NEWSED 23RD ANNUAL CIVIL RIGHTS AWARDS

November 13, 2014 Seawell Grand Ballroom / DCPA Complex HONORARY CO-CHAIRS & EMCEES NEWSED

Joseph Salazar Jessie Ulibarri State Representative State Senator

HONORARY CHAIRS

Ken Salazar Former Secretary of the Governor of Interior & U.S. Senator Joe Garcia Lieutenant Governor U.S. Senator Angie Malpiede RTD, Civil Rights Board Chair U.S. Senator Ed Thomas Michael B. Hancock Former City Council Mayor of WELCOME

Thank you for joining NEWSED to celebrate the 23rd Annual Civil Rights Awards. INVOCATION Lucia Guzman, State Senator

Entertainment by PROCLAMATION Freddy Rodriguez, Sr., Freddy Rodriguez Sr. and Denver’s Music Legend and Icon Freddy Rodriguez Jr presented by Luis Romero, Executive Producer, Rocky Mtn. Promoters Assoc.

RECIPIENTS & PRESENTERS

State Representative, District 7 Angela Williams presented by Nita Gonzales, President/CEO Escuela Tlatelolco

Yolanda Ortega, Emeritus VP, Student Services MSU/ Teatrista, Su Teatro presented by Adrienne Benavidez, Executive Director, Denver Dept. of General Services

Councilwoman Deborah Ortega presented by Angie Malpiede, RTD Director, Civil Rights Chairwoman

Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC) presented by Mayor Michael B. Hancock

Rudy Gonzales, Executive Director, Servicios de La Raza presented by Mayor Michael B. Hancock

Juanita Chacon, Broker/Community Activist presented by Pat Cortez, Senior Vice President, Community Affairs Manager Community Relations and CRA Risk Management Dept. The Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition Deborah L. Ortega Nonprofit organization, The Colorado Immigrant Councilwoman Ortega is a long time Civil Rights Rights Coalition was founded in 2002 to improve the leader for the city of Denver. Debbie has been a lives of immigrants and refugees. Their goal is to civil servant for more than 35 years at the federal, make Colorado a more welcoming immigrant-friendly state and local levels of government. She has state. CIRC is a statewide, membership-based worked for Lieutenant Governor George Brown, coalition of immigrant and ally organizations. They U.S. Senator Floyd Haskell and Denver Councilman have worked vigorously to achieve citizenship for the Sal Carpio. She was elected to City Council in 1987 undocumented, to protect civil liberties and rights of immigrant workers and for District 9 and again in 2011 At-Large. She was families and for a full integration of immigrants into community life in the U.S. the first Executive Director of Denver’s Homeless Commission, and Regional Service Director at Yolanda Ortega Denver Human Services. Debbie is a champion for social justice who strives Yolanda grew up as the daughter of an Air Force to create equal opportunities for the underserved populations of Denver. family. Her family moved to Denver in 1972 the same year she began working for Metropolitan Angela Williams State University of Denver. Her career at MSU State Representative Angela Williams, is a native of has spanned 40 years starting as secretary for Oklahoma and was elected to the Colorado House the Chicano Studies Department and retiring of Representatives in 2010. She is currently Chair as Vice President of Student Affairs. Yolanda of the Business, Labor, Economic and Workforce initiated several programs while at MSU such as the Development Committee and was appointed to Latino Literary Symposium, The Richard T. Castro the National Caucus of State Legislators Executive Distinguished Visiting Professorship, Sisters of Color Committee. During the 2013 session Angela worked in Higher Education and the Diversity Initiatives Funding. Yolanda is retired tirelessly to introduce legislation on policy issues from MSU but continues to be one of the most active Latina around. She is for Coloradoans, including, the ASSET In-state celebrating her 40th anniversary with Su Teatro as an actor, musician and Tuition for Undocumented High School Students, director where she has become a Denver theatre legend. Yolanda has a long Compensation for the Wrongly Convicted and Commissioning Studies of history of service to her community because she is dedicated to Civil Rights State Procurements. Angela was recently awarded the Denver Business and the empowerment of La Raza. Journal Power Book – The Region’s Top Business Newsmaker and was chosen by the Denver Post as one of the 2014 Colorado legislative winners. Juanita Chacon Juanita Chacon is a Broker Associate with RE/MAX Rudy Gonzales Alliance and has been in the real estate industry Rudy Gonzales is an activist and Civil Rights leader. over 25 years. Over the years she has played He is the son of Rodolfo Corky Gonzales and significant roles in government, as a board member Geraldine Gonzales. Alongside his father and family for 27 non-profits and contributor to various political he worked first hand in many of the watershed campaigns. Juanita was the treasurer for John events of the Chicano Movement in the 60s, 70s, Hickenlooper’s 2003 Mayoral campaign, the former 80s and beyond. Rudy has been the Executive Director of the Regional Transportation District Director of Servicios de La Raza since 2008. At and Chairwoman of the State Housing Board. In Servicios Rudy has re-energized the advocacy and 2007, Juanita was appointed at Co-Chair to the activism component of the organization making Democratic National Convention Host Committee their historically known mission relevant to a new which resulted in Denver hosting the 2008 National Democratic Convention. generation. Rudy serves on numerous public and private sector councils, She is the Co-Founder of the Latinas First Foundation and is instrumental in committees and boards of directors related to human services, education and the recognition and empowerment of Latina Women. Juanita is an ICON in department of corrections. He also Co-Chairs the Colorado Latino Forum, of the Denver community and an outstanding leader for Civil Rights. which, he was one of the founding members. 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