New Annual Awards Celebration Announcements!

CEJ is 26 years old, and one month away from our Annual Awards Celebration!

the Cirque de 99%, Annual Awards Celebration is taking place on May 10th, 2012, from 6:00 to 9:00pm at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center.

We are excited to announce that our keynote speaker this year will be Steve Dubb from the Democracy Collaborative! Steve Dubb is the Research Director of The Democracy Collaborative and has worked for the Collaborative since 2004. Dubb is the principal author of Linking Colleges to Communities: Engaging the University for Community Development (2007) and Building Wealth: The New Asset-Based Approach to Solving Social and Economic Problems, which was published by The Aspen Institute in 2005. Previously, he was Executive Director of the North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO), a U.S. and Canadian nonprofit association that provides education and technical assistance to university and community-based housing and retail cooperatives.

The Democracy Collaborative has led the creation of Evergreen Cooperatives in Cleveland, OH. Steve Dubb will be presenting the forward thinking work of the collaborative on how to empower workers and build community wealth through worker-owned cooperatives. Check out this video on the Evergreen Cooperative to get inspired!

We are also proud to announce that we are giving our Lifetime Achievement Award to Marcella Fugle, Chair of the NYSUT Retirees of WNY Political Action Committee. A long-time CEJ member and labor leader, Marcella exemplifies the commitment to justice that CEJ seeks to uphold. We are honored to give her this outstanding award.

Additionally, we are honoring the following award recipients:

The Norm Harper Labor Award: James Wagner and John Mudie of CWA 1122
The Fight-of-the-Year: OPEIU Local 212 Workers at BlueCross BlueShield
The Future of Justice: John Washington of Occupy Buffalo

We hope to see you on May 10th! As always, you can purchase your tickets online through our secure server here!