All photographs by Monwell Frazier

Our lawyers, social workers, and policy advocates work tirelessly in support of our kids all year long. But on this night, we celebrate.

Join us on Thursday, April 3rd at our annual benefit event: the Celebration for Children’s Rights.

We’ll be recognizing LCCR’s successes from the past year, when we:

• Defended the rights of 578 children in New Orleans’ juvenile court, providing them with the supports and services needed to grow up healthy and successfully exit the legal system.
• Furthered our reach into East Baton Rouge, where our Advanced Advocacy Project served 146 kids and continued to drive down the juvenile incarceration rate there.
• Fought back against harmful legislation targeting Black youth. This includes our current No on Amendment 3 campaign, which seeks to defeat an amendment that would expand Louisiana’s ability to try children as adults for nearly any offense, including nonviolent crimes like shoplifting. We strongly oppose this amendment as it would needlessly expose more children to adult sentencing without clear benefits to youth or public safety.

We will also be presenting our annual Calogero Champion of Justice Award to Dominque Jones-Johnson, Founder & Executive Director of Daughters Beyond Incarceration, for her incredible work uplifting Black girls with parents in prison and developing them into advocates, policymakers, and grassroots activists to forever change lives, systems, and communities for good.

You’re a part of our children’s success! It’s the support of people like you that helps them thrive and leave the legal system behind for good. So come celebrate with us! Click here to RSVP.

This cocktail reception fundraiser will be held on Thursday, April 3 (6:00 – 8:30pm) at The Building, a beautiful art space located at 1427 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. (just across from the Jazz Market). Fun fact: The Building is located about two blocks from where LCCR was founded (as the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana) back in 1997. That makes this annual event a homecoming of sorts.

Business or business casual attire preferred.

While there is no minimum cost, a donation is required to attend.

Click here to RSVP

HUGE THANKS to our Celebration 2025 host committee:

Hank Bart & Wendy Lodrig Bart // Greg Browne & Harriet Riley // Sean Fisher // Ada Goodly Lampkin // Janina Jeff Ringo // Lelund Marzell // Josh McCarty // Nicole Caridad Ralston // Miles Thomas // Amber Walker // Duke Williams

We also wish to thank this year’s sponsors and top donors:

Guardian of Justice:

The Pulda-Sernovitz Family Fund

Defender of Justice:

Greg Browne & Harriet Riley

Advocate of Justice: Alma Cafe // Baptist Community Ministries // BCBSLA Foundation // Milly & George Denegre // Evan James Consulting // Diana & Sean Fisher // Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP // Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP // The G. Carter Law Firm LLC // Anne & Rob Gardiner // Gordon Arata Montgomery Barnett // Sheldon Lykes // Mary & Dale MacCurdy // Methodist Health System Foundation Inc. // Kathy & Jerry Meunier // Perrier Esquerré Contractors LLC // ResourceFull Consulting // Sean Fisher Architect // Sessions, Israel & Shartle // Laurie & Paul Sterbcow // Lynda & Irving Warshauer // Sarah & George Young

Benefactor of Justice: Ayu Bakehouse // Baker Donelson // Daliah Bauer // Bell Butler Design Architecture // Bernard & Franks // Courington, Kiefer, Sommers, Marullo & Matherne LLP // Good Points Communications // Huber Thomas LLP // JJ Fulton Companies // Lamothe Law Firm // OfficeOps // Laurie & Peter Ricchiuti // Scott Vicknair Injury Lawyers // Allison & Pierre Stouse // Diana Turner & Jimmy Miller

Fellow of Justice: Adobe Express // AKD Law // Anonymous // Crescent Crown Distributing // Cassie Hudson // Susan & Andy Lee // The NOW Massage // Raymond James // The Sazerac House // Linda Usdin DrPH & Steven Bingler // ZenBusiness

We also wish to thank the following for their partnership and steadfast commitment to our kids: