VIRTUAL 21st Annual Human Rights Awards

Tuesday, June 2, 2020
5:00 PM CDT - 5:45 PM CDT
 

The 21st Annual National Immigrant Justice Center’s (NIJC) Human Rights Awards will honor human rights champions and celebrate the contributions of business, civic, and community leaders. For the safety and wellbeing of our communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, NIJC will present its Human Rights Awards virtually to a global audience for the first time ever. Check out the event hub here.

FEATURING:

Aarti Namdev Shahani
Dolores Huerta
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot
Albany Park Theater Project
Julissa Arce
Monica McWilliams
Courageous former NIJC clients who will share their stories

The Human Rights Awards is NIJC's signature event and thanks to your support, many individuals and families will continue to have access to life-saving legal services and programs that protect immigrant rights. This work remains critical especially as our clients, and others who have limited resources and access to necessities, are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. On behalf of the 11,000+ people who receive NIJC's services, we sincerely appreciate your support.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER & JEANNE AND JOSEPH SULLIVAN AWARD RECIPIENT

AARTI NAMDEV SHAHANI is one of the most eclectic journalists you’ll ever meet. Before becoming NPR’s Silicon Valley correspondent and now an NPR contributor, she was a community organizer in her native New York City, working with immigrants being deported. “I spent my 20s with prisoners, and my 30s with startup founders,” she says. “I like intense people, from all walks of life.” Her heart-wrenching memoir Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares, chronicles her unlikely journey and has garnered critical acclaim. “Riveting…a bruising critique of colonialism” (NPR); “heartfelt, galvanizing” (San Francisco Chronicle); “timely, bittersweet” (Publishers Weekly); “among the finest memoirs written in recent decades...a vivid, almost cinematic journey that is both beautiful and unforgettable" (Guy Raz, Host, How I Built This and TED Radio Hour).
 

2020 AWARDEES

Human Rights Corporate Award Recipient: Ankura

Human Rights Practitioner Award Recipient: Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

Rising Star Award Recipients:
Gregory Dickinson, Schiff Hardin LLP
Christopher L. Gerardi, Jr., Schiff Hardin LLP
Emily Jastromb, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Danielle Maldonado, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Michael Marzano, Ropes & Gray LLP
Katherine Paulson, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Bruce H. Ratain, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Marlow Svatek, Sidley Austin LLP
Reeya Thakrar, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Hope Tone, Jenner & Block
Adam Weiner, Reed Smith LLP
John Whitaker, Formerly of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

2020 SPONSORS

Click here more information about becoming a sponsor of the Human Rights Awards.