2010 Bill of Rights in Action Awards Benefit
Honoring CRFC Founder &
Executive Director Carolyn Pereira
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Union League Club of Chicago
65 West Jackson Boulevard
Main Lounge
Each year, the CRFC Board of Directors gives the Bill of Rights
in Action Award to individuals and
organizations who, because of their professional commitment and community involvement, provide
exemplary models of citizenship for our nation's young people.
Carolyn Pereira has served as the Executive Director of the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago
since it began in 1974. A leader in law-related/civic education, she has worked throughout the United States and recently
in former Soviet bloc countries. Her achievements include professional development initiatives in civic deliberations
and curriculum/ program design to support the discussion of controversial issues and civic engagement, including
Deliberating in a Democracy (DID), the Illinois Youth Summit, Equal Justice Under Law, and the Edward J. Lewis II
Lawyers in the Classroom Program. An author of numerous texts and articles, Carolyn was the 1992 recipient of the
American Bar Association's Isidore Starr Award for Excellence in Law-Related Education.
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CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION CHICAGO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Steven M. Elrod,* Chair
Sonya D. Naar,* Vice Chair
Dennis F. Regan, Treasurer
Victor P. Filippini, Jr., Secretary
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Ronald J. Allen
Eleanor S. Barnard*
Steven L. Bashwiner
William J. Bauer
Myles D. Berman
Paul P. Biebel
Scott V. Bruner*
Ruben Castillo
Renee Citera
Patrick M. Collins*
Jeffrey D. Colman
Brian L. Crowe
Thomas A. Demetrio*
Alex Dimitrief*
Gary Feinerman*
Thomas R. Fitzgerald
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Karen H. Flax*
Michael D. Freeborn*
Shanin T. Fuller
Susan G. Gallagher*
Benjamin Ghess*
Diane Green-Kelly
Margaret A. Hickey
John J. Jemilo
Bernard M. Judge**
Andrew A. Kassof*
James A. Klenk
John Lewis*
Robert T. Markowski
Frank J. McGarr
David A. Moes
Paula J. Morency*
Donald L. Mrozek*
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Gordon B. Nash, Jr.**
Julian A. Oettinger*
Craig A. Roeder
Jack Sandner
Gloria Santona*
Stephen A. Schiller
R. Ryan Stoll
Thomas P. Sullivan*
Earl A. Talbot*
Jeffrey R. Tone
Hugh J. Totten
Georgia L. Vlamis*
Dan K. Webb*
James S. Whitehead
Diane P. Wood
David N. Yellen
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*Benefit Committee Member
**Benefit Committee Co-Chair
