Spring 2021 RHJC Newsletter

NEWSLETTER

2021

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ASPWRIONRGD2F0R2O1 M OUR PRESIDENT

Dear The first newsletter of each year is my
Friends favorite. It is a chance to reflect on all that we
accomplished in the previous year and preview
OF THE what is to come this year. It also gives me a
platform to express my gratitude.

JACKSON I am proud to say the Jackson Center thrived in
CENTER, 2020. We created a new program series – Tea
Time with the Jackson Center, which offered
virtual programs to enhance our 2020 program
theme of The Other – Through Your Eyes. We
convened discussions to showcase how the law may impact each
of us differently depending on our circumstances and background.
We virtually brought author A.S. King and performances by
Living Voices, focused on immigration, women’s suffrage, and the
Holocaust, to our middle and high school audiences.

This year, we commemorate or celebrate a number of anniversaries
– the conclusion of the 75th anniversary of the International
Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, the 80th anniversary of Justice
Jackson’s appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the
20th anniversary of the Jackson Center itself. Those milestones
informed our 2021 program theme, The Work Left To Do. Our
core programs are focused on how Jackson’s work and values live
in the world today, and the Tea Time programs look at a variety of
equity gaps through a Jacksonian lens. We also are expanding our
education offerings, both by subject matter and geographically,
and increasing the resources we provide to educators, researchers,
and those interested in learning more.

Most importantly, it gives me the opportunity to say thank
you. We do that explicitly in our honor roll in this issue, but it
bears repeating. You enabled us to expand our education and
program offerings, broaden our audience, and explore new ideas.
Everything we were able to do last year and everything we have
planned for this year and beyond would not be possible without
the hard work of the Jackson Center staff, the guidance and help
of the Jackson Center Board, and you. Thank you for being a part
of our family.

With gratitude,

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Nuremberg and is the only living Nuremberg Jackson family members, current
Opening podium prosecutor, read the first and former Jackson Center Board
Statement 75th paragraph of Jackson’s opening members, staff, interns, teacher
Anniversary statement. fellows, local students, and other
Reading Ferencz was joined by David friends of the Center, each reading
Crane, Richard Goldstone, Luis their own portion of the statement.
November 21, 2020, marked the Moreno Ocampo, and Robert The Opening Statement was
75th anniversary of the Opening Petit – the founding prosecutors more than three hours long at the
Statement of the International of the modern-era humanitarian Nuremberg Trial.
Military Tribunal at Nuremberg law tribunals, Navanethem (Navi) “We wanted to celebrate the anni-
afterWorldWarII.Tocommemorate Pillay, who served as the United versary of the Opening Statement
what The New Yorker described Nations High Commissioner for in a unique and comprehensive
as Robert H. Jackson’s “forensic Human Rights from 2008-2014, way,” said Jackson Center President
masterpiece,” the Jackson Center Hans Corell, former UN Under- Kristan McMahon. “We’re thrilled
premiered a reading of the nearly Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, to have premiered this video on
three-hour speech, which was Kurt Graham, director of the Harry the 75th anniversary of the read-
skillfully edited by longtime Jackson S. Truman Presidential Library and ing of the Statement and to include
Center volunteer Ed Tomassini. Museum, and Makan Delrahim, so many people who have been
Assistant Attorney General for the impacted by and contributed to the
Benjamin Ferencz, who celebrated Antitrust Division, United States Center’s work.”
his 101st birthday in March 2021 Department of Justice, a position You can watch the video at the
Jackson held early in his federal Center’s YouTube channel: https://
career. youtu.be/OU-d9esunwc.
The list of participants also includes

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ASPIDRING A20N2D1 ABETTING WAR CRIMES IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Fuel on the Fire

A Webinar • Bill Wiley, Executive Director, wherein public sector law
on the State Commission for International enforcement assists with the
of the Justice and Accountability. collection of evidence to build
Middle East prosecution cases. He lamented the
• Radwan Ziadeh, Senior Fellow, difficulty of building a case against
On Thursday, October 8, 2020 Middle East Arab Center. the groups that fund and support
at 12pm EST the Jackson Center these conflicts based on ‘aiding
hosted an important webinar on David Crane, who assembled the and abetting’ under international
international law entitled Fuel on panel for the event, said, “This law. He described how certain
the Fire: Aiding and Abetting War is an unspoken issue, but one documents obtained by CIJA from
Crimes in the Middle East. that is manifested in the Middle the Syrian government were
East…nations have been trying to promising in building a human
The webinar focused on how global position themselves for some kind rights case, but collecting evidence
actions and inaction enable the of influence…in these dirty little from other national actors
commission of war crimes in the wars.” He discussed Syria as a case operating in Syria proved difficult.
shadows in the Middle East and the study, with corporations funneling Prince Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein
changes necessary to curtail this in money to state parties and terrorist discussed the developments in
the future. Jackson Center President, organizations. international law and how that
Kristan McMahon, opened the relates to the conflicts in the Middle
webinar. The conversation was Radwan Ziadeh distinguished the East. “The law, like scholarship,
moderated by Beth Van Schaack, post World War II state-driven tries to simplify a world that is not
Leah Kaplan Visiting Professor in conflicts from the current situation simple…we try to carve out spaces
Human Rights, Stanford University in the Middle East, where several of sanity where we can think.” He
School of Law. Panelists included: civil conflicts are being fomented discussed the political pressure
by regional actors. He cited the on businesses and environmental
• David Crane, Founding Chief situation in Syria, which started corporations to end the harm
Prosecutor, Special Court for as peaceful demonstrations in to civilians that these conflicts
Sierra Leone and Robert H. 2011 that were met by the violent produce, and how that encourages
Jackson Center board member. opposition of Assad’s military, human rights advocates to think
resulting in more than 5,200 deaths. more creatively about international
law.
Bill Wiley discussed his work with
the Commission for International
Justice and Accountability (CIJA)

• Prince Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein,
Perry World House Professor of
Practice of Law and Human
Rights, University of Pennsylvania
Carey Law School.

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Jackson Center credit hour for CFPs, and CPAs in Tom Hoffman
Offers NY & PA. It was also submitted for
Continuing CLE credit in New York. involving gender, race, sexual
Legal Education Buffalo City Court Judge Lenora orientation, and age and how
(CLE) Credits B. Foote-Beavers presented the such biases can create access and
CLE, “Implicit Bias and Diversity justice barriers, as well as impact
The Jackson Center continues in the Legal Profession: Exploring hiring, retention, promotion, and
to host CLE programs for which Best Practices for Lawyers and evaluation decisions. Participants
attorneys in New York, Pennsylvania, Judges,” which the Jackson Center earned a total of 1.5 NYS CLE
and Ohio may receive professional co-hosted with the University at non-transitional credits (Diversity,
credits. This past fall, we offered Buffalo College of Law Alumni Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias).
two CLE webinars for New York Association on October 28. The You do not need to be a lawyer to
attorneysthatwerewellreceived.On webinar explored implicit biases participate in our CLEs. Anyone
September 21, Thomas C. Hoffman, interested in learning more about
II, a partner at Knox McLaughlin Judge Foote the topic is welcome to participate.
Gornall & Sennett, P.C. presented
Business Succession: The Family
Private Equity Model. Hoffman
discussed innovative options for
retiring business owners who want
to sell a family-owned business
when their children do not want
to assume ownership. The webinar
offered 1.0 continuing education

Storytime at watch the recording on the Jamestown Prendergast
Library Association’s Facebook page here: https://
THE JACKSON CENTER fb.watch/3TFyp-nG9B/.

Jackson Center staff were happy to welcome Oliver
Chenard from the Jamestown Prendergast Library
to the Jackson Center for a Community Storytime,
broadcast live from the Jamestown Prendergast
Library’s Facebook page. Oliver read The Story
of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles, the true-life
account of then six-year-old Ruby desegregating
her primary school. The book introduces the civil
rights movement and Ruby’s heroism to younger
elementary students. Kristan welcomed Oliver and the
online participants to the Jackson Center and
showcased Justice Jackson’s Supreme Court chair,
one of the permanent displays at the Center. You can

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Awash in Blood

The Panelists included: • Michael Newton, Professor of
Blackwater • David Crane, founding Chief the Practice of Law, Vanderbilt
Pardons Prosecutor of the Special Court University Law School and
for Sierra Leone, Jackson Center expert on terrorism,
The Jackson Center co-hosted a Board member, and founder of accountability, transnational
roundtable on January 21 with Case the Global Accountability justice, and conduct of hostilities
Western Reserve University School Network. issues.
of Law and Global Accountability • James C. Johnson, Prosecutor of Jackson Center President Kristan
Network entitled, “Awash in Blood: the Residual Special Court for McMahon opened the discussion,
The Blackwater Pardons.” The Sierra Leone and former Jackson which was moderated by Avidan
panel discussed and addressed Center President and CEO. Cover, Associate Dean for Academic
audience questions on the legal, • Beth Van Schaack, Leah Kaplan Affairs, Professor of Law, and
political, and practical effects Visiting Professor in Human Director of the Institute for Global
arising from former President Rights at the Law School and a Security Law & Policy at Case
Trump’s pardons of the Blackwater faculty affiliate with Stanford’s Western Reserve University School
employees convicted of war crimes Center for Human Rights & of Law.
during the Iraq War. They also International Justice. The CLE reading material is
theorized how the pardons may • Stephen Rapp, Senior Visiting available on the Case Western
affect international relations, Fellow of Practice at the  Reserve University School of Law
international humanitarian law, Blavatnik School of Government, websiteathttps://case.edu/law/our-
and the role of the United States in Distinguished Fellow at  The school/events-lectures/awash-
those efforts. Hague Institute for Global blood-blackwater-pardons
Justice, and Global Prevention
Fellow at the Simon-Skjodt
Center for the Prevention of
Genocide.

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WHY WE GIVE -

Mike and Betty

Monin,

Jensen Beach,

Florida Mike and Betty

The Monins have been loyal of America’s approach to law. He glimpse the greatness of Justice
supporters of the Robert H. Jackson almost uniquely represented to Jackson on a personal level - a
Center since 2009 and became the world our country’s dedication singular opportunity and a rare
members of the Jackson Society in to the rule of law during the privilege.
2018. Mike and Betty shared why Nuremberg trials of the Nazi To learn more about the ways
they support the Jackson Center: perpetrators of the Holocaust. His you can support the work of
Sometimes a place can transport insistence on fair hearings for some the Robert H. Jackson Center,
our imaginations to times and of history’s most evil men stands please contact our Director of
topics that far exceed our ordinary even today as a beacon of impartial Development Marion Beckerink at
lives. Justice Robert Jackson played justice. His writing has influenced [email protected]
a pivotal role in some of the most nearly every jurist to sit on the or (716) 483-6646 x 203.
critical aspects of the development Supreme Court that followed him.
The Center allows the visitor to

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towards its ongoing educational initiatives, programs,
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S20P2R0INTGEA20W21ITH THE ROBERT H. JACKSON CENTER

A Recap in Photos

Thank you for making our pivot to virtual programming last spring so successful! You can find all of these
programs on the Center’s YouTube channel. Please comment on and share the videos with your friends. Make
sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel so you don’t miss any of our exciting 2021 virtual programs.

William R. Casto, Paul Center for Democracy and Tech Staff Panel: Staff Panel from the Center for Democracy and Technology
Whitfield Horn Distinguished (L to R): Lydia X. Z. Brown, Policy Counsel, Privacy and Data Project; Avery Gardiner, General Counsel and
Professor Senior Fellow for Competition, Data, and Power; Hannah Quay-de la Vallee, Senior Technologist

David M. Crane, Jackson Center James C. Johnson, Former Jeff Howell Global Accountability Gregory R. Nevins, Senior Coun-
board member & former Chief President and CEO of the Robert Network, Executive Director sel & Director of Lambda Legal’s
Prosecutor of the Special Court H. Jackson Center, former and Chief Counsel of the Global Employment Fairness Project
of Sierra Leone Prosecutor of the Residual Accountability Network
Special Court for Sierra Leone
and Chair of the International
Humanitarian Law Roundtable

Voting Rights Project- (From L to R) Marcia Johnson-Blanco and Joshua Edmonds, Director of Jon Hanson, the Alan A. Stone
Ezra Rosenberg, Co-Directors of the Voting Rights Project at the Digital Inclusion for the City of Professor of Law and Co-Director of
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Detroit the Systemic Justice Project and the
Project on Law and Mind Sciences at
Harvard Law School

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John Q. Barrett - Robert H. Kurt Graham, Director of the Margo Schlanger, Wade H. and Navi Pillay, former United
Jackson Center Board member, Harry S. Truman Presidential Dores M. McCree Collegiate Nations High Commissioner for
Jackson Biographer, and St. Library and Museum Professor of Law at University of Human Rights
John’s University School of Law Michigan Law School and founder
Professor of the Civil Rights
Litigation Clearinghouse

Rebecca Cokley, Ford Foun- Riyaz Kanji, a leading trial and Robert L. Tsai, Professor of Law, Ruth Marcus, deputy editorial
dation’s Program Officer for appellate litigator on behalf of Boston University School of Law page editor for The Washington
Disability Rights Indian nations and tribes Post

Stephen I. Vladeck, Charles Justice Panel-(From L to R) Elizabeth Andersen, Executive Director, World Justice Project, Leila
Alan Wright Chair in Federal Sadat, James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law at Washington University School of Law and
Courts at the University of Texas the Director of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute; Eddie Sundquist, Mayor, Jamestown, NY;
School of Law

WIRAC Clinic- students and faculty from Yale Law School’s Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) 9
ROBERT H. JACKSON CENTER

FSPRRAINNCGIN20E2H1 IRSCH - HISTORIAN

Soviet Justice

at Nuremberg Francine Hirsch actions leading up to and during
the trial that raised, in her words,
with Historian the Soviets could not be excluded “our discomfort with historical
from the tribunal, but Jackson complexity.”
Francine Hirsch thought it best to minimize their
role. As with all of our programs, the
On February 8, 2021, seventy- audience had an opportunity to
five years after General Roman Hirsch detailed why the Soviets ask questions as well. Hirsch spent
Andrejovych Rudenko delivered were so passionate about nearly an hour answering inquiries
his opening statement as chief participating in the trial, having that ranged from processes, like
prosecutor for the Soviet Union lost 27 million Soviet citizens in archival access and security, to in-
at the Nuremberg International World War II. They wanted a public depth subject matter questions,
Military Tribunal, University of forum to reckon the magnitude of such as Soviet contributions to the
Wisconsin-Madison Professor losing 1 in 7 civilians during the London Charter and Agreement,
Francine Hirsch gave voice to the war. She explained the Soviets’ Imperial and Soviet legal concepts,
untold story of the Soviet’s real and Soviet reactions to the verdicts.
impact on the Tribunal’s creation.
Based on years of extensive research The lecture in its entirety is
of primary documents in Moscow, available on the Center’s YouTube
Hirsch published Soviet Judgment channel here: https://youtu.be/
at Nuremberg: A New History of NIPENyrjvaQ. This endowed Al
the International Military Tribunal and Marge Brown Lecture Series
after World War II, in which she on World War II was established in
offers a trailblazing and complete 2018 through a gift from Phillip and
account of the Nuremberg Trials. Mary Ann Zimmer to benefit the
Hirsch opened with a reading from Jackson Center. The endowment
Chapter Two of her book where fund continues to be supported by
she highlighted Justice Jackson’s the Brown family.
anxiety over the inclusion of the
Soviet allies in an international trial
because of their invasion of Poland
and Finland in 1939. He believed
that invasion would undermine
the integrity of a tribunal against
the Nazis. However, it was Soviet
Foreign Minister Vyacheslav
Molotov who first proposed an
international tribunal. Therefore,

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Toasting 2021 and vanilla cookie, intermingled Sam Whitmore
with hints of warm pastry and
To celebrate the end of an cinnamon.” All attendees were able style and extensive knowledge
unconventional year, the Jackson to ask questions, share remarks, of wines. A northern California
Center was thrilled to team up with and post their enthusiasm during native, he studied winemaking and
Bag & String Wine Merchants for a the one-hour webinar. Many guests winery hospitality management at
sparkling wine tasting webinar on signed off from the event feeling UC Davis. Whitmore later worked
New Year’s Eve 2020. After Jackson 2021 had to be an improvement over ten years in the wine industry,
Center president Kristan McMahon over the challenges 2020 presented covering the Sonoma, Napa, and
welcomed guests, Bag & String to each of us. Mendocino wine regions, before
owner Samuel Whitmore delighted Guests from across the country relocating to Western New York with
viewers with his dry humor and participated in the webinar by his wife. A level one Sommelier,
engaging style as the evening’s ordering a kit that included six Whitmore opened Bag & String
host. Guests learned why sparkling different sparkling wines from Wine Merchants in Lakewood, NY
wine and Champagne made in the regions in California, Spain, France, in 2011.
traditional method are so time- Germany, and Italy that were We hope you will join us for future
consuming, labor intensive, and, selected and shipped by Bag and fundraising events to meet new
thus, more expensive to produce. String, which is based in Lakewood, friends or spend time with familiar
Some guest favorites included a NY. The full kit included a tasting friends, enjoy a cultural experience,
Crémant d’Alsace Brut Cattin, a mat, workbook, and the six and support the important work of
Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc blend half-bottles of wine. Alternative the Jackson Center.
with a nose and palate of red fruits, packages were available for guests
strawberries, lemon, and a creamy, living in states to which wine could
long finish. A very enthusiastic and not be shipped from New York.
engaged audience also raved about The Jackson Center enjoyed the
the Brut Blanc de Blancs North chance to work with Bag & String
Coast from Schramsberg Vineyards, again. We have hosted numerous
which Sam described as having tasting events with them in the
“bright aromas of Meyer lemon, past and always enjoy Whitmore’s
golden apple, Bosc pear, marzipan,

NUREMBERG voices of the defendants, the lawyers, and the judges,
INSIGHT IN SOUND and this is an incredible addition to the resources on
our YouTube channel.”
When Greg Peterson retired from the Jackson Center The Jackson Center would like to acknowledge and
Board of Directors in December 2020, he realized celebrate the work of Brian Hill, a 2019 intern, to enable
he had more time to devote to his latest passion this project. “Brian’s investigation and technical
project – making the audio files from the Nuremberg know-how were invaluable,” said Kristan McMahon,
Trials accessible on the Jackson Center’s YouTube RHJC President. Hill worked on downloading this
Channel. “Records were found at the Hall of Justice – material until his untimely passing in early 2020. The
recordings of the Trials – and, after careful restoration Jackson Center plans to create a transcript of these
and copying, these were made available to three recordings as well as English translations where
museums,” Greg said. “It is fascinating to hear the necessary.

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ESPDRWINAGRD20B2.1FOLEY - ELECTORAL COLLEGE EXPERT

Webinars

Who needs an system enables candidates with “failed” election in their state. He
(electoral) a minority of the popular vote to also addressed Congress’ role in
college win, and the possible changes to certifying the results on January 6.
education? the system as well as the challenges The December program ended with
of modifying the system. Ned also a discussion about the public’s trust
The Jackson Center was honored walked the audience through the in our election system. Although
to welcome electoral college expert timing factors to certify the election, the November election proved to be
Edward B. Foley, the Ebersold Chair the weight of media reporting, and one of the most secure, a significant
in Constitutional Law at The Ohio whether concessions matter as part portion of the population does
State University, where he also of the process. not believe that fact, even with
directs its election law program, for The second webinar on December the significant evidence proving
a two-part series on the electoral 16, 2020 reviewed the election that security. Ned hoped to see a
college in October and December process, results reporting, security, strong bipartisan acceptance of
2020. The webinars were designed and the aftermath. Ned started the the election results on January 6.
to provide insight into the history program by saying this election went He also spoke about the possibility
and performance of the electoral better than anticipated, but for the of a well-structured, bipartisan
college, modifications to the acceptance of the results. Kristan commission to investigate how
system, and what may and then did and Ned discussed the benefits of to rebalance to create a healthy,
happen during our 2020 election the safe harbor provisions, the rules competitive system.
cycle. around and outcome of recounts, Our thanks to Ned for lending so
In the first webinar on October and the unprecedented number of much of his time and expertise to
21, 2020, Kristan and Ned used major cases filed before and after these conversations. Thanks also
his recent book, Presidential the election. They also chatted to Professor John Q. Barrett who
Elections and Majority Rule, as the about how fraud allegations only started off the first program by
touchstone to look at the evolution had weight in the media or in grounding the audience in Jackson’s
of the electoral college from its public comments, but were not thoughts on the electoral college
original design. He explored how claims made in the court cases from Ray v. Blair, a 1952 case in
our current electoral college system because the evidence did not which Justice Jackson’s dissenting
was not designed to handle third exist to support that. Deliberately opinion expressed a belief that the
party candidates, the importance scheduled to fall after the deadline direct election of the President
of the majority rule and how the to certify electors, Ned walked the would be simpler and maintain
audience through what could have integrity of the process.
happened if competing slates of
electors had been presented or if
state legislatures had declared a

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Thank You

TO OUR 2020
DONORS

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Please bring any questions or concerns to our
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Nancy Howe Entenmann Patrick & Cynthia Shannon Lisa Gierszal & Shannon McKee
Susan Beth Farmer Mary Sherman* Robert & Paula Gierszal
Priscilla Fairbank Betsy Sherman Hugh Globerson & Rosalie Lamb
Leslie Foschino Barbara Silverberg Maxine Gold
Edward Truman Funkhouser Dr. Robert & Ms. Dixie Dugan Siegel Joseph & Toni Goldfarb
Dr.Theresa Galakatos Debra Pellerino Stansfield Noah Goodling
Lisa Gensheimer Peter Stark Eleanore Grieco
Timothy & Elizabeth Gay St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Nicole & Alan Gustafson
Dr. Lyndon & Mrs. Melanie Gritters Albert & Anne Stuart Bernie Haas
Joseph Guzinski* Carolyn Swanson Carol Hardenburg
George & Elaine Haas Ronald Szot Christopher Henrichs
Jody Hacker
Bruce & Judy Hagadorn

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SPRING 2021

David Higgins GIFTS IN KIND $750-$1,999
Linda Horton Bag & String Wine Merchants ABOTA-American Board of Trial
Lester Howard Rebel Nell LLC
Cameron Hurst* Judy Knapp Advocates, Buffalo Chapter
Valerie Ishii Lynn Development Allegheny College
Lori Johnson* Joanne W. McCartin Chautauqua Region Community
Ralph & Carolyn Johnson Olive Garden
Mike Joslyn Ellen Paquette Foundation
Michael & Andrea Kadish Parkview Restaurant Evans Discount Wine & Liquor, Inc.
Richard Ketcham Brent Peterson JCC Foundation, Inc.
John Kilcoyne Gregory and Cynthia Peterson Lakeshore Savings
Kevin & Mary Laumer $500-$749
Susan Lehr SPONSORS Northwest Insurance Services
Betsy Lesses $5000+ The Resource Center
J. Paul & Sally Lombardo Jamestown Bar Association Truck-Lite Co., Inc.
Lee Lowenfish Warren/Forest County Bar
Kristen Maddux $2,000-$4,999
Albert & Yvonne Makl The Chautauqua Abstract Company Association
James & Diane McHutchison County of Chautauqua Industrial >$500
Ryan McKenna Foley, Foley & Passafaro
Lisa Miller Development Agency Hall & Lee Yaw, LLP
Norman & Christina Mordue Cummins Jamestown William S. Hein & Co., Inc.
Jim Morgan Inscale Architects
Kathleen Muntz Engine Company Kenney, Shelton, Liptak &
Lynn Nalbone Knox, McLaughlin,
Thomas & Deirdre Nelson Nowak, LLP
Cynthia Norton & Eagle Gornall & Sennett, P.C. Lawley/Rhoe B. Henderson Insurance
Don & Jane Ogilvie Wegmans
Norman & Sarah Pederson
Cheryl Peckenpaugh ENDOWMENT FUNDS
Carmen Perry Robert S. & Je’Anne Bargar Fund
Mary Plonka Samuel F. Bonavita Lectureship Fund
Mannette Raines Al & Marge Brown Endowment Fund
Alan Riddle Alan Y. Cole Lectureship Fund
Andrew & Amy Ginensky Rogoff The Honorable Joseph Gerace Lectureship Fund
Steven Roizen Eugene C. Gerhart Fund
Alexander Ross Gospel Opportunities Fund
Sherry Schutter Whitney R. Harris Lectureship Fund
Diane Smith-Chu Robert H. Jackson Center Fund
Leon & Jennifer Stein The Kohl Family Fund
Philip Strauss Elizabeth S. Lenna Fellow Fund
Hon. Jeffery & Mrs. Margaret Sutton Robert A. Maytum, Sr./Valley of Jamestown A.A.S.R. Fund
Erik Svanholm Albert J. Neckers, Jr. Family Fund
Durwood & Geri Swanson Gregory L. Peterson Fund
Julia Tembunkiart Lyle S. Peterson Memorial Lectureship Fund
Seth Trott Randall J. Sweeney Education Fund
Chip & Sally Ulrich Stanley A. Weeks Fund
Allen Vickey* FOUNDATION GRANTS
Anne Walker The Ayco Charitable Foundation
Shania Watrous Chautauqua Region Community Foundation
Richard Wang The Erie Community Foundation
DeForest & Joyce Warn Joseph & Anna Gartner Foundation
Charles Watkins Gebbie Foundation
Richard & Sandra Weimer The Lenna Foundation, Inc.
Jeremy & Laura Welsh Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation
Howard Wolf Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation
Kristy Woodfield
Janet Woods

* •- Bench Circle Members - Gebbie Foundation Director Discretionary Grant

∆ - Sheldon Foundation Director Discretionary Grant0 - Lenna Foundation Director Discretionary Grant

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Upcoming Because of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the social distancing
protocols in place, please check our website, roberthjackson.org, and our
EVENTS Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages for updates on events and their
status.

Tea Time with the Jackson Center, every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the
month at 3pm ET

Tea Time with the Jackson Center takes both a look back at Jackson's place in
history and a look forward showing how his legacy influences current events.
Email announcements of the week’s Tea Time guests will go out the week
of the Tea Time. You do not need a Facebook account to join us - simply
go to https://www.facebook.com/roberthjacksoncenter/videos/ to see our
Facebook page, watch previous #TeawithRHJC events, and join us live on
Thursdays at 3pm. The recorded videos are also uploaded onto the Jackson
Center's YouTube channel.

Our 2021 programming theme is The Work Left to Do, and within that theme,
we'll explore a different focus each month. In the first Tea of the month, we
will look at a topic from a broader perspective to understand the universal
and legal challenges. For the second Tea of the month, we will speak with
organizations and people doing the boots on the groundwork to close the
equity gap, strengthen our democracy, and/or provide education or resources
devoted to that topic. Make sure you’re signed up to receive emails from the
Center so you don’t miss our Tea guest announcements!

MONTHLY FOCI FOR THE WORK LEFT TO DO:
January - Racial Equity
February - Women and Girls Equity
March - Environmental Justice
April - Socio-economic Justice
May - LGBTQ+ Equity
June - Education Equity

If you have a Facebook account, follow our page and share the videos with
your family and friends on social media using the hashtag #TeawithRHJC.

BOARD: Board Members STAFF:

Leah Weinberg Arthur N. Bailey, Esq. Charles Gustafson Kristan McMahon
Chair President
John Q. Barrett John A. Jackson, Esq.
Sam Morgante T. Marion Beckerink, Esq.
Vice Chair Lana Benatovich Stan Lundine Director of Development

Robert Kocur Hon. Stephen W. Cass Lowell Lustig Sherry Schutter
Secretary & Treasurer Operations Manager
Julia Craighill Christopher T. Olson, Esq.
Nicole Gustafson
David M. Crane Donald Wertman Communications and
Program Administration

Manager