Protect Our Defenders Announces First Annual Justice Award Winners

Date Posted: Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Category: Sexual Harassment/Assault/Trauma - National

On January 20, 2016, two attorneys from the California Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center (LAS-ELC), Cacilia Kim, Special Counsel, and Elizabeth Kristen, Director of their Gender Equity & LGBT Rights Program, received the "2016 Protect Our Defenders Justice Award." Ms. Kim and Ms. Kristen received the inaugural award for their tireless work on behalf of military sexual assault survivors through Protect Our Defenders (POD) "Pro Bono Network." POD is the only national human rights organization solely dedicated to ending harassment and sexual assault in the U.S. military. Former Chief Prosecutor of the U.S. Air Force and President of Protect Our Defenders, Colonel Don Christensen, will present the awards..

Read the full article at: Protect Our Defenders Press Release