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The National Immigration Justice Center of the Heartland Alliance will hold its 10th annual Midwest Light of Human Rights Awards luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, June 19, at the Fairmont Hotel, Chicago.

Awards will be presented to James A. Morsch, partner and pro bono director of Butler, Rubin, Saltarelli & Boyd; the law firm of Winston & Strawn, and Chicago Bulls basketball player Luol Deng.

Antonio Guterres, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, will be keynote speaker. For reservations, access www. immigrantjustice.org/midwestlight.

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The sixth annual My Hero Awards luncheon of the Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Lawyers Lend-a-Hand to Youth Program will take place Thursday, July 16, at the Standard Club, Chicago. Presentations will recognize leadership in and commitment to one-on-one tutoring and mentoring.

Patrick M. Collins, chair of the Illinois Reform Commission, will be keynote speaker. For reservations, access www.lawyerslendahand.org.

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The DuPage County Legal Assistance Foundation will hold its annual benefit family outing to a Kane County Cougars minor league baseball game in the left-field deck of Elfstrom Stadium, Geneva, on Friday, July 24.

A picnic from 5 to 7 p.m. will precede the 6:30 p.m. game, which will be followed by fireworks Call (630) 653-6212 for information or reservations.

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The annual 5K Race Judicata of the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation will be run, or walked, on Thursday, July 30, along the lakefront from Lower Hutchinson Field at Columbus and Balbo Drives.

Runners in the chip-timed competition will start at 6:30 p.m., with walkers following at 6:45 p.m. A party and awards will conclude the event.

For information about signing up as an individual or a team, or contributing a sponsorship package, call (312) 332-3319, e-mail mnp@cvls.org, or access www.cvls.org/judicata.

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Northbrook attorney Barry S. Silver will compete in the Pleasant Prairie Olympic Distance Triathlon on Aug. 16 to raise funds for research in the fight against acute lymphocytic leukemia.

Tax-deductible contributions in Silver’s name may be mailed to the Henry Schueler 41&9 Foundation, P.O. Box 061077, Chicago, Ill. 60606, or made at the Web site, www.henryschueler.org.