{"id":3152,"date":"2019-03-26T13:20:12","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T19:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bnhr.org\/?p=3152"},"modified":"2019-03-26T13:46:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T19:46:11","slug":"border-network-for-human-rights-to-celebrate-20th-anniversary-awards-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/border-network-for-human-rights-to-celebrate-20th-anniversary-awards-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Border Network for Human Rights to Celebrate 20th Anniversary Awards Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Border Network for Human Rights to Celebrate 20<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary Awards Dinner<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>BNHR to Appreciate Outstanding Human Rights Champions with Visionary, Safe Communities, and Advocacy Awards<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>El Paso, TX\/Southern New Mexico. \u2013 <\/em>At 6 pm on Saturday, April 13th, BNHR will mark two decades of struggle for human rights with our 20<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary Awards Dinner.<\/p>\n<p>BNHR will reflect on the power of an organized and educated community. \u00a0We will reflect on our struggle against policies hurting our families, and instead offering solutions that uplift our humanity.\u00a0 After twenty years we know that we are not the problem, we are part of the solution.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that our fight for human rights is far from over.\u00a0 However, without the vision, advocacy, and fortitude of those struggling to keep our communities safe, our families would be worse off.\u00a0 On April 13<sup>th<\/sup>, join us as our communities honor these efforts and successes.<\/p>\n<p>2019 Awardees include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advocacy Award\u2014Ruben Garcia, Executive Director of Annunciation House; Linda Rivas, Executive Director of Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center; and Melissa Lopez, Executive Director of Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services<\/li>\n<li>Safe Communities Award\u2014Texas State Representatives Mary Gonzalez &amp; Cesar Blanco<\/li>\n<li>Visionary Award\u2014Maria Jimenez, renowned long-time community activist<\/li>\n<li>Honorary Recognition to Carlos Spector, Blanca Navarrete and Libra Foundation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The program will feature remarks from keynote speaker Congresswoman Veronica Escobar.\u00a0 There will also be a cash bar and silent auction.\u00a0 Tickets are available by contacting BNHR Administrator Marco Perez (mperez@bnhr.org or 915-433-7748).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>WHAT: BNHR AWARDS DINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>WHEN: SATURDAY APRIL 13<sup>TH<\/sup> AT 6:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>WHERE: ST. PIUS CATHOLIC CHURCH (1050 N. Clark Street)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Border Network for Human Rights, founded in 1998, is one of the leading human rights advocacy and immigration reform organizations located at the U.S.\/Mexico Border. BNHR has over 7,000 members in West Texas and Southern New Mexico.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Border Network for Human Rights to Celebrate 20th Anniversary Awards Dinner BNHR to Appreciate Outstanding Human Rights Champions with Visionary, Safe Communities, and Advocacy Awards \u00a0 El Paso, TX\/Southern New Mexico. \u2013 At 6&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,3,4,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bnhr.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}