HONORING
Eric Adams
Mayor of New York City
Wade Davis
CEO, TelevisaUnivision
Holland Taylor
Award Winning Actress
Jon Yaged
CEO, Macmillan Publishers US
FEATURING
Tom Hanks
Academy Award Winning Actor
Special Video Presentation
Minka Kelly
Actress & Author
Sarah Paulson
Award Winning Actress
Ayana Mathis
Author
Cynthia McFadden
Senior Legal & Investigative Correspondent for NBC News
Co-Chairs
Tinika Brown Davis
Richard Edelman
Joni Evans
& Bob Perkins
Katharine Raymond Hinton
& Les Hinton
W. Ross Honey
Lawrence Jacobs
& Hannah Jacobs
Courtney E.K. Lewis
Sabastian V. Niles
& Rina Niles
Zibby & Kyle Owens
Sarah Paulson
Elizabeth T. Peabody
Deborah Goodrich Royce
Mike & Kemp Steib
Jose Tomás
Fareed Zakaria
Eric Zinterhofer
Supporters
UNDERWRITERS
Macmillan Publishers US
TelevisaUnivision/Univision
Foundation
PATRONS
Joni Evans & Bob Perkins
Gladstone Place Partners
Joan Ganz Cooney
Lawrence Jacobs
& Hannah Jacobs
Courtney E. K. Lewis
& Keelan Lewis
Marshall Wace
Morgan Stanley
News Corp
Elizabeth T. Peabody
Penguin Random House
Deborah Goodrich Royce
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Searchlight Capital
Lesley Stahl
Jon Yaged
BENEFACTORS
Bank of America
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Barbara Taylor Bradford, OBE
Daniel G. Brown
Command Companies
D.F. King & Co. Inc.
Ianthe Jeanne Dugan
Richard Edelman
FGS Global
Goldman Sachs
Anna & Mark Gurevich
Katharine Raymond Hinton
& Les Hinton
W. Ross Honey
& Maria J. Feliciano
Innisfree M&A Incorporated
JP Morgan
Joele Frank, Wilkinson
Brimmer Katcher
Known
Mary Wells Lawrence
LexisNexis
MacKenzie Partners, Inc.
David Maya & Shira Maya
Midland
Sabastian V. Niles & Rina Niles
Oliver Wyman
Zibby & Kyle Owens
PwC
Victoria & William Pao
Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Resolute Forest Products
Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Mike & Kemp Steib
Writers House LLC
ADVOCATES
Alan Appelbaum
Book of the Month
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Cynthia Cannell
Jacqueline Weld Drake
Lee Eastman
Joel Ehrenkranz
Linda Fairstein
Fox
Renee & Neal Goff
Hachette Book Group
Taylor Hanex
HarperCollins Publishers
Kekst CNC
Lakeside Book Company
Leonard A. Lauder
Hernan Lopez
Sally Martell
Mercer
Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
Open Road Integrated Media
Michael Pietsch
Sidley Austin LLP
Sterling Technology Group
Jonathan Stolper
Sucherman
Barbara Tober
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Isabel Walsh
Westchester Publishing Service
Join us for the Evening of Readings, an inspiring night of celebration and accomplishment.
Parents come to Literacy Partners to transform their lives and create a brighter future for their children through the power of literacy. With our free classes, community workshops, and educational media, parents boost their literacy and language skills to achieve success in today’s world and promote their children’s school readiness.
For over 35 years, The Evening of Readings has always been a big night of celebration and a gathering of people who want to transform New York through the power of literacy.
6:30 PM
Cocktail Reception
7:30 PM
Dinner, Readings, and Awards
9:30 PM
Dessert Reception
Attire:
Festive Black Tie
RESERVE YOUR TABLE(S) / TICKET(S) NOW
Join us in celebrating our work at the 2023 Evening of Readings and helping provide the funds needed to help adults and families transform their lives through the power of literacy. You can purchase tables and tickets by returning this form to us or purchase them online below.
Sorry I can’t attend this great event, but please accept my contribution.
To pay by wire transfer or to make a gift of stock, please contact Jeff Stauch at (646) 237-0161 or gala@literacypartners.org.
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