Sheila Wellstone Award Reception

The Sheila Wellstone Institute announced that the recipient of its 2007 National Sheila Wellstone Award is National Network to End Violence Against Immigrant Women, a broad-based coalition of more than five hundred organizations and individuals that advocate. provide services, and offer assistance to immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and trafficking. The National Network is directed by the 3 co-chair organizations: the Family Violence Prevention Fund, ASISTA Immigration Technical Assistance Project, and Legal Momentum's Immigrant Women Program. The Wellstone Award was presented on Monday, October 1 at a reception in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. Legal Momentum's Immigrant Women Program director, Leslye Orloff, who is also an associate vice president, accepted for Legal Momentum. Majority Leader Harry Reid, U.S. Senator for Nevada, was among the many Members of Congress who attended, congratulating the Network and thanking the honorees for their effective and tireless efforts on behalf of immigrant women victims. 

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