The JGB Fund for the Future Presents Celebrating Women's Voices Award 2026

Uyen (“Winn”) Khuong immigrated to the U.S. from Vietnam in 1980. She is the founder and the executive director of Action Together New Jersey (ATNJ). Most recently, Winn was honored for the New Jersey State Governor’s Jefferson Awards in the Founder/Innovator category. For her organizing work, she was a recipient of the We Are EMILY Award from EMILY’s List, and was also awarded the Community Service Award from the American Muslim Council. Winn currently serves on the Steering Committee of Rising Stars at the Eagleton Institute and former Governor Murphy’s Diversity and Inclusivity Council.

Winn was a speaker at the 2018 and 2019 Women’s March, and the 2018 March for Our Lives. Her media appearances and published work have appeared in outlets including The New York Times, WNYC Radio, PBS Newshour, New Jersey Globe, InsiderNJ, and NJ.com.

The Philadelphia Inquirer named Winn “N.J.’s current Alice Paul” due to her tireless organizing work. She is considered the patron saint of Vote by Mail having developed its maximum use throughout the state. She is also responsible for the widespread use of ballot drop boxes in every N.J. county. Winn’s latest project, The New Jersey Civics Handbook, is a guide to the voting process for teens and young adults, a group that votes at the lowest rate. Each year there are 20,000 newly registered 17-year-olds and Winn plans to mail the Handbook to each of them so they can get the civics lesson they didn’t get in high school. The tattoo on Winn’s left arm says it all: “She persisted.”

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Proceeds from the event will benefit educational programs that focus on the importance of women’s contributions to all segments of American society. Activities supported by the Fund include the Alice Paul Center for Gender Justice’s Girls Leadership Council (www.alicepaul.org), as well as the Burlington County League of Women Voters’ Ready to Run Program, which encourages high school girls to become involved in the political process.

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