John, today is the last day to get in-person tickets for the National Immigrant Justice Center’s (NIJC) 23rd Annual Human Rights Awards on June 15, 2022 at the Hilton Chicago! We are so excited to bring this beloved and highly anticipated annual event back in person, and we really hope you’ll join us.

If you’re not able to join in person, you don’t have to miss out! We’ll be presenting a special virtual event on June 16, 2022 to continue the celebration with people around the world. Make sure you RSVP at the link below to get log in details.

Get your tickets now to join us in person in Chicago on June 15th (this is your last chance!) or RSVP for the virtual event on June 16th: https://immigrantjustice.org/HumanRightsAwards

We’re thrilled to celebrate human rights champions, immigrants, and leaders in our communities. Plus, your tickets and contributions at the Human Rights Awards fund NIJC’s life-changing legal services and advocacy to promote human rights for immigrants and refugees.

Here is more information about some of the 2022 NIJC Human Rights Awards honorees:

Human Rights Practitioner Award: Elizabeth V. Lopez, Managing Counsel, United Airlines
Elizabeth Lopez is Managing Counsel at United Airlines, where she has shown a strong commitment to pro bono leadership and to ensuring access to justice for immigrants. Elizabeth's zealous advocacy and keen, yet compassionate, approach for individual clients has positively impacted many lives. As one of the first members of NIJC's Associate Leadership Board, Elizabeth has been a critical advocate in encouraging NIJC’s mission and engaging United attorneys and legal staff to provide life-changing pro bono legal services.
 

Rising Star Award Recipients:
This award recognizes attorneys who have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to ensuring access to justice for immigrants through pro bono work with NIJC. Learn more about our Rising Star Award recipients on NIJC's blog.

Misha Boutilier, Quinn Emanuel
Dan Burley, Perkins Coie LLP
Dominique Gonzales, DLA Piper
Eric Grossmann
Tassity Johnson, Jenner & Block LLP
Bernardo Lopez, Sidley Austin LLP
Ren Morris, formerly of Proskauer Rose LLP
Patrick O’Meara, Winston & Strawn LLP
Caroline “Gizem” Tunca, Perkins Coie LLP
 

Keynote & Jeanne M. and Joseph P. Sullivan Award: Dan-el Padilla Peralta
Dan-el Padilla Peralta is Associate Professor of Classics at Princeton University, where he is associated with the Department of African American Studies and affiliated with the Programs in Latino Studies and Latin American Studies and the University Center for Human Values. A Dominican by birth and New Yorker by upbringing, he holds degrees from Princeton, Oxford, and Stanford. He is the author of Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League and Divine Institutions: Religions and Community in the Middle Roman Republic.

Check out more about these and our other awardees - Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights - on the Human Rights Awards event site.

RSVP now at https://immigrantjustice.org/HumanRightsAwards to see all the amazing awardees at NIJC’s 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.

Ticket sales close tonight, so right now is your last chance get tickets to join us in person! I look forward to seeing you at NIJC’s Human Rights Awards next week.

Mary Meg McCarthy
Executive Director, National Immigrant Justice Center

Thank you to the Premier and Diamond sponsors of the 23rd Annual Human Rights Awards!

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