LELO: Domingo, Viernes, Jefferson Awards Dinner, 2008
A Legacy of Equality, Leadership & Organizing (LELO) celebrated its annual Domingo, Viernes, Jefferson Awards Dinner at the Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church on Saturday June 7, 2008.
The annual Domingo, Viernes, Jefferson Award was given to Communities Against Rape and Abuse (CARA) for its commitment to liberation from all forms of oppression. Additionally, seven youth were honored with the John Caughlan Youth Award, presented by John Caughlin's daugher Catherine McCormack, for their work as delegates to the U.S. Social Forum 2007 and for their growing commitment to social justice.
The keynote speaker was Nicole Lee, Executive Director of TransAfrica Forum in Washington D.C. Ms. Lee spoke of the shared struggles of workers all over the world. Cultural entertainment was provided by the ever-brilliant Filipino Youth Activities (FYA) of Seattle.
LELO was founded 33 years ago by Latino farm workers, Black construction workers and Asian and Pacific Islander cannery workers who realized that their conditions and struggles as workers were tied together. LELO founders such as Tyree Scott, Silme Domingo, Gene Viernes and Milton Jefferson have left the organization with a LEGACY of bringing working people together across lines that traditionally divide us. From fighting for the racial integration of Seattle’s building and construction trades unions, to the preservation of public childcare programs for poor women and children, LELO has always struggled for EQUALITY for all people. As an organization led by “ordinary” workers, we develop the LEADERSHIP of those most marginalized in our society: people of color, working class women, LGBTQ workers and recent immigrants. Our primary social change strategy is local ORGANIZING, with a heavy emphasis on political education and networks of solidarity with workers across the globe.
For more about LELO see: http://www.lelo.org/. About CARA: http://www.cara-seattle.org/. About TransAfrica: http://www.transafricaforum.org/
Read MoreThe annual Domingo, Viernes, Jefferson Award was given to Communities Against Rape and Abuse (CARA) for its commitment to liberation from all forms of oppression. Additionally, seven youth were honored with the John Caughlan Youth Award, presented by John Caughlin's daugher Catherine McCormack, for their work as delegates to the U.S. Social Forum 2007 and for their growing commitment to social justice.
The keynote speaker was Nicole Lee, Executive Director of TransAfrica Forum in Washington D.C. Ms. Lee spoke of the shared struggles of workers all over the world. Cultural entertainment was provided by the ever-brilliant Filipino Youth Activities (FYA) of Seattle.
LELO was founded 33 years ago by Latino farm workers, Black construction workers and Asian and Pacific Islander cannery workers who realized that their conditions and struggles as workers were tied together. LELO founders such as Tyree Scott, Silme Domingo, Gene Viernes and Milton Jefferson have left the organization with a LEGACY of bringing working people together across lines that traditionally divide us. From fighting for the racial integration of Seattle’s building and construction trades unions, to the preservation of public childcare programs for poor women and children, LELO has always struggled for EQUALITY for all people. As an organization led by “ordinary” workers, we develop the LEADERSHIP of those most marginalized in our society: people of color, working class women, LGBTQ workers and recent immigrants. Our primary social change strategy is local ORGANIZING, with a heavy emphasis on political education and networks of solidarity with workers across the globe.
For more about LELO see: http://www.lelo.org/. About CARA: http://www.cara-seattle.org/. About TransAfrica: http://www.transafricaforum.org/
