementary Lowell

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School Cambridge

Edison K-8 School Boston

Edward Everett Elementary Boston

Edward W. Brooke Charter School Boston

Edward W. Brooke Charter School East Boston

Edwards Middle School Boston

Elihu Greenwood Leadership Academy Boston

Elizabeth Carter Brooks Elementary New Bedford

Ellen R. Hathaway Elementary New Bedford

Elywyn G. Campbell Elementary New Bedford

Fletcher-Maynard School Cambridge

Franklin D. Roosevelt K-8 Boston

Garfiel Middle School Revere

Goddard School of Science and Technology Worcester

Graham & Parks School Cambridge

Greenhalge Elementary Lowell

Haggerty School Cambridge

Hayden-McFadden Elementary New Bedford

Haynes Early Education Center Boston

Hennigan Elementary School Boston

Higginson-Lewis K-8 School Boston

Holmes Elementary Boston

Hosmer Elementary Watertown

Hurley K-8 School Boston

J.G. Pyne Arts Magnet School Lowell

Jackson/Mann School Boston

James B. Congdon Elementary New Bedford

James Condon Elementary Boston

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James Russell Lowell Elementary Watertown

Jireh Swift Elementary New Bedford

John Avery Parker Elementary New Bedford

John B. DeValles Elementary New Bedford

John Eliot K-8 School Boston

John F. Kennedy Elementary Boston

John Hannigan Elementary New Bedford

John J. Duggan Middle School Springfiel

John J. Shaughnessy Elementary Lowell

John M. Tobin School Cambridge

John Winthrop Elementary Boston

Joseph Browne School Chelsea

Joseph P. Manning Elementary Boston

Josiah Quincy Elementary Boston

Joyce Kilmer K-8 School Boston

Kathryn Stoklosa Middle School Lowell

Kempton Elementary New Bedford

Kennedy-Longfellow School Cambridge

King Open School Cambridge

Laura Lee Therapeutic Day School Lowell

Lilla G. Frederick School Boston

Malden High School Malden

Maria L. Baldwin School Cambridge

Maurice J. Tobin K-8 School Boston

McAvinnue Elementary Lowell

Milton Academy Milton

Moody Elementary Lowell

Morse School Cambridge

Mozart Elementary Boston

Murkland Elementary Lowell

Nashoba Regional School District Nathan Hale Elementary Boston

Nativity Preparatory School Boston

Normandin Middle School New Bedford

O’Donnell Elementary School Boston

Orchard Gardens K-8 Boston

Parthum Elementary Lawrence

Patrick Lyndon K-8 Pilot School Boston

Pawtucketville Memorial Elementary Lowll

Peter W. Reilly Elementary Lowell

Rafael Hernandez K-8 School Boston

Renaissance Elementary New Bedford

Richard J. Murphy K-8 School Boston

Robert Frost Middle School Lawrence

Robinson Middle School Lowell

Roger Clap Innovation School Boston

Roosevelt Middle School New Bedford

Roxbury Preparatory Charter Boston

Rumney Marsh Academy Revere

Russell Elementary Boston

S. Christa McAuliffe Elementary Lowell

Sarah Greenwood K-8 School Boston

Sgt. William Carney Academy New Bedford

Susan B. Anthony Middle School Revere

Thomas R. Rodman Elementary New Bedford

Trotter Innovation School Boston

Washington Elementary School Lowell

Washington Irving Middle School Boston

West Somerville Neighborhood School Somerville

West Zone Early Learning Center Boston

William H. Taylor Elementary New Bedford

William Ohrenberger Elementary Boston

Woodland Academy Worcester

Young Achievers Science and Math Pilot School Boston

LAW FIRMS, OFFICES & CORPORATIONSAccuFileAtrius HealthBerid & SchutzbankBose CorporationBoston Municipal CourtBristol County District Attorney’s OfficeBristol County Superior Court

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Burke & SmithBurns & LevinsonChoate Hall & StewartChu, Ring & HazelColloraCommittee for Public Counsel ServicesConn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & FordDeutsch WilliamsDonoghue Barrett & SingalEastern BankEaton Vance ManagementEssex County Juvenile CourtFidelity InvestmentsGoodwin ProcterGoulston & StorrsGreenberg TraurigHirsch Roberts WeinsteinJones DayLaw Office of Alexandra RoarkLaw Offices of Michael P. JoyceLiberty Mutual InsuranceMass Insight EducationMassachusetts Juvenile CourtMassachusetts Appeals CourtMassachusetts Superior CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial CourtMelick & PorterMiddlesex County Juvenile CourtMintz LevinMoses Smith & MarkeyO’Brien & Levine Court ReportingPricewaterhouseCoopersRobinson & ColeRopes & Gray

Saul EwingSchochet CompaniesSeyfarth ShawSherin & LodgenSinsheimer & AssociatesSocial Venture PartnersSugarman, Rogers, Barshak & CohenTJXTufts UniversityU.S. Attorney’s OfficeU.S. Court of Appeals for the First CircuitU.S. District Court of MassachusettsWestern New England School of LawWilmerHaleWolf Greenfiel

JUDGESHon. Kerry AhernHon. David J. BarronHon. Jay D. BlitzmanHon. Jennifer C. BoalHon. Margot G. BotsfordHon. Kimberly BuddHon. Allison D. BurroughsHon. Donald L. CabellHon. Denise J. CasperHon. Robert B. Collings (ret.)Hon. Robert J. CordyHon. Judith G. DeinHon. Shannon FrisonHon. Nathaniel M. GortonHon. Gary S. KatzmannHon. Sandra L. LynchHon. Gregory I. MassingHon. Mark G. Mastroianni

Hon. Richard MosesHon. Mark NewmanHon. Patti B. SarisHon. F. Dennis SaylorHon. Leo T. SorokinHon. Indira TalwaniHon. Steven E. ThomasHon. Robert L. UllmannHon. Gabrielle R. WolohojianHon. Douglas P. WoodlockHon. Raffi N. YessayanHon. William G. Young

INDIVIDUALSJames AgarEve Aguilar ReardonJudy AndelmanJames P. Andersen, Jr.Lorraine AndrewsKelli AntesNancy AnthonyStacey ArdiniStephanie AronzonAaron AtwoodLauren AubertineTheresa BanashJohn Baraniak, Jr.Jaleh BarrettTim BazzleThaddeus R. BealJack BeattyKaren BeauseyPaul BeckwithMichael BednarzSarah BehuniakMonet BennettCindy BenoitTiffa y BentleyKendra Berardi

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Mike BevilacquaDeborah S. BirnbachTara BlackmanJoshua BoginJeanne BonneauTess BordenGregory BoucherAndrew BoulayMarcia M. BoumilFran BourneAnne BowieJulia BramleyMichael BroderickErica BrodyAshley BrownChris BrownMary Kay BrownJordan BrowneMichelle BrownleeLindsay BroyhillLinda BullockNonnie S. BurnesStephen G. ButtsAdam CambierAlexandra CapachiettiTess CarelyEugenia CarrisRon CarrollCaitlin CassellaDina ChaitowitzDoris ChampagneSam CharronAllison CherundoloTatenda ChitemerereYul-mi ChoEric ChristoffersonJohn H. ChuAnnette Ciampa

Marvin CineZachary CloydPriscilla CobbBeth CohenClifford CohenJared CohenAndi ColoffRose ColonDana ConneallyRosemary ConnollyMiriam ConradMichael ContompasisWilliam “Mo” CowanKyle CrossleyPatricia CrowleyJonathan CulpepperNancy CunninghamDeb CurranJoanne DaleyJoshua DanielsChristine DauriaAnnMarie DavenportCameron DavisLucia de MayrinckMeredith DeJesusCatarina DeraedtDaniel R. DeutschJamie DickersonElizabeth A. DiMarcoShannon DohertyAnthony M. DonigerMatthew DonohueNatasha DoornKayla Dorsey-TwumasiDonna N. DrewesElizabeth DriscollAnderson DuffAndrea Dunbar

Stuart V. C. Duncan SmithBritt EichnerJeremy EisemannDeana El-MallawanyMaxwell FathyKathleen FredericoJennifer FerlandRobert FlahertyKatie FloydMaryclare FlynnTristan FoleyJean FrancoCristina FreitasDebbie FreitasDavid FreyWilliam FriedlerAnthony FullerBetsy B. GabrielsonNaveen GaneshHeather GanleyJoe GanleyIra GantSandra GantKelli GanzStephen GaunChris GeorgeJared GirouxAimee GoddardAllegra GogolNicholas GogolNicole GolayGenevie GoldHeather GoldingJoshua GoldsteinNick GoodwinErin GowdyLauren GraberJason Green

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Anne GrotePatricia GuziejkaJeffery HabenichtAlisa HackerErnest HaddadJennifer HanleyKathe HarbourChad HarpleJonathan R. HausnerJane HavilandBethany HealyRichard J. HenkenMatthew T. HevertRoz HillHatsy HoderEmily HodgeEva HoffmaJennifer HoldenMark HooverMichael HorrellAngela HrusovskyScott HulganKatherine HunTom HuntMeghan IngrisanoBrett JacksonAdrianna Jean-LouisCheryl JesseGiselle J. Joff eDawn JohnsonPhelipe JohnsonRob JohnsonElaine KapetanakisCaitlin KeiperFrank KelleherRua KellyMargaret KeltyEllen S. KiefAndrew King

Brooke KintnerSarah KitchellWendy KnightBlair KomarHannah KopinskiLauren KupersmithKathleen LaddOceane LangreneyKathy LaRochelleLaura W. LeePeter LeroyMichelle LeungPeter LevinePeter LevittJoshua S. LevyDana LindbergLinh LingenfelterEmiley LockhartKarl LockhartLily LockhartJennifer LoganRussell LongAna LopezWilliam LovettMarco MacElhineyRichard MacElhineyThomas MacInnesCynthia B. MalmRhonda MalmJacqueline ManticaLouis ManzoNora MarantzLauren MarcousMichael MarcucciDavid MarkJohn MarkeyPaul Marshall HarrisClive MartinKevin Martin

Emma MayvilleMartha MazzoneJames McCrackenColleen McDonaldMathilda McGee-TubbTerence McGinnisAlexander McIsaacJohn McNeilCaroline MerckJeannine MercureChris MetaforaJoshua MillerChristopher H. MiltonJudy MiznerKelsey MontgomeryKristopher MooreKaitlin MoroneyJane Mosher-CantySeth MoskowitzJoseph J. MuellerHasina Mungin-BeyMary MurraneGeorge MykulakEmily NelsonKimberly NelsonJody NewmanJanet NolanJohn NucciNorma NunnallyKathleen O’ConnorLauren O’ConnorMary O’NeilKevin O’ReganVanessa PabonSebastian PachecoClaire PapanastasiouJulie ParkerMichelle PascucciMeggie Patterson

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Jane PeachyDeborah PeratesLorraine PereiraJeff ey PikeChristopher PittCandice PorterRobert PowersTom PriceFrancesca ProcacciniCaroline PuckowskiJennifer PurcellAndrew QuinneyBryan QuinonezSusan Randolph-FreyGenevieve A. ReardonJohn J. ReganMeghan RhatiganAdam Rhodes-RoganLaura RichardsLauren RileyMichael RileyAlexandra RoarkScott RobertsCarolyn RocheleauLeora RodensteinNancy RojasDaniel RossSarah RothermelBenjamin RudofskyAlexandra ReynoldsAllen RuggNicholas RussoAnant SaraswatTurhan SarwarDonald SaveryJen ScappiniGil SchipaniDavid SchulerEmily Schulman

Eric SchutzbankLeah SegalRob ShamesGregg ShapiroElizabeth SheehyJoseph SheridanMichael ShiposhDeepika ShuklaShelby SihBruce SingalDavid SingerWilliam SinnottRobert SinsheimerJulianna SmithWalter SmithMary SmoyerMaggie SolisTyler SparrowClaire SpechtGary A. SpiessBill StantonGeoff ey D. SteinCarol StarkeySusan StengerJeff StittTaisha SturdivantCarolyn SullivanSaranya SureshKaoru SuzukiBenjamin TaylorBob TaylorEric TeasdaleElizabeth ThomasSandie ThompsonJade ThorntonPeter TobaniLaura ToomeyMaura TraversJethro Trenteetun

Katy TrogdonRayeesha TurnerRoss TurnerMatthew TymanLinda Urban-LyonAlana Van der MudeRachel Van DeurenElizabeth Van DornArivee VargasGeorge VargheseKatie VersfeltRachel VyasJohn WallaceEdmund WalshLeann WalshAnnie WangJoe WangSusan WangJennifer WeeklyKathy WeinmanRachel WeisblattLavina WeizelChristine WichersChaloea WilliamsDavid WittenbergMatthew WoodburyDeirdre WoytekShelbey WrightLala WuCrystal YangJudith YogmanMichael YoonCynthia YoungNicholas YpsilantisThomas ZappalaKathryn ZdankusEva ZelnickDavid ZuckerAlex Zwillinger

CHAMPIONS OF DEMOCRACY ($50,000 & ABOVE)AnonymousNonnie S. & Richard BurnesWilmerHale

GUARDIANS OF JUSTICE ($25,000 & ABOVE)Amelia Peabody FoundationGoodwin ProcterLincoln and Therese Filene FoundationRopes & Gray

ADVOCATES OF EQUALITY ($10,000 & ABOVE)Alice Willard Dorr FoundationDeborah S. & Norman BirnbachEastern BankHighland Street FoundationJohn H. & H. Naomi Tomfohrde FoundationLiberty Mutual FoundationLiberty Mutual InsuranceMintz LevinAllison & Joseph J. MuellerKate & Benjamin TaylorVila B. Webber Charitable TrustCatherine & John Wallace

CIVIC LEADERS ($5,000 & ABOVE)The AMG FoundationBank of AmericaBose CorporationBurns & Levinson

Dina & John H. ChuThe Cosette Charitable FundChu, Ring & HazelDavis, Malm & D’AgostineDonoghue Barrett & SingalEaton Vance ManagementEMC CorporationErnst & YoungGreenberg TraurigJohn Hancock Financial ServicesSarah Holt & Thaddeus R. BealEmiley & Keith LockhartCarolyn & Peter S. LynchNew England Patriots FoundationNutter McClennen & FishThe Plymouth Rock FoundationRachel Rock & Joshua S. LevyStaples CorporationBetsy & Gary A. SpiessApril & Geoff SteinWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS ($3,000 & ABOVE)Casner & EdwardsCogan Family FoundationColloraJoan & Michael ContompasisFidelity InvestmentsFiduciary Trust CompanyFish & RichardsonFoley HoagJanet, Jenner & SuggsLibbyHoopes

Liza Lunt & Anthony M. DonigerCyntha B. & C. Michael MalmMelick & PorterTerence McGinnisNational Grid FoundationPeabody & ArnoldPricewaterhouseCoopersJoan & John J. ReganRockland Trust CompanyRubin and RudmanSchochet CompaniesSeyfarth ShawStoneTurn GroupSugarman, Rogers, Barshak & CohenTranswestern RBJWBURWolf Greenfiel

ENGAGED CITIZENS ($1,000 & ABOVE)AccuFileSydney Altman & Bruce SingalHon. Jennifer C. BoalBoard LeadersBoston Symphony OrchestraLaurie BurtCetruloClements & PineaultLaura CutlerDonnelly, Conroy & GelhaarEMD SeronoBetsy B. & Mark GabrielsonJulienne GogolGoulston & StorrsRichard J. Henken

SUPPORTERS OF OUR CRITICAL WORK

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Hirsch Roberts WeinsteinHolland & KnightTony C. JordanPhilip S. LapatinBarbara A. ManzolilloJohn MayElisabeth J. Medvedow & Clifford R. CohenThe MENTOR NetworkCatherine & Christopher MiltonM. Lee PeltonSaul EwingSunstein Kann Murphy & TimbersVerrill DanaRenata Von Tscharner & Peter MunkenbeckKathy & Nicholas H. Ypsilantis

FRIENDS (UP TO $1,000)Robert AbrahamsenClaire AbramsEllie Adair & Ben DixonNathaniel AdderleyAni AjemianRaj AnandJames P. Andersen, Jr.AnonymousJennifer Antolini BradnerCarol ArduraJean M. ArnebergJen ArniniTasha BahalKathleen & Bo BairdNancy & Christopher C. BarryTiffa y BentleyGenevive & Neal BernikerDolores BernikerCarolyn BerningerLynn Bikofsky & Dave Evans

Kyle BjornlundSymone BlakeTamra BlakeElizabeth F. & Robert W. BluckeJessica & Jordan BowneWilliam P. BradyWalter L. BrassertMary Jane Brennan SangioloKatie BrossiSandra F. Brown-CaseyMichelle BrownleeAna BrzezinskaCaroline H. BullerjahnBulkley, Richardson and GelinasCambridge Trust CompanyKenny CarberryMaura CarberryMeaghan CaseyMadelyn CerianiSheryl & Peter CerianiNeema ChaibanDeboki ChakravartiJohn ChamblissGina CharusombatGabriel D. M. CiociolaLouise CitronAnn V. & John W. CobbPriscilla CobbJerry CohenAnn ColeConn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & FordTracey Cornogg & Tony MirendaCharlie CottonDiana CuffCammie CurtinLindsay DahlbenPeter de Roetth

Hon. Judith G. Dein & Alan ReischAlexis G. DeiseThe Delaney FamilyDavid DerushaThe Dittman FamilySamuel DorranceKim DoughertyAnne DowdDon DrinkwaterElizabeth DriscollRebecca DudaAndrea DunbarStuart V. C. Duncan SmithBrigitte EichnerJeremy EisemannMatthew EpsteinKaren S. EricksonRachel & David FabrizioAnthony FarrellRob FarrellPaul FeldmanTracy FinkRobert FlahertyAmy FracassiniJean FrancoDonald FredericoCristina FreitasDebbie FreitasMichele & William N. FriedlerRyan GagliastreJackson B. R. GallowayConnie & Frank GarciaBethany Gersten & Nick StangasThe Gersten FamilyDavid GodkinAllegra GogolAnn GogolJohn Gogol

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Nicholas Gogol Siau Rui GohGenevie Gold Joel Goldstein & Reed GoodmanCynthia & MB GordyJulian GordyNika GordyJoan & Hon. Nathaniel M. GortonLauren GraberCarol & Peter GreenfielLinda & Stephen GreyserDavid GrossmanJean L. GuttmanErnest HaddadMelanie & Bart HaleMargaret HandSusan HartnettKatie HaydenConnor HenleyTim HenshawWinifred HentschelErin Higgins & Douglas B. RosnerHinckley, Allen & SnyderWendelyn & Richard L. HoffmaInga HolmdahlMaryellen HolmesCaroline & Fred HoppinClare HoweEric HsiaoPatricia R. HurleyGinny & Tom JacksonJennifer JacksonJoanna JacksonMadelyn & Steve JacksonNorma H. & Emmette G. JacksonAlan JacobsonRobert JohnsonLizzy JohnsonMary Hamilton Johnson

Richard A. JohnsonSerena & Frank KafkerTamsin KaplanJoy & Michelle KarolGary KastalHon. Gary KatzmannAnnie & Denis KearnsBrenna KearnsMaureen Kearns & Bob KammererFrancis KelleherAaron KelloggRyan KennyMarion KilsonAndrew KingMatthew D. KleckerCatherine Klion & Thomas PlotzHannah KopinskiDonna KornfeldKrokidas & BluesteinIrene KubertLauren KupersmithNancy C. KurtzKathy L. LanzaLaredo & Smith

Samantha LeahyThe Leahy FamilyDaniel LeClairSusan LeeLegal SeafoodsTim LesinskiElizabeth & Martin LevinPeter LevineMeira Levinson & Marc LipsitchSarah LewisRiley LewisGeorge LewisChristina LicursiEvelyn LimonCheryl LindsayAlan G. LopatinAna LopezChelsea LoughranHon. Sandra L. LynchNancy & William MallioKathryn ManzaMary A. ManziBennet MarksPatricia B. & Neil J. MarkwithFrances Marshman

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Heidi MartiMassachusetts Legal Recruitment AssociationWilliam S. McDermottJill Medvedow & Richard KazisMameve & Howard MedwedEllie Meek & David B. TweedySandra Mitchell WoodsJeff MoanKaitlin MoroneyCecily O. & Alan MorseStacey MullaneyAndrea & Rick MullinMarla Murphy SmithLinda E. NearyKim Nelson & Seth EvansDan NiemczykAshley NoelThe Norton FamilyNicholas NyboOld Mutual Asset ManagementThea OlmsteadNancy O’LoughlinCatherine Olsen & Tom SandoSiste O’Malia & Tim KearnsJohn O’NeilDianne Orsillo & Sean KearnsEmily Paradise & Arn FranzenAdam ParisKunal PasrichaLaura & Robert PeabodyMichelle PeirceLorraine Pereira Marta S. & James L. PhillipsJoanna PlotzJerome M. PowellHarold I. PrattWilliam L. Prickett

Rachel Pries Naseem Rakha John Reidy Lloyd ResnickAlexandra ReynoldsT. Max Riffin Patrick T. RoathSusan R. RobelAbigail & George RobertsCarolyn RoscoeDavid P. RosenblattAnne & Bob Rosenthal Shelley RyanAmy & Jeff Sakowitz Cynthia SaltenMary Beth & Paul W. SandmanTurhan SarwarHelen Chin SchlichteNadia SchreiberDavid SchulerCarrie SearesLeah SegalRobert SerioJoel ShermanMichael ShiposhPeter ShultsWilliam SinnottSinsheimer & AssociatesRobert SinsheimerEve SlatteryMark SlovenkaiAdam SlutskyBarbara Healy SmithAmy R. SnellJanice & J. Deane SomervilleJoyce & Norman SpectorAdrian St. FrancisMargaret N. St.Clair

Scott St.ClairThomas St.Clair Kathleen StrachanToni & Robert B. StrasslerThe Stringer FamilyMarjorie Suisman & Roger GellerMark SullivanEvelynne SwagertyHon. Indira TalwaniGrant ThorntonMaura TraversKhrista TrerotolaVasiliki L. TripodisMelissa A. & Neal C. TullyJayne TyrrellHon. Robert L. UllmannAlana Van der MudeElizabeth & Walter G. Van DornPaul F. Van HoutenRosamond & Sven Vaule Dianne & Brian WallisThe Whalon FamilyDanielle WhiteJohn T. WhiteChristine WichersEric WilliamsChaloea WilliamsJane L. WilloughbyKatherine B. WinterBetsy & Lee WoolleyShelbey & David WrightEdward WuJudith & John WymanJudith YogmanArthur YoungCynthia YoungAlice YuKenneth Zais

Photos in order from top left, people left to right:

Lee Pelton, President of Emerson College; Patti B. Saris, Chief Judge of U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Deborah S. Birnbach, Discovering Justice Board Chair, Goodwin Procter; Jeremy Eisemann, Discovering Justice Trustee, Liberty Mutual

Azure A. Aronsson, Collora; Lauren Graber, Collora

Students from the Stoklosa Middle School in Lowell: Angelina Chhim, Alyana Cruz, Barnard Krouch, Romeo Tim-Louangphixai

Honoree Tom Ashbrook, Host of NPR’s “On Point” from WBUR Boston

Cristina Freitas, Debbie Freitas, Freitas & Freitas

Mark Smith, Laredo & Smith; Event Emcee Bruce Singal, Donoghue Barrett & Singal

Back Row: Steve Cyr, Social Studies Teacher at Stoklosa Middle School; Martha Cohn, Director of Social Studies for Lowell Public Schools; Tom Ashbrook; Jean Franco, Superintendent of Lowell Public Schools; Cristina Freitas, Freitas & Freitas; Debbie Freitas, Freitas

& Freitas; Hon. Jay D. Blitzman, Middlesex County Juvenile Court; Nancy O’Loughlin, Principal of Stoklosa Middle School. Front Row: Carolyn Rocheleau, Coordinator of Special Programs for Lowell Public Schools; Claire Abrams, Assistant Superintendent of Lowell Public Schools; Students: Romeo Tim-Louangphixai, Barnard Krouch, Angelina Chhim, Alyana Cruz

2015 Annual Benefi A Celebration of Civic Education

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TOTAL REVENUE: $1,350,898$600,000

$300,000

$150,000

$75,000

$37,500

$0Individuals $232,082

Foundations/ Grants

$181,448

Investment Income ($4,045)

In-Kind $573,700

Program Revenue $39,673

Corporations $100,250

Law Firms $227,790

17%

13%

17%

7%

3%

43%

0%

FY2015 RevenueJuly 1, 2014– June 30, 2015

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Board of TrusteesDeborah S. Birnbach, Esq. Board Chair Goodwin Procter

Joshua S. Levy, Esq. Vice Chair Ropes & Gray

Benjamin Taylor Vice Chair Boston Globe (ret.)

John H. Chu, Esq. Clerk Chu, Ring & Hazel

Thaddeus R. Beal, Esq. Artist

Michael Contompasis Mass Insight Education

Anthony M. Doniger, Esq. Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen

Jeremy Eisemann, Esq. Liberty Mutual

Richard J. Henken Schochet Companies

Tony C. Jordan Ernst & Young

Peter Levine Tufts University & CIRCLE

Emiley Lockhart, Esq. Office of Senator Eileen Donoghue

Cynthia Malm Community Volunteer

Terence McGinnis, Esq. Eastern Bank

Joseph J. Mueller, Esq. WilmerHale

Gary A. Spiess, Esq. FleetBoston Financial Company (ret.)

Nicholas Ypsilantis AccuFile

StaffJon Spack Executive Director

Marieljane (MJ) Bastien Legal Programs Associate

Jamie Cross Administrative Assistant

Anastasia Gogol, Esq. Associate Director

Brenna Kearns Grants & Communications Manager

Jan Shafer Education Director

Danielle White Education Programs Manager Phil Cappello Summer Intern

Photos taken by Adrian St. Francis and Reba Saldanha

TOTAL REVENUE: $1,350,898

Investment Income ($4,045)

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