Raul Yzaguirre, presidential professor of practice and director of the ASU Center for Community Development and Civil Rights in the College of Public Programs, was honored on Sept. 5 with a Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the first-ever Smithsonian Latino Center Legacy Awards ceremony. The Legacy Awards were presented at ¡Smithsonian Con Sabor!, a black-tie fundraising gala for nearly 1,000 national Latino community leaders from all sectors. The dinner was held at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. as part of the Latino Center’s 10th anniversary celebration. Yzaguirre is being recognized for his 30 years as president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest constituency-based national Hispanic organization and a leading Hispanic “think tank” in Washington, D.C., and for his role as founder and director of the ASU Center for Community Develolpment and Civil Rights. external-link