{"id":1524,"date":"2024-03-02T20:08:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T01:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wotsnj.org\/2024\/03\/02\/josephine-hoal-award-2023\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T11:30:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T16:30:27","slug":"josephine-hoal-award-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wotsnj.org\/en\/2024\/03\/02\/josephine-hoal-award-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Josephine Ho Non-Profit Entrepreneurship Award 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-content-justification-center\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:calc( 0.5 * var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal)));padding-right:var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal));padding-bottom:calc( 0.5 * var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal)));padding-left:var(--wp--style--root--padding-left, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal))\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b073b61b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:calc( 0.25 * var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal)))\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:calc( 0.25 * var(--wp--style--root--padding-right, var(--wp--custom--gap--horizontal)))\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Wind of the Spirit and Diana Mejia (founder of WotS), an Immigrant Resource Center in Madison, founded more than 20 years ago, was awarded the Josephine Ho Award for Non-Profit Entrepreneurship. This award goes to labor and non-profit organizations that support the economic growth of the state. In this case, WotS was recognized for its dedication to education, organizing and mobilizing for just immigration reform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/einsteinsalley.org\/10th-annual-new-jersey-immigrant-entrepreneur-awards\/\">Read more  <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/wotsnj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NJ-Immigrant-Entrepreneurs-4-1024x667.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wotsnj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NJ-Immigrant-Entrepreneurs-4-1024x667.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wotsnj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NJ-Immigrant-Entrepreneurs-4-600x391.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wotsnj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NJ-Immigrant-Entrepreneurs-4-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wotsnj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NJ-Immigrant-Entrepreneurs-4-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wotsnj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NJ-Immigrant-Entrepreneurs-4-1300x846.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/wotsnj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/NJ-Immigrant-Entrepreneurs-4.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;These first-generation immigrant business leaders have had a positive impact on their communities and we honor their contributions to the state,&#8221; said Katherine Kish, Awards Chair of the New Jersey Immigration Business Coalition.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wind of the Spirit and Diana Mejia (founder of WotS), an Immigrant Resource Center in Madison, founded more than<br \/>\n20 years ago, was awarded the Josephine Ho Award for Non-Profit Entrepreneurship. This award goes to labor and non-profit organizations that support the economic growth of the state. 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