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On May 8th, nearly 300 champions of literacy helped raise more than $515,000 at Read Alliance's Annual Spring Benefit! Among the evening’s highlights, Senior Teen Leaders Réal and Emilee described the program’s impact both on themselves and the younger peers they serve; honoree and longstanding board member Marcia Cantarella placed the program within the context of her family’s generations-long history of breaking barriers in both education and civil rights; and FOX 5 Meteorologist/Feature Reporter and Benefit Host Audrey Puente presided over the evening with enthusiasm and grace.

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Our 2019 Spring Benefit Feature Film:

Our gratitude to our 2019 Spring Benefit Sponsors:

LEADER
Brock Capital Group LLC
Leah & Alain Lebec
Marty & Al Sikes
Michelle & Richard Robinson
Schroders

ACTIVIST
Innisfree M&A Incorporated
Kristen & Patrick Ramsey
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP

MENTOR
Adam Baxter
Alexandre Behring Costa
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Victor and Clara C. Battin Foundation
Michael & Allison Lubowitz
Shearman & Sterling LLP
The Goldie Anna Charitable Trust
Peter Nkongho
Debjani Bagchi and Dr. James Bender
Open Society Foundations
Connie & Eric Farina
Customers Bank Private and Commercial Banking
Gayle & Samuel Gradess
Lucy & Tom Regan
Julie & Beth Sterling
Jason Teeters & Sheida Tabaie

PARTNER
Rob and Tricia Brown
Mark & Mary Hemenetz
CBRE
Evelyn & John Lipori
Reavis Page Jump LLP
Proskauer Rose LLP
Amalgamated Life Insurance Company