Midwest Light of Human Rights Awards
Midwest Light of Human Rights Awards is Heartland
Alliance’s opportunity to recognize those individuals and corporations
who advance universal human rights here in the Midwest.
Proceeds from the Midwest Light of Human Rights Awards support services for
impoverished asylum seekers and survivors of torture in the Chicago
area, provided by the National Immigrant Justice
Center and the Marjorie Kovler
Center for the
Treatment of Survivors of Torture. Together these Heartland programs have
served more than 100,000 individuals and families from more than 100 countries.
Thank you for supporting the Ninth Annual
Midwest Light of Human Rights Awards
on
June 10, 2008
The Palmer House-Hilton
17 East Monroe Street, Chicago
Keynote Speaker
Harold Koh, Dean of Yale Law School
Harold Koh, Dean of the Yale Law School and former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, will deliver the keynote address titled “Restoring Our Human Rights Reputation.” Dean Koh is a leading expert on international law and a prominent advocate of human and civil rights. He has argued in favor of refugee protection before the U.S. Supreme Court and testified frequently before the U.S. Congress on international law and constitutional rights.
Honoring
The Jeanne and Joseph Sullivan Award
Chicago Matters: Beyond Borders
Sponsor: The Chicago Community Trust
Partners: Chicago Public Radio, Chicago Public Library,
The Chicago Reporter, and WTTW 11
Midwest Light of Human Rights Award
Melville Washburn, Sidley Austin LLP
