Gala

On Wednesday, June 23, we will gather to toast another incredible year of strong advocacy for workers and honor three of your colleagues for their inspiring contributions to the NELA community and the cause of justice for workers: Janice Goodman (NY), M. Megan O’Malley (IL), and Kira Fonteneau (AL).
NELA is privileged to recognize Janice Goodman, one of NELA’s leading lights and a pioneer in the field of plaintiffs’ employment law. Janice has had an impressive and storied career, successfully litigating many important Title VII class actions on behalf of women and minorities. Her immeasurable contributions include serving as General Editor of NELA’s three-volume treatise, Employee Rights Litigation: Pleading and Practice, which remains the preeminent resource for workers’ rights advocates. Janice is a former NELA Board Member, a former NELA Vice President, and a founding member of NELA/NY.
Promoting a fair judiciary is central to NELA’s mission, and Megan O’Malley is a driving force of NELA’s Judicial Nominations Program. We are proud to honor Megan for her powerful leadership as Co-Chair of NELA’s Judicial Nominations Committee (JNC) since 2014. As one of our staunchest advocates for a fair and independent judiciary, Megan has been leading our charge for experiential, as well as demographic, diversity on the federal bench tirelessly for many years. Megan has practiced employment law for more than 20 years and is a former President of NELA/Illinois.
We are delighted that Kira Fonteneau will be receiving NELA’s inaugural Spotlight Award recognizing a NELA leader who represents our future. Kira’s dedication to justice for workers and contributions to our community nationally and locally have been, and will continue to be, essential to advancing workers' rights and empowering workers' rights advocates. She serves on the NELA-Alabama Board and has been on the faculty of the 2019 NELA Convention and NELA’s Fall 2020 seminar, Race And National Origin Discrimination In The Workplace. She is the President of the Alabama Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, was Chair of the American Diabetes Association’s National Legal Advocacy Sub-Committee, and serves on the Alabama State Bar Board of Bar Commissioners.

We are pleased to offer a range of recognition opportunities, including advertising in NELA’s online 2021 Convention Ad Gallery, which will be included on NELA’s main website through January 15, 2022 and promoted widely to NELA’s members, attendees at CLE events, and followers on social media.

As a sponsor of NELA’s 2021 Gala, you will build NELA’s influence in our nation’s capital, its courtrooms, and everywhere we can make a difference. Please join us in amplifying NELA’s voice in promoting a fair judiciary and advocating for laws and policy that level the playing field for workers and their advocates.

To be included in the Ad Gallery, we must receive your pledge by Friday, May 21. The deadline to submit your ad for the Ad Gallery is Friday, May 28.

Your sponsorship may be tax-deductible as a business expense (advertising).

For More Information

Please contact: Leah A. Hofkin, Director of Development, lhofkin@employeerightsadvocacy.org or at  (415) 625-5421

Sponsorship Opportunities

Benefactor: $10,000 and above

  • Full-page color ad equivalent with premiere placement in NELA’s online 2021 Convention Ad Gallery. Your ad can include a live link to your website.
  • Benefactor listing with logo on NELA’s 2021 Convention microsite
  • Recognition on the homepage of NELA’s 2021 Convention. Your logo with a link to your website will be included as part of a rotating slider visible to all Convention participants throughout the Convention.
  • Benefactor listing with logo on the Donor Wall during NELA’s 2021 Convention
  • Verbal acknowledgement during NELA’s 2021 Convention
  • Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
  • The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart by Alicia Garza

Founder's Circle: $5000

  • Full-page color ad equivalent with premiere placement in NELA’s online 2021 Convention Ad Gallery. Your ad can include a live link to your website.
  • Founder's Circle listing with logo on NELA’s 2021 Convention microsite
  • Recognition on the homepage of NELA’s 2021 Convention. Your logo with a link to your website will be included as part of a rotating slider visible to all Convention participants throughout the Convention.
  • Founder's Circle listing with logo on the Donor Wall during NELA’s 2021 Convention
  • Verbal acknowledgement during NELA’s 2021 Convention
  • Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain

President's Cabinet: $2,500

  • Full-page color ad equivalent with premiere placement in NELA’s online 2021 Convention Ad Gallery. Your ad can include a live link to your website.
  • President's Cabinet listing with logo on NELA’s 2021 Convention microsite
  • President's Cabinet listing with logo on the Donor Wall during NELA’s 2021 Convention
  • Verbal acknowledgement during NELA’s 2021 Convention

Advocate: $1,000

  • Half-page color ad equivalent with premiere placement in NELA’s online 2021 Convention Ad Gallery. Your ad can include a live link to your website.
  • Advocate listing with logo on NELA’s 2021 Convention microsite
  • Advocate listing with logo on the Donor Wall during NELA’s 2021 Convention

Partner: $500

  • Quarter-page color ad equivalent with premiere placement in NELA’s online 2021 Convention Ad Gallery. Your ad can include a live link to your website.
  • Partner listing with logo on NELA’s 2021 Convention microsite
  • Partner listing with logo on the Donor Wall during NELA’s 2021 Convention

Supporter: $250

  • Eighth-page color ad equivalent with premiere placement in NELA’s online 2021 Convention Ad Gallery. Your ad can include a live link to your website.
  • Supporter listing with logo on NELA’s 2021 Convention microsite
  • Supporter listing with logo on the Donor Wall during NELA’s 2021 Convention

Friend: $100

  • Opportunity to place a two-line greeting in NELA’s 2021 online Convention Ad Gallery
  • Friend listing with logo on NELA’s 2021 Convention microsite
  • Friend listing with logo on the Donor Wall during NELA’s 2021 Convention