President’s Leadership in Racial Equity and Social Justice Award

2023 Award Recipient

Lupe Martinez

Martinez makes it his life mission to help migrant farmworkers and other underserved communities

The President’s Leadership in Racial Equity and Social Justice Award recognizes those who have worked tirelessly to overcome the burdens of inequity and injustice to make our region truly welcoming and inclusive communities for all people, of all races, places, identities, and backgrounds. The Foundation honored Lupe Martinez with the award for his more than a century of advocacy work on behalf of migrant farmworkers in Wisconsin and across the country. Read More >

Past award recipients

2019 - Geneva Johnson (formerly President’s Leadership in Philanthropy Award)

2020 - Jeanette Mitchell

2021 - Ness Flores

2022 -J osé Olivieri

2023 - Lupe Martinez