2021-2025 NOMINEES

Previous Law & Social Policy Legacy Award nominees are eligible to be nominated again in subsequent years. Previous winners cannot be nominated again.

9to5 National Association of Working Women organizes nationwide and in our chapter states to build grassroots power, win people-centered policy change, and develop leaders to fight for a world where we can all thrive.

A Better Balance is the leading national nonprofit legal advocacy organization dedicated to promoting justice in the workplace, especially for women, caregivers, and people with health needs of their own.

Agricultural Workers Advocacy Coalition is a group of organizations and individuals, including workers, whose mission is to serve as advocates for agricultural workers on the Eastern Shore.

Arise Chicago organizes the collective power of working class immigrants in partnership with faith communities to uplift all workers

Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A advances social and economic justice and community empowerment through innovative, collaborative, neighborhood-based legal representation and advocacy.

Building Skills Partnership empowers property and airport service workers and their families in California to achieve personal and professional success through skills development, education, and community advancement.

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, UC Berkeley is the national leader in early care and education workforce research and policy.

Center for WorkLife Law is a national advocacy and research organization that advances gender and racial equity by strengthening legal rights for pregnant people and family caregivers.

Centro Legal de la Raza is a legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of low-income, immigrant, Black, and Latinx communities through bilingual legal representation, education, and advocacy.

Columbia Legal Services advocates for laws that advance social, economic, and racial equity for people living in poverty.

Economic Progress Institute is a nonpartisan research and policy organization dedicated to improving the economic well-being of low- and modest-income Rhode Islanders.

Equal Rights Advocates fights for gender justice in workplaces and schools across the country.

Farmworker Legal Services is a nonprofit law firm dedicated to fighting for justice and dignity alongside the farmworker community in Michigan.

Georgia Justice Project strengthens our community by demonstrating a better way to represent and support individuals in the criminal justice system and reduce barriers to reentry.

Grassroots Law & Organizing for Workers (formerly National Legal Advocacy Network) is a racial and economic justice organization dedicated to shifting the balance of power towards greater equity in our economy and society by leveraging legal strategies and resources to build worker power.

Heartland Center for Jobs and Freedom creates opportunities for workers to learn and exercise their rights, realize their collective power, and develop the leadership skills necessary to advocate for a racially and economically just society in Missouri.

Human Trafficking Legal Center is a bridge to justice for trafficking survivors. They connect trafficking survivors with pro bono representation so they can seek justice and thrive.

Instituto de Educación Popular del Sur de California promotes self-determination in the Latino community in Southern California politically, culturally, and economically using popular education methodology.

Legal Action of Wisconsin delivers exceptional civil legal services and structural change advocacy, free of cost, to those most in need.

Louisiana Progress works with grassroots partners to identify real problems, develop effective solutions, and successfully advocate to turn those solutions into systemic change.

Make the Road New York builds the power of immigrant and working class communities to achieve dignity and justice through organizing, policy innovation, transformative education, and survival services.

Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety & Health unites workers, unions and community groups with environmental and health activists, to end dangerous work conditions, to organize for safe, secure jobs, and to advocate for healthy communities.

Migrant Justice builds the voice, capacity, and power of the immigrant farmworker community to organize for economic justice and human rights in Vermont, New York, New Hampshire, and Maine.

National Council for Occupational Safety and Health builds the power of workers and their organizations to demand health, safety, and justice on the job and for their communities.

National Day Laborer Organizing Network improves the lives of day laborers, migrants and low-wage workers.

National Employment Law Project is working to build a just and inclusive economy where all workers have expansive rights and thrive in good jobs.

New Labor educates, organizes, and fights for better work conditions and social justice in the workplace in New Jersey.

New Mexico Worker Organizing Collaborative, led by Somos Un Pueblo, works to combat employer thefts to ensure that workers have a fair shot at economic security.

North Carolina Justice Center works to eliminate poverty in North Carolina by ensuring that every household in the state has access to the resources, services, and fair treatment it needs to achieve economic security.

Organized Power In Numbers combines tried and true organizing with top-of-the-line data and digital tools to build worker power in the South and Southwest and to level up campaigns that reach millions.

Public Justice Center uses legal advocacy tools to pursue social justice, economic and race equity, and fundamental human rights for people who are struggling to provide for their basic needs.

Raise The Floor Alliance is a Chicago based non-profit and legal clinic whose mission is to ensure that low-wage workers have access to quality jobs and are empowered to uphold and improve workplace standards.

She Leads Justice advocates for women impacted by systemic injustice because when we center women, our communities win in Connecticut.

Shriver Center on Poverty Law is leading the fight for economic and racial justice by litigating, shaping policy, and training and connecting people in the advocacy community.

State Innovation Exchange makes collaborative governance the dominant practice among state legislators as they govern in partnership with their constituents and civil society leaders.

Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing advocacy and support to poor and working people on important societal issues with national impact.

Sur Legal Collaborative seeks to democratize legal knowledge and provide legal support to movements fighting for economic, racial, and social justice in the South.

TakeRoot Justice provides legal, participatory research and policy support to strengthen the work of grassroots and community-based groups in New York City to dismantle racial, economic and social oppression.

UFW Foundation advocates for workers’ rights and protections for farm workers across the United States.

United for Respect Education Fund elevates the voices of those employed in the retail economy to call on industry leaders and policymakers to transform jobs so people can lead safe and economically-secure lives.

What’s Next Washington (now merged with Mission:Launch) improves the lives of justice-impacted citizens through partnerships that open doors to employment, housing, and financial services.

Workers Defense Project is a member-led organization that is building power with latine workers in Texas for immigrant and worker justice.

Workers Dignity is a worker-led center dedicated to organizing for economic and racial justice and empowers workers to lead the fight for fair treatment, safe working conditions, and the recovery of stolen wages in Davidson County, Tennessee.

Worksafe ws a California-based organization dedicated to promoting and protecting the basic right of all people to a safe and healthy workplace.