Sen. Tom Harkin – 2014 Humphrey Award Honoree

Tom Harkin and Rhonda NeuhausDREDF's Rhonda Neuhaus presented the Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award to Senator Tom Harkin on May 15, 2014.
Here are Rhonda’s remarks:

“I am deeply honored that I have been asked by Wade and the Leadership Conference to present the Humphrey Award to Senator Tom Harkin.
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Yui Yanagihara Has a Passion For Justice

Yui YanagiharaWhen I was first approached about being Yui Yanagihara's supervisor during her international legal internship with DREDF, I felt that I had some sense of who she was even before she arrived. As a young woman traveling on her own halfway across the world to take on coursework and assignments in a second language, I was sure that she was resourceful, adventurous and determined.
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