Congratulations to longtime Madison progressive leader Helen Vukelich and community organizer and advocate for the homeless Cynthia Lin for the honors bestowed on them this week by the Social Justice Center.
….Lin received the centerâ??s Visionary Award. As a young activist, she has served as a volunteer organizer with Operation Welcome Home, a group of people affected by homelessness. Sheâ??s also a board member of Freedom Inc., a group that does community organizing and anti-violence work in low-income communities of color.
Employed by the UW-Madisonâ??s Multicultural Student Center, she trains students on social justice, community organizing and social movement topics.