2 Awardees Announced by Farmworker Justice for 2010
Written by Bruce Goldstein Wednesday, 10 March 2010 18:36
Farmworker Justice is pleased to announce the recipients of two of its three annual awards, which will be presented at the Farmworker Justice Award Reception on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 in Washington, D.C. at the Mayflower Hotel.
The Shelley Davis Memorial Award will be presented to Patti Goldman, Vice President for Litigation, at Earthjustice. Patti collaborated with our late Deputy Director, Shelley Davis, on advocacy and litigation to reduce farmworkers' exposures to toxic pesticides, and has continued to work with Farmworker Justice and farmworker organizations to improve the Environmental Protection Agency's policies, practices and enforcement efforts. Earthjustice (founded as the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund) is a non-profit public interest law firm dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment. Patti received her undergraduate and law degrees at University of Wisconsin, and was editor-in-chief of the law review. She works from the Seattle office. This will be the first year of presenting an award in honor of Shelley Davis, an extraordinary advocate for farmworkers, who died of breast cancer in December 2008.
The Irma Flores Gonzales Award will be presented to Joel Davis. Joel helped Farmworker Justice establish and build the Shelley Davis Memorial Fund to carry on the creative work of his sister, Shelley Davis, our late Deputy Director. Joel is Shelley's oldest brother. He is retired from a career as a corporate executive. Working with other members of his family, Joel led efforts to ensure that Farmworker Justice's tremendous loss when Shelley died would not mean the end of the kind of advocacy, litigation and empowering of farmworkers for which Shelley was beloved. Irma Flores Gonzales died in 2005 at age 62 while a member of our Board of Directors. A leader in the Latino community at the national level, through her work as Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Council of La Raza, she helped build Farmworker Justice into an institution of greater impact. The award has been presented to Cecilia Munoz, Charles Kamasaki, Ellen Widess and the Rosenberg Foundation for their assistance in building Farmworker Justice.
The recipient of the Farmworker Justice Award for 2010 will be named soon. Previous winners include Dolores Huerta, Raul Yzaguirre, Arturo Rodriguez, Baldemar Velasquez, Linda Chavez-Thompson, Rep. Howard Berman, Rep. George Miller, Joseph T. Hansen, Sen. Edward Kennedy and Maria Echaveste.
You can support Farmworker Justice and enjoy a wonderful evening at the Reception on May 11 by becoming a sponsor. More information is available on our website's Special Events page.
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