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image of invite coverIn 2012, we will present awards to the following individuals for their contributions in the quest for farmworker justice:

Farmworker Justice Award

Barry Estabrook is the author of Tomatoland, How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit.  The book examines the Florida tomato industry, highlighting farmworkers and their (mis)treatment including the organizing efforts of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.  Formerly a contributing editor at Gourmet, he writes for numerous magazines and online publications and has twice won the prestigious James Beard Foundation Award for journalism.  

The Shelley Davis Award

José Padilla, Executive Director, California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) was born and raised in California near the Mexican border to a family with farmworker roots. He began his legal career and in 1984 was named Executive Director to CRLA, one of the most effective legal advocacy organizations in the nation, bringing justice to the fields and helping to build vibrant rural communities.

Hors d’oeuvres and beverages, including socially responsible wines, will be served.

Event details:

May 2, 2012 from 6 to 8:30 pm at the NCLR Raul Yzaguirre Building  (1126 16th Street, NW- Washington, DC, 20036)

Sponsorships available, to become a sponsor for this event, click here.

To purchase individual tickets ($90) for this event, click here.


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Social Justice Advocate

United Steelworkers

Change to Win

Harvester of Justice

Joan and James Leonard

Bernstein and Lipsett, PC

Hughes, Socol, Piers, Resnick, & Dym, LTD

Jo An Intilli and Edward Kissam

David Bowler

Helen Davis

Barbara Somson and Ross Eisenbrey

Kathy Kreiger

Cultivator of Justice

Rural Housing, Inc

UMOS

California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.

Farmworker Friend

Writers Guild of America East, Inc

Larry G. Ludwig

Alan W. Houseman

Elizabeth and Joel Davis

The Impact Fund

Farmworker Legal Services of New York

Bari Schwartz and Barry Hager

National Employment Law Project

Elizabeth Toll and Joel P. Davis

Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO

Christine Owens

The Victoria Foundation

Center for Science in the Public Interest

 

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Maria Echaveste, Nueva Vista Group

Linda Lisett & Jules Bernstein

Brad Seligman, The Impact Fund

Jo-Ann Wallace, National Legal Aid and Defender Association

Bill Hamilton, Fenton Communications

 

 

 



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