Wednesday, May 6th 2009

6:00pm- 8:30pm

 We presented the 10th Annual Farmworker Justice Award to

Joseph T. Hansen, International President of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)

And the Special Irma Flores Gonzales Award to

The Rosenberg Foundation and Senior Program Officer Ellen Widess

Also featured

A Tribute Honoring the Legacy of the late Shelley Davis

at the National Education Association headquarters in Washington DC

1201 16^th Street, N.W.

Washington, District of Columbia

Farmworker Justice helps farmworkers develop effective agendas and speak with an effective voice in Congress, administrative agencies, the courts and the media.  Today, we are poised to seize new opportunities and create new realities for farmworkers.   

We ask people like you to support our work through tax-deductible donations because the people we serve do not earn enough to pay for our services.  An excellent way to support our work is to become a sponsor of our annual award reception.  

On the evening of May 6, 2009, we will be presenting the 10th Annual Farmworker Justice Award to Joseph T. Hansen, President of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.  We will also be awarding the Irma Flores Gonzales Award, for helping Farmworker Justice build its capacity to advance the cause of farmworkers, to Ellen Widess and the Rosenberg Foundation.  We will also be remembering Shelley Davis, an extraordinary advocate for farmworkers. 

Previous recipients of our annual award are Linda Chavez-Thompson, Rep. Howard Berman, María Echaveste, Dolores Huerta, Sen. Edward Kennedy, Rep. George Miller, Arturo Rodriguez, Baldemar Velasquez, and Raul Yzaguirre.  The Irma Flores Gonzales Award has been presented only once before, to Charles Kamasaki and Cecilia Muñoz.

 

Sponsors List

 

Advocates' Circle

United Food and Commercial Workers International Union

 

Benefactor

The California Endowment

Laborers' International Union of North America

Service Employees International Union

 

Patron

Bernstein & Lipsett, P.C.

National Council of La Raza

 

Friend

Southern Poverty Law Center

 Joan S. and James B. Leonard

Robin Talbert and Bruce Goldstein

Kathy Krieger

Change to Win

James & Hoffman

International Brotherhood of Teamsters

 

 

Sponsors

UMOS

Mehri & Skalet, PLLC

Jack Gallon, Esq.

Antoinette Maestas

Cynthia Currin

Rural Housing, Inc.

American Rights at Work

JBL International, Inc

Beyond Pesticides

Rep. Howard Berman

 

Supporters

Deborah E. Berkowitz

East Coast Migrant Head Start Project

Taryn Higashi

Ann Malester

National Employment Law Project

Lewis Papenfuse

Herman Schwartz

Mickey Ibarra & Associates, Inc.

James Klimaski

Joan Dallacqua and Mike Hancock

Nan Aron