Bill Ayers

Celebrate with us – Illinois Prison Project’s 6th Annual Gala

Dear Comrades/Friends:

IPP’s 6th Annual Gala is set for October 16th at the historic Chicago Cultural Center — and I’m hoping you will purchase tickets and join us at the event!

This celebration brings together the people driving real change: advocates, elected officials, legal experts, and community members working at the forefront of the movement to end mass incarceration in Illinois and beyond. This year’s Visionary of the Year Awardees, Willette Benford & Sen. Robert Peters, will be honored, as well as Melissa Matusak Awardee Larry Beaumont. It’s also the biggest fundraising night of the year, with proceeds supporting IPP’s mission of providing direct legal representation to incarcerated people and changing the policies that fuel mass incarceration.

Will you join us? Your support helps us continue this work and signals your commitment to a more just system. Information on this year’s ticket, table and sponsorship options can be found here, including the ability to purchase a ticket so a formerly incarcerated person can attend (see the “Donate a ticket” option on our event registration page).

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to IPP’s Development Manager Shana East at: shana@illinoisprisonproject.org.

P.S. If you can’t make it on 10/16, but would still like to support IPP’s work–please consider making a secure gift online by clicking below, or by sending us a check at: Illinois Prison Project, 53 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 452, Chicago, IL 60604. IPP is a nonprofit organization and all donations are tax-deductible. Thank you in advance!

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About IPP

In seven years, IPP has freed 201 people from prison, successfully advocated for a new law in Illinois that allows for medical release and administrative policy changes that create more pathways for release from prison, and educated tens of thousands of community members about the harms of our racist and regressive criminal legal system. Through creative lawyering, innovative advocacy and a focus on the humanity of people harmed by the criminal legal system, IPP’s work is transforming the way that Illinois treats incarcerated people.