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Honoring The 2024 Just Brooklyn Prize Winners & Launching The Next Prize Cycle

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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:

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

bksjf.org/justbrooklyn

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A group of seven people stands with a framed image of the Brooklyn Bridge during the Just Brooklyn Prize event.
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A group of people stands on stage holding a Brooklyn Bridge photo at the Just Brooklyn Prize event in Barclays Center.
Two people smiling and posing in front of a backdrop featuring logos for The Just Brooklyn Prize and Social Justice Fund.
A diverse group of six people stands on a stage at the Barclays Center, holding a framed photo of the Brooklyn Bridge, with "The Just Brooklyn Prize" banner behind them.
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A person speaks into a microphone on stage at an event, with a "The Just Brooklyn Prize" sign on a podium. Audience members are seated in the foreground.
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