Hi John, in three weeks we will be celebrating at the National Immigrant Justice Center’s (NIJC) Human Rights Awards! Our in-person event is on Wednesday, June 15th at the Chicago Hilton and our special virtual event will be the following day on Thursday, June 16th! Will you join us? Whether you can be with us in person or will join us virtually, make sure you RSVP now here: https://immigrantjustice.org/HumanRightsAwards Not only is this inspiring annual event an opportunity to celebrate human rights champions and leaders in our communities, but it also provides critical funding for NIJC’s life-changing legal services and advocacy to promote human rights for immigrants and refugees. We have an incredible keynote speaker lined up this year, who will also be receiving the Jeanne M. and Joseph P. Sullivan Award: Dan-el Padilla Peralta. |
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Dan-el is Associate Professor of Classics at Princeton University and is the author of Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League. A Dominican by birth and New Yorker by upbringing, he holds degrees from Princeton, Oxford, and Stanford. About his memoir and career as a classicist and professor, Dan-el said, “In 2015 I published a memoir on the intersection of my migratory subjectivity and Dominican identity with my formation as a classicist…I’ve since written shorter pieces for The Guardian, Matter, and Vox. This writing is motivated by the sense that writing and teaching have a vital role to play in the pursuit of social justice, and by the strong conviction that classics and classicists should be allies and champions for black and brown folk.” Read more about Dan-el Padilla Peralta and RSVP now at https://immigrantjustice.org/HumanRightsAwards to hear Dan-el deliver the keynote at the Human Rights Awards, in person at the Hilton Chicago on June 15th at 12:00 p.m. CT and virtually on June 16th at 4:30 p.m. CT. We look forward to celebrating with you at the Human Rights Awards! Mayon Yen
NIJC Director of Development P.S. In-person tickets are limited due to COVID safety precautions, so get yours now before we sell out. Get tickets at https://immigrantjustice.org/HumanRightsAwards. |
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Thank you to the Premier and Diamond sponsors of the 23rd Annual Human Rights Awards! |
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