Clara Wu Tsai, co-owner of the Nets and Liberty, has been named a “Champion of Justice” by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, part of the City University system.
The award was bestowed virtually in early February. Video of the award ceremony was posted to YouTube Monday.
Wu Tsai was honored for her role in helping create and fund the REFORM Alliance, which aims at reforming the nation’s criminal justice system as well as establishing the $50 million Social Justice Fund for Brooklyn’s Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
Among those who congratulated the Harvard and Stanford graduate were Van Jones of the REFORM Alliance, Darren Walker of the Ford Foundation and Deray McKesson, the Black activist who’s been particularly visible in Black Lives Matter protests.