The Abolition Institute, one of America’s leading anti-slavery organizations, honored Zakat Foundation Executive Director Halil Demir with its highest award for “carrying on Abraham Lincoln’s legacy by fighting modern-day slavery.” This was the Abolition Institute’s 5th Annual Aichana Abeid Boilil Awards, which took place at the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago and commemorates Abraham Lincoln’s birthday by honoring those who fight to end institutionalized slavery and human trafficking.