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Dear John,
The American Immigration Council is proud to announce Eréndira (Ere) Rendón as the 2024 Immigration Impact honoree and Paul Zulkie as the Founders Award honoree. We are honored to have Ere and Paul join our Creative Writing Contest winner for a truly inspiring evening. Don’t miss the chance to hear from these immigration heroes!
Registration will close on May 28. Register today!
Our 2024 Immigration Impact honoree is Ere Rendón
Era, a DACAmented immigrant from Oaxaca, Mexico, has dedicated her entire career to advancing justice for immigrants. For more than a decade, she has served as the Vice President of Immigrant Justice at The Resurrection Project (TRP) where she created TRP’s Immigrant Justice Department and serves as the organization’s lead strategist on campaigns impacting the lives of immigrants.
Ere has played a leading role in the creation and successful passage of pro-immigrant legislation and programs in Illinois, including driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants, healthcare for undocumented seniors and adults, the Chicago Legal Protection Fund, the Immigration Division of the Cook County Public Defender's Office, and Illinois Access to Justice (A2J), a now $25 million line item for legal services.
Ere’s work and personal story have been featured in The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and Crain’s Chicago Business, among many other publications. Ere is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an alumna of the Civic Leadership Academy at the University of Chicago, and a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow.
We will present our first ever Founders Award to Paul Zulkie
Paul is the Founder and Managing Principal of Zulkie Partners LLC. With over 40 years of immigration law experience, Paul has become a leader of the profession. From 2004 to 2005, Paul served as the President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, a national bar association comprised of 15,000 lawyers and law professors dedicated to immigration and nationality law, which is headquartered in Washington DC. From 2005 to 2020, Paul served as the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Immigration Council, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to increasing public understanding of immigration law and policy.
Paul has testified before Congress on immigration issues and his expertise has been called upon by several leading news organizations. Paul has appeared on the CBS Evening News, CNN, MSNBC, and NPR and has been interviewed by several national media publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Business Week, and the Chicago Tribune.
You can learn more about the gala at here or reach out to Laura Jennings with questions.
With gratitude,
Jeremy Robbins
Executive Director
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