2010
Edgar Aranda-Yanoc – Edgar is the Community Educator/Organizer for the Immigrant Advocacy Program at the Legal Aid Justice Center in Northern Virginia. Edgar provides resources and information to new immigrant communities. Beyond ensuring that these newcomers to our region have a basic understanding of their rights and responsibilities, Edgar’s commitment to social justice brings people together and promotes a diverse, welcoming community for all.
Watch the video detailing Edgar's work HERE.
Christopher Barnhill – Chris is the Education and Curriculum Coordinator at Metro TeenAIDS, where he educates youth throughout DC on the importance of preventing AIDS and getting tested for HIV. Chris has devoted his life to eliminating HIV transmission in the District and creating a community that is engages and supports HIV positive youth. Chris is not afraid to use his acting and relationship building skills to get young people the information they need to make healthy life decisions.
Watch the video documentary of Chris's work HERE.
Allison Baugher - Allison is a Teach for America alumna, now in her third year of teaching Spanish at Ballou High School in Southeast Washington, DC. In the midst of a school and community plagued by low expectations, hopelessness and a lot of complaining, Allison brings fresh energy and ideas to the classroom, challenging students with a creative curriculum, organizing trips to foreign countries and mentoring her colleagues.
Allison's work is documented in this video HERE.
Evelyn Green – Evelyn is the Manager of the Bethany Women’s Center at N Street Village, yet her colleagues describe her as the heart of the entire organization. Once a client at N Street, Evelyn now designs the addiction recovery curriculum, provides moral support to the staff and offers hope to women trying to reclaim their lives from addiction.
Learn more about Evelyn's work in this video HERE.
2009
 Serena Locust
Community Activist, Northwest Park Apartments
 Ted Pringle
Food and Clothing Programs Director, Bread for the City
 Scott Rechler
Program Director, LearnServe International
 Carlton P. Willis
Board Member, Carpenter’s Shelter
2008
Mark Bergel, A Wider Circle 
Arva Jackson, Community Activist and Advocate for Children & Youth in Montgomery County, MD 
Irwin Royster, Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington 
Trayon White, East of the River Clergy Police Community Partnership
2006
Elizabeth Clavel Love
Board Trustee/Project Coordinator, Escuela Bolivia ; Co-Chair, ESOL/HILT Citizens Advisory Committee
Lee Evans
Acting Principal, Magruder High School
Martin Jenkins (Youth Awardee)
Youth Participant and Board Member, Facilitating Leadership in Youth
Charise van Liew,
Co-Founder/Executive Director, Facilitating Leadership in Youth
[Note: Charise and Martin are Co-Awardees]
Mary McCurty
Lead Facilitator, Community Empowerment Program, IMPACT Silver Spring
Ayize Sabater
Co-Founder/Director, M.O.M.I.E.’s TLC; Co-Founder/Board Member, Community Harvest
Doris Watkins
Co-Coordinator, Tellin’ Stories Project, Teaching for Change
2005
Billy L. Chandler
Staff Interviewer, Visitors’ Services Center
Robert E. (Bobby) Coward, Jr.
Co-Founder/Director, DIRECT Action, & Chair/Spokesperson, Capital Area ADAPT
Han-Hoan (Hoan) Duc Dang
President, Maryland Vietnamese Mutual Association (MVMA) & Board Member, Impact Silver Spring
Martha Delgado (Youth Awardee)
Youth Advisory Board Member & Peer Educator, Identity, Inc.
William (Bill) and Sharon Murphy
Founders & Co-Directors, Mary House
Isabel van Isschot
Interpreter Services Department Director, La Clínica Del Pueblo
2004
Wanda Fox
Principal, Brightwood Elementary School
Brandon Haynes (Youth Awardee)
Advocate, Homelessness and Education
Renee Milligan, Ph.D., RNC
Family Nurse Practitioner, Pregnancy Aid Center & President, College Park Boys & Girls Club
Dario Muralles (Youth Awardee)
Intern, CASA of Maryland & Board Member , Maryland Latino Coalition for Justice
Rickey Payton, Sr.
President & CEO, Urban Nation H.I.P. - H.O.P. Choir
James Stephenson
Volunteer, Montgomery County Public Schools
2003
Geneva Barr
President, Montana Terrace Resident Council & Representative, Board of Commissioners, DC Housing Authority
Carlos Garcia
President, Higher Achievement Program Board of Directors
Deb Gottesman , Buzz Mauro & Michael Rodgers
Co-Directors, The Theatre Lab
Mary Lou Tietz
Executive Director, Community Family Life Services
Roberto Villarroél
President, Culmore Worker’s Center
2002
Dorris Juanita Darden & Jacqueline M. Massey
Co-Presidents, Wheeler Creek Estates Community Development Corporation
Carmen L. Fernandez
Founder, Hispanics Against Child Abuses and Neglect & Morning Star Program
Agnes Kariuki
Founder and Educational Coordinator, YMCA Nob Hill Homework Program
Anne Marie Willis
Special Education Preschool Teacher, Ashlawn Elementary School
Michael Steve Zanders
Founder and Athletic Director, Woodland Tigers Youth Sports and Educational Program
2001
Fred Beam
Performing Artist, Founding Executive Director, Invisible Hands, Inc.
Joseph S. Emmerich, Jr.
Founding Director, Chillum Youth Project
Ana Gonzalez
Founding Coordinator, Women’s Empowerment Program, CASA of Maryland
James “Chucky” Moore
Substance Abuse Counselor, Alexandria Public Schools STEP Program
Founder, Peer Advisory Program, and Co-founder, Untouchables, Youth Mentoring Program
Kimberley A. Shellman
Child Advocate, Founding Executive Director, Safe Shores : The D.C. Children’s Advocacy Center
2000
Fabian Barnes
Founding Artistic Director, The Dance Institute of Washington
Frankie Blackburn
Civic Activist & Founding Executive Director, Impact Silver Spring
Deborah L. McFadden
Founding President, International Children’s Alliance
Patricia Nalls
AIDS Activist, Founding Executive Director, The Women’s Collective
Hien T. Nguyen
Founding President, Washington D.C. Vietnamese Community Center
1999
Keter Betts (1928-2005)
Musician and Educator, Master Bass Player, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Sandy Dang
Founding Executive Director, Asian American LEAD
Katie Fitzgerald
Civic Activist, DC ACORN
Dr. David Hilfiker
Medical Director, Joseph’s House
Reverend Norma Jennings
Director of Resource Development, FAST National Training and Evaluation Center
1998
Father Tesfamiam Baraki
Catholic Chaplain, Howard University Hospital , Former Pastor, Kidane-Mehret Ge’ez Rite, Catholic Church
Commander Hand Carde (1947-1998)
UN Navy Retired, AIDS Activist
Dorothea Ferrell
President, Barry Farm Resident Council
Pilar Laugel
Founding Executive Director, Language, ETC…
Paula Poulis
Principal, Cool Spring Elementary School
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