Honoring The 2024 Just Brooklyn Prize Winners & Launching The Next Prize Cycle
On Wednesday, October 30th, The Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation’s Social Justice Fund and Brooklyn Org honored the winners of our joint Just Brooklyn Prize at the Barclays Center in a ceremony featuring a keynote address by Maya Wiley, President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Community members from across the borough joined us to celebrate the five outstanding winners, who represent a diversity of backgrounds and professional pursuits – media and film, social and criminal justice, labor organizing, and immigration. Each winner of the Just Brooklyn Prize will receive an unrestricted $20,000 grant in recognition of their contributions to the pursuit of social justice in the borough:
- Carolyn A. Butts: Founder and Director of African Voices Communications Inc and Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series
- Chino Hardin: Co-Executive Director, Center for NuLeadership on Human Justice and Healing
- Christine Yvette Lewis: Organizer, Culture Outreach Coordinator, and Secretary of Domestic Workers United
- Derrick Hamilton: Co-Founder, Family and Friends of the Wrongfully Convicted
- Ninaj Raoul: Director and Co-Founder, Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees
We’re thrilled to share that nominations for the 2025 Just Brooklyn Prize are open! Visit the link below to nominate a changemaker.
Nominate A Changemaker For The 2025 Just Brooklyn Prize
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- Brooklyn-wide
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