The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado
cordially invites you to the
2009 Carle Whitehead Memorial Award Dinner
Restoring the Constitution
With U.S. Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Denver Marriott City Center
1701 California Street
Reception and Silent Auction
- 5:30 p.m.
Dinner and Awards
- 7:00 p.m.
Honoring
- Congresswoman Diana DeGette, Carle Whitehead Awardee
- Steve Zansberg and Chris Beall of Levine Sullivan Koch&Schulz, LLP, Sherman Awardees
Tickets
$200 per person ($225 after October 1)
Group table purchases also available
1 FREE CLE credit available for attending the event. Forms will be available at the dinner.
RSVP by Ocotber 10, 2009 • 303.777.5482 x105
Support
Sponsor this year's Whitehead Memorial Award Dinner. Click here to learn how.
Interested in volunteering for this event? Contact Alison May at 303.777.5482 x117
Would you or your company like to donate a gift to our silent auction? Contact Caryn Osterman at 303.777.5482 x105
Check out this video from last year's dinner, produced by Colorado Outspoken. To see all three of the awardee videos, please visit our YouTube page.
Our guests
Featured Speaker: Representative Tammy Baldwin
Representative Baldwin (D-WI) serves on the House Judiciary Committee and will talk about the need to keep the promises made in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. She is a strong supporter of voting rights, LGBT rights, rights of the disabled and has worked to end racial and ethnic profiling.
Carle Whitehead Awardee: Diana DeGette
The Carle Whitehead Award is given to a Coloradan whose life and work reflect a commitment to civil liberties and a devotion to human justice.
Congresswoman DeGette will be receiving the Carle Whitehead Lifetime of Achievement Award for her work securing reproductive rights for all women, her efforts to ensure that vital stem cell research is funded in the U.S and her support of the rights of everyone to marry.
Sherman Awardees: Steve Zansberg and Chris Beall
The ACLU-CO presents the Edward Sherman Award in recognition of outstanding legal work on behalf of furthering civil liberties.
Attorneys Steve Zansberg and Chris Beall worked as a legal team defending free speech during the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
Steve Zansberg represents news media organizations in seeking access to judicial proceedings, records and open meetings, libel defense, asserting the journalist’s privilege against being compelled to testify, and conducting pre-publication review and counseling. He also litigates and counsels clients in use of copyrights, trademark, trade dress and protection of trade secrets. He is listed in the First Amendment category in The Best Lawyers in America and Who’s Who in American Law.
Chris Beall represents news media organizations and others in libel, trademark, false advertising, copyright, public access and other related First Amendment issues. Mr. Beall’s recent trademark and copyright litigation has included a successful two-day preliminary injunction trial in Denver, Colo., for 5280 magazine in a trademark dispute regarding its mark “5280.” In addition to Mr. Beall’s intellectual property work, he also has represented news media clients and others in access litigation for more than a decade, helping to obtain public access to everything from police internal affairs reports to recordings of illegally conducted meetings of public bodies. He also was part of the legal team that represented the news media during the Kobe Bryant rape case in Eagle, Colorado, including the prior restraint litigation in the Colorado Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.
