Fundraiser for relief efforts in Mexico and Puerto Rico set for October 23

The Diversity Scholarship Foundation is leading the charge on this one, but a host of individuals and organizations have pitched in to sponsor this fundraiser for earthquake and hurricane relief efforts in Mexico and Puerto Rico.

Tickets for the event, to be held Monday, October 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at Latinicity, 108 N. State Street are $100 each, but the Diversity Scholarship Foundation website tickets page offers giving options of up to $1,000, including (of course) sponsorships (Azul sponsor - $500, Oro sponsor - $500, and Diamente sponsor - $1,000).

The Diversity Scholarship Foundation website states, "All profit generated from this event will be split equally between the Mexican Consul and The Puerto Rican Agenda."

Honored guests at the event will include include U.S. Congressman Luis V. Gutiérrez, Alternate Consul General of Mexico Miguel Antonio Cuesta Zarco, and Pedro Soler of The Law Offices of Pedro F. Soler.

Co-sponsors for this event include Clifford Law Offices, Floyd D. Perkins of Nixon Peabody LLP, the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois, Hon. Jesse G. Reyes, the Puerto Rican Bar Association of Illinois, and the Lesbian & Gay Bar Association of Chicago.

Several other organizations have also pledged support for this event, according to the Diversity Scholarship Foundation website. On this lengthy list are

• the Advocates Society - The Association of Polish-American Attorneys;
• the Appellate Lawyers Association;
• the Arab-American Bar Association of Illinois;
• the Asian American Bar Association;
• the Asian American Bar Foundation;
• the Black Women Lawyers Association;
• the Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago;
• the Chicago Bar Association;
• the Chinese American Bar Association;
• the Decalogue Society of Lawyers;
• the Filipino American Lawyers Association of Chicago;
• the Hellenic Bar Association of Illinois;
• the Illinois State Bar Association;
• the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association;
• the International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation - Chicago Network;
• the Jewish Judges Association of Illinois;
• the Justinian Society of Lawyers;
• the North Suburban Bar Association; and
• the Women's Bar Association of Illinois.