J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association, Inc. 2025 Annual Scholarship Tea

You are cordially invited to join us as we recognize the continued path of excellence of women of color in the legal profession.

Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.

MGM National Harbor, Grand Ballroom A

101 MGM National Avenue

Oxon Hill, MD 20745

During the event we will be awarding scholarships to aspiring young women of color who are attending law schools in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

We are honoring a Bourne member with the Hon. Mabel E. Houze Hubbard Legacy Award.

We also are honoring the following women of color appointed or elected to the judiciary in Maryland:

• Judge LaKeecia R. Allen - Circuit Court for Prince George’s County
• Judge Ada Clark Edwards - Circuit Court for Prince George’s County
• Judge Althea Stewart Jones – Circuit Court for Prince George’s County
• Judge Kimberly V. Lewis - District Court for Prince George’s County
• Judge Piper Faith McKeithen – Circuit Court for Baltimore City
• Judge Kimberly Charon McBride – Circuit Court for Baltimore City
• Judge Claude de Vastey Jones – District Court for Howard County

We have a lot planned upon your arrival. With the purchase of your ticket, you will experience:

• Delicious meal catered by MGM;

• Networking with fellow attorneys, judges, elected officials, law students, etc.;

• Several vendors for your shopping pleasure;

• Guest Speakers with inspiring messages;

• Lively Entertainment; and

• An opportunity to win some great prizes by participating in our raffle and hat contest. NOTE: Raffle tickets for gift baskets may be purchased at checkout, from Women's Committee members, and on the day of the event.

ATTIRE: Fascinators, Scarves, and Hats are strongly encouraged.

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS:

$85 Early Bird Ticket Price (Expires on March 8, 2025)

TICKETS WILL BE $100 BEGINNING MARCH 9, 2025.

TICKET SALES END APRIL 2, 2025

GROUP TICKETING (Sales End April 2, 2025)

Table Option is available:

$850 per table (Early Bird Price, ends March 8, 2025)

$1000 per table (Beginning March 9, 2025)

The table option is available for a group of 10 friends/colleagues who would like to be seated together. Individual tickets will not guarantee that you will be seated with your friends/colleagues.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: Your support will enable us to continue providing much-needed assistance to deserving students. We invite you to join us for an evening of celebration, networking, and giving back to the community. Your sponsorship will make a difference in the lives of future lawyers and the communities they serve.

Diamond – $2,000 (includes 6 tickets, premium placement seating, premium placement of firm/company ad on one page in program, firm/company name or logo in large font on photo backdrop, special event souvenir)

Platinum – $1,250 (includes 3 tickets, firm/company ad on half page in program, firm/company name or logo in large font on photo backdrop)

Gold – $500 (includes 1 ticket, firm/company name in program, firm/company name in small font on photo backdrop)

Silver – $250 (includes firm/company name in program)

ADVERTISEMENTS (AD COPY AND/OR ART MUST BE SUBMITTED ON OR BEFORE MARCH 31, 2025, AND MUST BE PRINT READY):

• Whole Page ($750)
• Half Page ($450)
• Quarter Page ($225)

Vendor Opportunities also are available, but space is limited.

Please contact us at [email protected] for more information.

ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT: Payments can be made via a check.

Please make checks payable to: J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association Scholarship Fund, Inc., and mail to J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association, P.O. Box 1121, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772. Please account for postal delays.

All proceeds go toward book scholarships for women-of-color law students in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

For a sneak peek into the event, please see our video from the 2024 Annual Scholarship Tea (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A0L5iSSU-1yTJvovZH-WphxS__G2hYhr/view?usp=drive_link).

Host or Publisher J. FRANKLYN BOURNE BAR ASSOCIATION, INC.