Feerick Center FriendRaiser 2025

The 2025 FriendRaiser is taking place on Thursday, March 6th, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Fordham Law School in Bateman, Room 2-01B.  

If you’d like to attend this year’s FriendRaiser please register here.

Our 2025 FriendRaiser celebrates members of the Feerick Center and Fordham Law School communities whose work advances human rights and upholds the rule of law to allow every person a genuine opportunity to realize their dreams and aspirations. This year the Center’s Defender of the Dream Award is presented to Annie Chen ’09, a nationally-renowned immigrants rights leader; and Sarya Baladi ’25, an outstanding immigration student leader.

Annie Chen ’09 is a dedicated policy expert in immigrant rights and criminal justice reform, bringing over ten years of invaluable experience to her work. She previously spearheaded immigration initiatives at the Vera Institute of Justice, successfully launching transformative programs like the Safety and Fairness Network and the Fairness to Freedom Campaign. As a passionate pro bono attorney and board member of Immigrant ARC, she champions legal services in New York State. A proud alumna of Fordham Law School, Annie exemplifies the power of commitment and advocacy in creating a more just society. 

Sarya Baladi ’25 is a J.D. candidate at Fordham University School of Law fervently committed to advocating for immigrants. Having engaged with a diverse range of immigrant populations, she embodies a spirit of compassion and justice. With experience as a paralegal in immigration law and meaningful internships with various nonprofit organizations, Sarya’s passion shines through her active leadership in the Immigration Advocacy Project. A proud Stein Scholar, she also serves as [titles] for the Fordham Law Review. Sarya looks forward to harnessing her knowledge and experience as an immigration attorney, to bring hope to and support for those in nee

Please donate to Fordham Law School’s Feerick Center for Social Justice fundraising drive to support the Center’s Immigrant Justice Project. Our immigration work promotes the rule of law and seeks to protect the rights of migrants seeking humanitarian protection. Service trips to the border and the Center's immigration-related work have continued and intensified, including in New York City and the region. We are engaging in fact-finding, organizing educational programming, supporting access-to-justice efforts regionally and at the border, and developing pilot efforts in underserved “justice” deserts. 

Your contributions will allow the Center to continue its important immigration work—which will be more crucial than ever in the coming years—with Fordham Law students, alumni, and other partners.

Thank you for your support of the Feerick Center!