Please join the Mississippi Center for Justice for our distinguished event.

Social Justice Empowerment Reception and Dinner

with Special Guest Co-Host
Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director,
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

June 5, 2024 | Washington, DC

Reception: 6 PM – 7 PM ET
Empowerment Dinner: 7 PM – 9 PM ET

Long View Gallery
1234 9th St. NW
Washington, DC 20001

*Limited dinner sponsorship opportunities available

For more information on sponsorships, click here or
contact Tosha Taylor at ttaylor@mscenterforjustice.org or (601) 709-0859.

2024 Honorees

For her steadfast commitment and support of racial, economic, and social justice through her lifetime of community activism and by enlarging MCJ’s capacity for sustainable change.

Jesse Milan, Jr. JD, President & CEO and AIDS United

For visionary leadership and transformative partnership with MCJ in combating HIV discrimination and stigma and driving meaningful change at the grassroots level.

For innovative collaboration with MCJ, implementing extensive pro bono expungement and DACA clinic initiatives through which Akin’s attorneys performed pro bono hours valued at nearly half a million dollars.

Damon Hewitt, President & Executive Director and Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

For taking a stand to protect democracy and champion the ideals of truth and justice every day, fighting for civil rights and social justice, and carrying on the crucial advocacy work that inspired the establishment of the Mississippi Center for Justice.