24th Annual Human Rights Awards

Tuesday, June 6, 2023
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. CT
Hilton Chicago
720 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60605

The 24th Annual National Immigrant Justice Center’s (NIJC) Human Rights Awards honors human rights champions and celebrate the contributions of business, philanthropic, and community leaders.

The Human Rights Awards is NIJC's signature event and thanks to your support, people and families will continue to have access to life-changing immigration legal services and programs that protect immigrant rights. On behalf of the 10,000 people who receive NIJC's services, we sincerely appreciate your support.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER & JEANNE M. AND JOSEPH P. SULLIVAN AWARD RECIPIENT

JAVIER ZAMORA was born in La Herradura, El Salvador. When he was a year old, his father fled El Salvador due to the U.S.-funded Salvadoran Civil War. His mother followed her husband’s footsteps when Javier was about to turn five. Zamora was left at the care of his grandparents who helped raise him until he migrated to the U.S. unaccompanied when he was nine. He is the author of the poetry collection, Unaccompanied, and the New York Times bestselling memoir, SOLITO. Zamora was a 2018-2019 Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University and holds fellowships from CantoMundo, Colgate University, MacDowell, Macondo, the National Endowment for the Arts, Poetry Foundation, Stanford University, and Yaddo. He is the recipient of a 2017 Lannan Literary Fellowship, the 2017 Narrative Prize, and the 2016 Barnes & Noble Writer for Writers Award for his work in the Undocupoets Campaign. Photo credit: Gerardo Del Valle
 

2023 AWARDEES

Human Rights Corporate Award: AbbVie

Human Rights Practitioner Award: Wade Thomson, Partner, Jenner & Block LLP

Community Change Award: Muslim Women Resource Center
 

2023 RISING STAR AWARD RECIPIENTS

Greg Cui, Sidley Austin LLP
Matt DiCianni, Cozen O’Connor
Joshua Dille, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Robin Evans, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Alex Garel-Frantzen, ArentFox Schiff LLP
Maria Fay Karras, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Jordan Lemoine, Sidley Austin LLP
Urvi Morolia, Littler Mendelson P.C.
Ashleigh Ricardo, Winston & Strawn LLP
Rebecca Ritchie, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates
Dru Selden, Littler Mendelson P.C.
Mike Trucco, Winston & Strawn LLP

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2023 SPONSORS

(As of 6/6/2023)

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