
Join Us
Our 2019 event is complete. We look forward to seeing you next year for our annual celebration on September 10, 2020
Event Day Information
When: Thursday September 19, 2019 – 5pm to 9pm
- 5pm — VIP Reception – included in select sponsorship packages and ticket purchases
- 6pm — Main Reception
- 7pm — Awards Program
Where: The Capitol View at 400 – 444 North Capitol Street NW, Washington DC
Our event is conveniently located in downtown Washington DC, steps from Union Station with transit connections to WMATA’s Red Line, MARC, and Amtrak. Valet parking available on North Capitol between E Street NW and Louisiana Avenue NW.
Your Arrival: All tickets will be held at the door under the guest’s name. When you arrive please follow our greeters to the rooftop for registration and check-in.
This Year's Program

Disruptor Change Champion
Chris Hughes, Co-Chair of the Economic Security Project and Senior Advisor at the Roosevelt Institute

Champion in Labor Partnership
United Teachers Los Angeles, Accepted by Juan Ramirez

Emerging Change Champion
Shanae’ M. Holman, Lead Organizer, Topeka Justice Unity Ministry Project (JUMP)
Sponsors
Champion
- The Nation
- SEIU
Diamond
- Chris Hughes & Sean Eldridge
- Marguerite Casey Foundation
Gold
- Jonathan & Connie Heller
- NEA
- Petra Foundation
- Planned Parenthood
- UFCW
Silver
- AFSCME
- AFT
- America Votes
- Deepak Bhargava & Harry Hanbury
- Donna Katzin
- Ed & Jan Booth
- IBT
- International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, AFL-CIO
- MoveOn.org Civic Action
- Nancy & Bart Westcott
- Naomi Aberly
- Paula & Barry Litt
- PowerPAC.org
- Progressive Multiplier Fund
- Quinn Delaney & Wayne Jordan
- UNITEHERE!
Bronze
- AFL-CIO
- Carol M. Barger
- Catalist
- Dorian Warren & Jourden Williams
- Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg LLP
- Jane Fox-Johnson
- Jeff & Karen Berman
- Sherece West-Scantlebury & Joe Scantlebury
- Tim Sweeney
- United Bank
Supporter
- Aaron Dorfman & Geneen Massey
- AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust
- Alta CPA Group
- Arlene Holt Baker & Willie Baker
- Boston Trust Walden Company
- Center for Law and Social Policy
- Center for Popular Democracy
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Chuck Muckenfuss & Angela Lancaster
- Clifford Chance US LLP
- Community Service Society of New York
- Deepak Pateriya & Pronita Gupta
- Democracy Alliance
- Diane Feeney
- Esther Lopez
- Family Values @ Work
- Human Rights Campaign Foundation
- Jackie Jenkins-Scott
- James Cadogan
- Jim & Suzanne Gollin
- Jobs With Justice
- Judy Patrick
- Julia Taylor Kennedy
- Lisa Garcia Bedolla
- MadWolf Technologies
- Manuel Pastor
- Mary Lassen & Martin Liebowitz
- Mary Morris Willis
- Peter Colavito
- Roosevelt Institute
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- Stephanie Valencia
- Voqal USA
Honorary Host Committee
Alexis McGill Johnson
Planned Parenthood
Ana Maria Archila & Andrew Friedman
Center for Popular Democracy
Arlene Holt Baker
Community Change Board Chair
Deepak Bhargava & Harry Hanbury
Deepak Pateriya
Community Change Chief of Staff
Donna Hall
Women Donors Network
Dorian Warren
Community Change President
Erica Smiley
Jobs With Justice
Felicia Wong
Roosevelt Institute
Jane Fox-Johnson
Community Change Board
Judy Patrick
Community Change Board
K. Sabeel Rahman
Demos
Hon. Karen Bass
Congresswoman Representing the 37th District of California
Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Nation
Leah Hunt-Hendrix
Way to Win
Lily Eskelsen Garcia
NEA
Lisa Garcia Bedolla
Community Change Action Board Chair
Liz Simons
Heising-Simons Foundation
Hon. Mark Pocan
Congressman Representing the 2nd District of Wisconsin
Mary Kay Henry
SEIU
Mary Lassen
Community Change Managing Director
Hon. Pramila Jayapal
Congresswoman Representing the 7th District of Washington
Quinn Delaney
Community Change Board
Randi Weingarten
AFT
Sarita Gupta
Tim Sweeney
Community Change Board
Spirit of the Awards
We celebrate the work that often goes unheralded, and the people and organizations that keep our vision for a just world alive. Too frequently, we focus only on the final outcome of a campaign instead of taking a moment to honor the people and organizations working behind-the-scenes to transform their communities and our country. The Community Change Champions Awards were created to do just that: to recognize the people and organizations whose work is making progress toward social justice a reality.
- The organizers and leaders who inspire people to identify the changes they need and take action to fight for them.
- The public servants who carry the voices of the people with them into the corridors of power.
- The artists and thinkers who envision a more just future, and what it will take to get us all there.
- The donors and philanthropists who help build a broader movement by connecting people with resources that help them fight for change.
- Our partners in the labor movement, who share our commitment to rights and opportunity for hard-working people.
- The emerging leaders who demonstrate courage, compassion, leadership, and the promise to build a broader movement for change.
- The organizations that bring people together and build their communities with grassroots power.
- And the activists who demonstrate bravery, determination and resolve, even when the obstacles seem insurmountable and change seems out of reach.
Previous Honorees

Champion in Community Organizing
Fair Immigration Reform Movement

Champion in Philanthropic Leadership
Barbara Picower, President, The JPB Foundation

Champion in Public Service
Hon. John Lewis, Representing Georgia’s 5th District

Emerging Change Champion
John Jairo Lugo, Unidad Latina en Acción