Dear John,

ALIGN is pleased to announce the recipients of our 2022 Movement Builder Awards, which annually recognize those leaders in social, economic, and environmental justice who make New York a national model for progress.

(Top row L to R: RWDSU BAmazon Union, Amazon Labor Union; Middle: Erica Smiley, Sarita Gupta; Bottom: Rahwa Ghirmatzion, James Shillitto)

Top row, left to right: RWDSU BAmazon Union, Amazon Labor Union;
Middle: Erica Smiley, Sarita Gupta;
Bottom: Rahwa Ghirmatzion, James Shillitto

This year, ALIGN is celebrating the wave of worker and climate organizing sweeping the nation. We are proud to be honoring:

Amazon workers from New York to Alabama who have stood up to corporate abuse, including the Amazon Labor Union and RWDSU BAmazon Union;
Sarita Gupta and Erica Smiley, authors of The Future We Need, a new book that envisions the future of labor organizing; and
Rahwa Ghirmatzion, Executive Director of PUSH Buffalo, and James Shillitto, President of the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) Local 1-2, whose work blazes a trail for our renewable energy economy and a just transition for workers.

RSVP to join us on September 28 in celebrating our 2022 honorees!

The Movement Builders Awards are ALIGN’s biggest fundraiser of the year, supporting our nonprofit mission to organize labor and communities for a more just and sustainable New York. We rely on contributions from allies like you to fund our year-round work addressing the root causes of racial and economic injustice, and we hope you’ll join us to celebrate the strength of our growing movement.