You can also help us honor the 2022 Human Rights Awards recipients: Keynote & Jeanne M. and Joseph P. Sullivan Award: Dan-el Padilla Peralta
Dan-el is Associate Professor of Classics at Princeton University and is author of the memoir, 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. Community Change Award: Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
ICIRR has protected the rights of countless immigrants and refugees and has led system-wide change through its policy advocacy, community partnerships, and leadership in coalitions. Human Rights Practitioner Award: Elizabeth V. Lopez, Managing Counsel, United Airlines
Elizabeth’s zealous advocacy and compassionate approach has positively impacted many lives. As managing counsel at United Airlines, she has encouraged others to provide pro bono legal services. Human Rights Corporate Award: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Skadden has provided pro bono support to more than 100 immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in the last year, and has worked to create systems that enhance access to counsel and dismantle structural injustices. Plus, you can check out some exciting highlights from our in-person event in Chicago, which we just wrapped up! Don’t miss NIJC’s virtual Human Rights Awards, tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. CT. RSVP now to join us: https://immigrantjustice.org/HumanRightsAwards. We look forward to celebrating with you at the virtual Human Rights Awards! Mayon Yen
NIJC Director of Development | 
