20th Annual Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Awards

We are thrilled to announce the 2024 Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Awards Celebration!

Join us Tuesday, November 19 at the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. as we celebrate movement leaders who have made a lasting impact in the fight for workers’ rights and economic justice.

This year’s honorees include:

Mary Key Henry, an icon in our movement and President Emerita of the Service Employees International Union.

Chattanooga Volkswagen autoworkers who voted to form a union and courageously paved the way for deep organizing in the South.

Our Discount Legacy Award Winner, Rosario Ortiz, a leading voice in successfully pushing the Department of Homeland Security to grant immigrant workers protection from exploitation and deportation while in an active labor dispute.

The Writers and Cast of Abbott Elementary, for their inspiring and humanizing storytelling that centers the challenges faced by educators and students in public schools.

Tabitha Arnold's tapestry tribute to Chattanooga workers, "These Hands", will also be displayed.

2024 Host Committee:

Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance

April Verrett, SEIU

Brian Hale, Ullico

David Blumenstein, Segal

Erica Iheme, Jobs to Move America

Jimmy Williams Jr., IUPAT

Lee Saunders, AFSCME

Liz Shuler, AFL-CIO

Mary Beth Maxwell, Workshop

Neidi Dominguez Zamorano, Organized Power in Numbers

Roxanne Brown, USW

Roy Bahat, Bloomberg Beta

Sara Nelson, AFA-CWA

Sarita Gupta, Ford Foundation

Tim Driscoll, BAC

Tope Folarin, Institute for Policy Studies

2024 Sponsors Include (as of 9/10/24):

Champion

• AFSCME
• SEIU
• Ullico Inc.

Power Builder

• Teamsters

Change Maker

• Segal

Movement Organizer

• Global Labor Justice

Allied

• AFL-CIO

Interested in sponsoring? Contact [email protected].

Host or Publisher Jobs With Justice