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LIVING LEGENDS GALA 2025

DECEMBER 7, 2025
10 WORLD TRADE CENTER AVE, BOSTON, MA

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Celebrate Boston’s African American history and commemorate the long struggle for equality.

The Museum of African American History | Boston & Nantucket
is pleased to announce the 2025 Living Legends Awardees!

2025 LIVING LEGENDS HONOREES

Karen Holmes Ward WCVB

KAREN HOLMES WARD

Distinguished News Host, Producer, & Advocate, SAG-AFTRA New England's 2025 Broadcaster of the Year

For more than 40 years, Karen Holmes Ward was the Director of Public Affairs and Community Services as well as host and executive producer of CityLine, WCVB’s award-winning weekly magazine program which addressed the accomplishments, concerns, and issues facing people of color living in Boston and its suburbs. 

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TWELFTH BAPTIST CHURCH

Oldest Direct Descendant of the First African Baptist Church

Throughout its rich history, TBC became known as the “Fugitive Slave Church,” serving as an important anti-slavery meetinghouse, spiritual haven for free blacks and fugitive slaves, and a forum for champions of human rights and dignity such as William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglas, Rev. George Washington Williams, and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

PRESENTING THE RECIPIENT OF THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD

BYRON BARNETT 

(1956-2025)

Emmy Award Winning Journalist, Former Boston 7News Reporter

For almost 40 years and through thousands of stories, the late Byron Barnett covered breaking news as it happened, from major snowstorms, to shocking courtroom dramas, presidential campaigns, and world-changing events. Barnett earned a reputation for asking elected officials tough questions. He interviewed cultural icons like Mohammad Ali and world leaders including Ronald Regan, Barack Obama, and Hilary Clinton, and everyday people who call New England home.

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2024 HONOREES

 

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Megynn Fitzchgerald

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Jack Ranson

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Sam Larkinson

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The Living Legends Award recognizes outstanding lifetime accomplishments to civil and human rights locally and nationally. It continues a tradition established by the African Meeting House when they honored stalwart visionaries including Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison.

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For more information, contact Alexia Layne-Lomon, Director of Development,
at alayne-lomon@maah.org or 857-262-6005.

SPONSOR EXPERIENCES

Establish your brand as one that supports and promotes historic cultural understanding and preservation. Sponsor Experiences are below.

PRESENTING SPONSOR

$100,000

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  • Credit as a Presenting Sponsor on gala promotional materials

  • Recognition in all media releases

  • Placement of corporate logo on the gala microsite

  • Inclusion in Living Legend Award social media campaign 

  • On-stage sponsor recognition from the Host

  • Prominent positioning on onsite monitors 

  • Full page inside cover ad in the gala program book

  • Photo opportunity with Honorees and Host

  • Access to exclusive gala photos

  • Twenty-four (24) VIP pre-reception tickets

  • Twenty-four (24) program tickets

  • Prominent spotlight placement with logo on the
    MAAH.org website

  • One-year Institutional Museum Membership

HOST SPONSOR

$75,000

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  • Credit as a Host Sponsor on gala promotional materials

  • Recognition in all media releases

  • Placement of corporate logo on the gala microsite 

  • Inclusion in Living Legend Award social media campaign

  • On-stage sponsor recognition from the Host

  • Prominent positioning on onsite monitors

  • Full page ad in the gala program book 

  • Photo opportunity with Host

  • Access to exclusive gala photos

  • Twenty (20) VIP pre-reception tickets

  • Twenty (20) program tickets

  • One-year Institutional Museum Membership

MAIN STAGE SPONSOR

$50,000

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  • Credit as a Main Stage Sponsor on gala promotional materials

  • Recognition in media releases

  • Placement of corporate logo on the gala microsite 

  • Inclusion in Living Legend Award social media campaign

  • Display on onsite monitors

  • Full page ad in the gala program book

  • Access to exclusive gala photos 

  • Eight (8) VIP pre-reception tickets

  • Sixteen (16) program tickets

  • One-year Institutional Museum Membership

LIVING LEGENDS AWARD SPONSOR

$25,000

Learn More

  • Credit as a Living Legends Awards Sponsor on gala promotional materials

  • Placement of corporate logo on the gala microsite 

  • Inclusion in Living Legend Award social media campaign

  • Display on onsite monitors

  • Half Page ad in the gala program book with prime placement

  • Eight (8) VIP pre-reception tickets

  • Fourteen (14) program tickets

  • One-year Institutional Museum Membership


ADDITIONAL SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

PLATINUM SPONSOR | $20,000
  • Credit as a Platinum Sponsor on gala promotional materials
  • Placement of corporate logo on the gala microsite
  • Half Page ad in the gala program book
  • Four (4) VIP pre-reception tickets
  • Twelve (12) program tickets
  • One-year Institutional Museum Membership
GOLD SPONSOR | $15,000
  • Credit as a Gold Sponsor on gala promotional materials
  • Placement of corporate logo on the gala microsite
  • Quarter Page ad in the gala program book
  • Eight (8) program tickets
  • One-year Institutional Museum Membership
SILVER SPONSOR | $10,000
  • Credit as a Silver Sponsor on gala promotional materials
  • Placement of corporate logo on the gala microsite
  • Quarter Page ad in the program book
  • Six (6) program tickets
  • One-year Institutional Museum Membership
BRONZE SPONSOR | $5,000
  • Credit as a Bronze Sponsor in gala program book 
  • Credit as a Bronze Sponsor on gala microsite
  • Four (4) program tickets
NONPROFIT SPONSOR | $1,500

For non-profit organizations with annual budgets under $5,000,000

Four (4) program tickets

 

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