Awards:
IGNITE Fellow 2013
NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
The IGNITE Fellowship for Women of Color in the Social Sector is an initiative that celebrates and cultivates the skills of women of color leaders at major nonprofit organizations.
Fellows are selected from a national pool of applicants. They will participate in peer mentoring, coaching, and webinars to advance their personal and professional leadership goals with the support of cohort members and Fellowship managers.
The Research Center for Leadership in Action builds knowledge and capacity for leadership to transform society. Housed at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, a nationally top-ranked graduate school, RCLA conducts breakthrough research on leadership for the public good and offers customized leadership development and capacity-building programs.
Opportunity Award for Employer-CBO Partnership
New York City Employment and Training Coalition (NYCETC)
The NYCETC Opportunity Awards honors programs and individuals that demonstrate measurable creativity and exemplify best practices that can serve as models in the field.
The New York City Employment and Training Coalition is an association of 200 community based organizations, educational institutions, and labor unions that annually provide job training and employment services to over 750,000 New Yorkers, including welfare recipients, unemployed workers, low-wage workers, at-risk youth, the formerly incarcerated, immigrants and the mentally and physically disabled. The Coalition is the only citywide association exclusively focused on workforce development.
Exceptional Program Award
Wesleyan University
Awarded to the coordinator(s) of an exceptional program that has had positive campus-wide impact.
Para la Familia is dedicated to bridging the gaps that distance many Latino families from understanding higher education and the experiences of Latino students in the University system. The program received University endowment, and now is permanent contributor to the effective recruitment and retention of Latino-identified students.
PlF continues to offer a variety of bilingual panels, mock classes, and information sessions in the hope that these activities will enable Spanish-speaking families to more comfortably engage with Wesleyan University’s students, faculty, and administrators.