U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor blazed a trail for Hispanic people in the United States, particularly Latinas, by becoming the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. Now, she has returned to where she grew up, a community in the Bronx, which erected a bronze statue of her.
The first Latina on the U.S. Supreme Court will be awarded the 2015 Katharine Hepburn Medal, a prize for women who have made efforts to change the world.
As a judge Sonia Sotomayor takes her personal history and her community into account, using that to remind her that human beings consist of good and bad, horrific and heroic; and she treats individuals in her court as people while holding them responsible for their crimes.
It has been a rewarding year for US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, that's why it's fitting that the Bronx native will bid farewell to 2013 and ring in 2014 by leading the 60-second countdown at the New Year's Eve gala in Times Square.
Tourists and New Yorkers are preparing for the 2013 Times Square New Year's Eve bash, but that massive, epic party does not just fall out of the sky like the world famous New Year's Eve Ball. Instead, hundreds of people are setting-up the biggest party of the year while a judge and pedal pushers prepare to help the New Year's Eve ball drop.
Once upon a time there was Mexican-American man by the name of César Chávez, a farm worker who became a civil rights leader and founded the United Farm Workers Union...and there was an inspirational woman named Dolores Huerta, also Mexican-American, who helped him do it. Then, there was a Colombian-American man by the name of Harry Pachon, who drew national attention to Latino issues, such as bilingual education, political engagement and immigration. To follow, there were a number of men and women who helped to mobilize change and enable success for Latinos in America. The End?
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is among six recipients of this year's W.E.B. DuBois Award, Harvard University's highest honor in the field of African and African-American studies.
