About Our Annual Awards Luncheon
Join us for our Annual Awards Luncheon, an amazing afternoon of celebrating case victories and client perseverance, honoring advocates, and thanking our dedicated donors!
Each year, Inner City Law Center presents two prestigious awards—the Humanitarian Award and the Katharine Krause Award—to champions who have worked to bring justice to people experiencing homelessness. Our Annual Awards Luncheon is our single biggest fundraiser of the year; the sponsorships pledged and funds raised make our vital year-round work possible.
About 25th Annual Awards Luncheon Honoree Dolores Huerta
Inner City Law Center is excited to honor Dolores Huerta with our 2025 Humanitarian Award for her transformative work in vulnerable communities across Southern California.
Dolores Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers Union with Cesar Chavez in 1962, establishing the first successful and lasting union for farmworkers in the United States and forever changing the landscape of labor rights. Over the past sixty years, Huerta has remained a leader in labor and social justice spaces while also becoming a champion for the unhoused. Huerta continues to speak out about the systemic causes of homelessness, linking it to broader issues of poverty and housing affordability,
In 2003, Huerta founded the Dolores Huerta Foundation, which operates resource centers offering low-cost services to promote economic security and empowerment. These centers are hubs of community support that address a wide range of needs, including housing insecurity. The foundation works to mobilize residents in underserved communities, spreading awareness of tenant rights and organizing collective actions to fight housing injustice.
About 25th Annual Awards Luncheon Honoree Robins Kaplan LLP
Inner City Law Center is proud to honor Robins Kaplan LLP with our 2025 Katharine Krause Award for its ongoing commitment to advancing justice for people experiencing homelessness.
In 2024, the firm played a pivotal role in securing a landmark victory for disabled homeless veterans. In collaboration with Public Counsel, Brown Goldstein & Levy, and Inner City Law Center, the firm helped achieve a historic ruling that mandates significant reforms at the West Los Angeles VA Campus, including new housing and improved healthcare services for disabled veterans.
With a long-standing commitment to public service, Robins Kaplan provided over 19,500 hours of pro bono work in 2024, earning recognition as #14 in the nation for pro bono on The American Lawyer’s scorecard. The firm’s pro bono efforts reflect its dedication to addressing critical legal needs, advocating for vulnerable populations, and making a measurable impact in communities across the country.
About 25th Annual Awards Luncheon Honoree Brown Goldstein & Levy LLP
Inner City Law Center is pleased to honor Brown Goldstein & Levy LLP with our 2025 Katharine Krause Award for its transformative pro bono work on behalf of many Inner City Law Center clients.
Founded in 1982, Brown Goldstein & Levy devotes hundreds of hours a year to providing high-quality legal representation at no cost. As a firm committed to the pursuit of social justice and equity, maintaining a robust pro bono practice is one way that it is closing the gap between those who can afford a lawyer and those who cannot.
BGL has contributed more than 960 hours of legal services (valued at over half a million dollars) to Inner City Law Center clients over the past two years. These efforts have transformed the lives of unhoused veterans living in Los Angeles by forcing the government to do its duty on behalf of those who have already done theirs.
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