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John Lugo outside City Hall.
New Haven immigrant rights and social justice organizer John Jairo Lugo heads to Washington, D.C. this week to pick up a national award “for organizing empowered leaders to build a community-wide movement addressing entrenched inequality.”
The “Emerging Change Champion Award” comes from the Center for Community Change. He and other recipients of awards.— including U.S. Rep. John Lewis — will be honored at the group’s 50th anniversary event. (Click here for details on the event.) Melissa Perry is scheduled to emcee the event.
The organization is recognizing Lugo’s work “protecting immigrant families, winning fights against wage theft, and calling for criminal justice reform on a path to systemic change.”