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2023 Human Rights Awards

  • Human Agenda 2302 Zanker Road San Jose, CA, 95131 United States (map)

21st Annual Human Rights Awards

Join us for our 21st Anniversary on December 9, 2023, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the South Bay Labor Council.  We will commemorate 75 Years of Human Rights with keynote speeches from Renee Saucedo, an immigrant rights activist, and Dr. William Armaline, a human rights scholar.

We will also celebrate our 2023 DECKS honorees:

  • Corporate-free progressive political leader Hon. Sally Lieber will receive the Democracy Award.

  • Union and feminist activist Joan Goddard will receive the Equity Award for her role in promoting gender equity.

  • The Mandela Grocery Cooperative will receive the Cooperation Award for democracy and equity at work.

  • Judge Katherine Lucero will receive the Kindness Award for her advocacy on behalf of girls and children.

  • The Sustainability Award will be received by Our City Forest, the San Jose tree planting agency par excellence.

Click on the links below to sponsor and/or purchase tickets today!


Ticket(s) for 2025 Human Rights Awards
from $20.00

Resist Trump and Build a New System on December 13. We are extremely pleased to announce our co-keynote speakers Angelica Salas, Executive Director of CHIRLA, leading the fight against the ICE occupation of L.A., and Kshama Sawant, the socialist candidate for Congress and former Seattle city councilperson who led the first fight for $20 in the U.S. Ruth Silver-Taube will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2025 DECKS Awardees will be DEMOCRACY: California Clean Money Campaign; EQUITY: Plumbers Union Local 393; COOPERATION: Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (NoBAWC) [NO BOSS]; KINDNESS: Heal Palestine; and SUSTAINABILITY: Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action

 

We urgently need funding to resist Trump and implement our vision, values, and programs. Please sponsor the Human Rights Awards or purchase tickets now

  • $100 - Standard Ticket

  • $50 - Need a Break

  • $20 - Student

Sponsorships for 2025 Human Rights Awards
from $250.00

Resist Trump and Build a New System on December 13. We are extremely pleased to announce our co-keynote speakers Angelica Salas, Executive Director of CHIRLA, leading the fight against the ICE occupation of L.A., and Kshama Sawant, the socialist candidate for Congress and former Seattle city councilperson who led the first fight for $20 in the U.S. Ruth Silver-Taube will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2025 DECKS Awardees will be DEMOCRACY: California Clean Money Campaign; EQUITY: Plumbers Union Local 393; COOPERATION: Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (NoBAWC) [NO BOSS]; KINDNESS: Heal Palestine; and SUSTAINABILITY: Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action

 

We urgently need funding to resist Trump and implement our vision, values, and programs. Please sponsor the Human Rights Awards or purchase tickets now

Sponsorship: Resist and Build!

 

$5,000 Visionary Sponsor (12 tickets, logo/name in program, premium seating, and one-minute speech)

$2,500 Solidarity Sponsor (10 tickets, logo/name in program, premium seating, and special recognition)

$1,500 Champion Sponsor (10 tickets, logo/name in program, premium seating)

$1,000 Activist Sponsor (8 tickets, logo/name in program, premium seating)

$500 Supporter Sponsor (4 tickets, logo/name in program, premium seating)

$250 Friend Sponsor (2 tickets, logo/name in program, premium seating)

Donations and sponsorships can also be by mailing your tax-deductible donation payable to Human Agenda at 1590 Oakland Road, Suite B211, San Jose, CA 95131. For more information call us at (408) 460 2999.

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