The Jung Center's 2025 Spring Benefit: An Evening with Clint Smith
Admission
- $500.00
Summary
Description
The Jung Center’s 2025 Spring Benefit: An Evening with Clint Smith
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
River Oaks Country Club
livestream and recording available
6:00 pm – Private Preview Event
6:30 pm – General Reception
7:30 pm – Dinner and Program
Co-Chairs
Heidi and Marcus Smith
Judy and Wayne McConnell
Honoree
Mathieu Jn Baptiste
Our speaker Clint Smith is an acclaimed writer, poet, and scholar, whose bestselling book How the Word Is Passed received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and was hailed by The New York Times as “an extraordinary contribution to the way we understand ourselves.” A staff writer at The Atlantic, Clint is the author of three award-winning books, including a book of poetry on the simultaneous wonder and despair of fatherhood. Clint’s writing has been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Poetry Magazine, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. He was raised in New Orleans, graduated (post-Hurricane Katrina) from The Awty International School in Houston, and received his PhD in Education from Harvard University.
Our honoree Mathieu Jn Baptiste seeks to connect and unite the world around him through his unique perspective, using paint and metal as his tools. Basing his art on oppressed subjects’ and populations’ unsung stories and harsh realities, Mathieu’s purpose is to give voice to the oppressed through his art. In both Houston and Haiti, Mathieu teaches art and mindfulness techniques to underserved communities.
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UNDERWRITER OPPORTUNITIES
One premier table of 12
12 invitations to a reception (immediately preceding the event) with Clint Smith
12 autographed copies of How the Word Is Passed
Presenting Sponsorship of a Fall 2025 Jung Center program
1-year Mandala Society Benefactor Membership
One premier table of 12
12 invitations to a reception (immediately preceding the event) with Clint Smith
12 autographed copies of How the Word Is Passed
1-year Mandala Society Associate Membership
One premier table of 10
10 invitations to a reception (immediately preceding the event) with Clint Smith
10 autographed copies of How the Word Is Passed
1-year Dual Membership
One table of 10
10 invitations to a reception (immediately preceding the event) with Clint Smith
10 autographed copies of How the Word Is Passed
One table of 10
2 invitations to a reception (immediately preceding the event) with Clint Smith
2 autographed copies of How the Word Is Passed
One ticket, seated at a premier table
1 invitation to a reception (immediately preceding the event) with Clint Smith
1 autographed copy of How the Word Is Passed
1-year Mandala Society Benefactor Membership
One ticket, seated at a premier table
1 invitation to a reception (immediately preceding the event) with Clint Smith
1 autographed copy of How the Word Is Passed
1-year Mandala Society Associate Membership
One ticket, seated at a premier table
1 invitation to a reception (immediately preceding the event) with Clint Smith
1 autographed copy of How the Word Is Passed
1-year Individual Membership
One ticket
1 invitation to a reception (immediately preceding the event) with Clint Smith
1 autographed copy of How the Word Is Passed
One ticket
YOUNG PROFESSIONAL SPONSOR $250
One ticket for professionals 40 and under
VIRTUAL UNDERWRITING TICKET $300
One link to view the lecture
One link to view the lecture
Read How the Word Is Passed, then join author Clint Smith for an inspiring conversation. Buy it in our bookstore!
Host Committee
Sheneq and Derek Aranda | Lynn H. Baird | Roslyn Bazelle Mitchell and Derrick Mitchell | Kristy and Chris Bradshaw | Drs. Annette and Anthony Brisett | Danielle Burns-Wilson | Zsavon and Nick Butler | Linnet Deily | Genna and Jon Evans | Donya Gardner | Terri and Troy Hamm | Shelley and Alex Kaplan | Misha Laird and Stephen Klimas | Erica Littlejon Burnette and Dr. Robert Burnette | Shai Littlejohn | Dr. Karen Malveaux | Dr. Blythe Mansfield | Rhesa and Alden McDonald | Ann and Alton McDowell | Phyllis and Bernie Milstein | Lauren and Brad Morgan | Kimberly and Michael Murphy | Nicole Nathan Gibson and George Gibson | Keisha and Felix Phillips | Juanita and Dr. Rudy Rasmus | Regina Rogers | Anita and Gerald Smith | Kimberly and David Spaw | Lois and George Stark | Dr. Sheryl Sutton Smith and The Honorable Clinton Smith, Jr. | Heidi Vaughan | Crystal Walter | Nevine and Aaron Webster | Vivian Wise | Nancy Worthington-Broyles and Bill Broyles | Drs. Crystal and Randall Wright | Dr. Anjanette Wyatt | Merele Yarborough