CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2009

February 17th

THE UNITED STATES-MEXICO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SUPPORTS

(FIAC) is a not-for-profit legal assistance organization dedicated to protecting and promoting
the basic human rights of immigrants of all nationalities at the local, state and national levels.

2009 Annual Dinner

Immigrant Voices

Presenting Sponsor
John and Selene Devaney Charitable Foundation

Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Hotel InterContinental in Miami

Reception / Silent Auction     6:00 p.m.
Dinner     7:30 p.m.

Guest Speaker
Judge Rosemary Barkett

Judge Barkett was appointed to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in 1994, the latest highlight on a journey that began in Mexico where she was born to parents who had emigrated from Syria. Along the way she was a teacher, a member of a religious order, and graduated law school near the top of her class. In 1985, she became the first woman Associate Justice on the Florida Supreme Court, and in 1992, her colleagues selected her to become Chief Justice, the first woman to hold that position.

Honorees
Dr. Erik Camayd-Freixas
Ana Navarro
Patricia Thompson, Esq., Carlton Fields

Dinner Co-Chairs
Elba Hentschel
Jane Herron
Jose Valdes-Fauli

Auction Chair
Kathleen Murphy

Platinum Sponsors
White & Case LLP
John S. & James L. Knight Foundation
William J. & Tina Rosenberg Foundation
Commissioner Katy Sorenson

Gold Sponsors
The Green Family Foundation
Greenberg Traurig
Commissioner Sally Heyman

Silver Sponsors
Law Offices of Chavez & de Leon, PA
Fisher Island Philanthropic
Carlos and Robin Palomares
Shepard Broad Foundation

Bronze Sponsors
The Bank of Miami
Baptist Health Systems
Carlton Fields
CSI International
Maria Buch, M.D.
Duane Morris LLP
Carl & Blanca Goldfarb
Jane & Rick Herron
Janet McAliley
Marimekko Miami - Cristina Dominguez
Carl & Toni Randolph
Swimmer Law Associates, PA - Aaron Swimmer
Peter Upton, Esq.
Rev. Dr. Priscilla Felisky Whitehead

Underwriters & Advertisers
Colonial Press International - George Gomez
Miami-Dade College - Dr. Eduardo Padron
Northern Trust - Sheldon Anderson
Original Impressions
Law Offices of Robert Parks
TotalBank

For information on Sponsorships or Tickets -
Email: csailsbury@fiacfla.org or call: 305-573-1106 ext. 1102

FIAC History

Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (FIAC) was founded in 1996 because of pending restrictions and funding cuts to Legal Services Corporation (LSC) funded agencies, which eventually passed and prevented many organizations in the state of Florida from serving the immigrant population. Sweeping changes in immigration law and welfare reform also increased the demand for services from FIAC. Since its inception, FIAC has been able to meet many challenges faced by immigrants and it has done so not only by representing individual clients with difficult cases, but also by influencing policy decisions, encouraging favorable clarifications of rulings, participating in effective and ongoing dialogue with senior immigration officials in Washington, and litigating or otherwise challenging patterns and practices of abuse. In the eight years since its founding, FIAC has closed nearly 47,000 cases and has become a national trendsetter in the immigration field. Over the years, FIAC has grown from ten employees and a $400,000 budget to over forty employees with a $2.4 million budget.