The LBJ Museum Benefit Gala on Saturday, Jan. 17 will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the museum.
The gala will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the LBJ Student Center at Texas State University. This is the primary fundraiser for the museum. Besides a wonderful evening with an interesting presentation, good food, live music and visits with friends and new acquaintances, there will be a silent auction with some amazing offerings all benefiting the museum.
The guest speaker for the evening will be Norma V. Cantú, an American civil rights lawyer and educator. From 2021 to 2023, she served as chair of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, the first Latina to hold the position. In addition Cantú was named as a volunteer for Joe Biden’s presidential transition agency review team.
In 2001 until retirement Cantú served as a visiting professor of law and education at the University of Texas at Austin. Nominated by President Bill Clinton, Cantú served from May 1993 to 2001 as the Assistant Secretary of Education for the Office for Civil Rights and as a regional counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF).
Tickets are still available for those interested in supporting the museum while enjoying a great evening. Individual tickets are $120 and table sponsorship for eight is $800.
Visit our website at lbjmuseum.com/events for additional information, sponsorships and benefits or to purchase tickets.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Museum located on the Courthouse Square is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. The museum commemorates the formative role LBJ’s years as a college student and school teacher played in the landmark Great Society legislation he passed as the 36th president of the United States between Nov. 1963 to Jan. 1969. The museum is free to the public and is open Thursday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
