Awards, Mar 06, 2003

The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas.

Black philanthropy. Willie E. Gary, a prominent trial lawyer and businessman, has received the inaugural William H. and Camille O. Cosby Philanthropic Award, presented by the Associated Black Charities (New York). Through the Gary Foundation (Stuart, Fla.), Mr. Gary has supported scholarships and drug-prevention programs and made gifts to historically black colleges and universities.

Children. The Alliance for Children and Families (Milwaukee) has presented its 2002 Samuel Gerson Nordlinger Child Welfare Leadership Award to Ron Reed, president and chief executive officer of Family Service Inc. (St. Paul). Mr. Reed’s accomplishments include establishing a statewide subsidized child-care program and organizing a housing campaign for low-income families.

Health. Grantmakers in Health (Washington) has presented its 2003 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy to Gloria R. Smith. Ms. Smith, retired vice president for health programs at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich.), was honored for her innovative grant making to improve health nationally and internationally.

Violence prevention. The California Wellness Foundation (Woodland Hills) has presented its 2002 California Peace Prize Award to three violence-prevention advocates. The winners, who each received an unrestricted cash prize of $25,000, are:

— Joseph A. Myers, executive director of the National Indian Justice Center (Santa Rosa, Calif.), who provides legal education and technical assistance to tribal governments.

— Raja Rahim, program coordinator at the Greenbook Project (San Francisco), who helps coordinate services for families experiencing domestic violence.

— Wayne Sakamoto, coordinator for the San Diego County Office of Education Safe Schools Unit, who implements conflict-resolution and gang-prevention programs in schools.

Youths. The American Youth Policy Forum (Washington) has presented several awards to individuals and organizations for their work in shaping youth policy over the past 10 years.

— John F. (Jack) Jennings, director of the Center on Education Policy (Washington), and Karen Pittman, executive director of Forum for Youth Investment (Washington), were honored for their leadership in advancing youth policy.

— Marion Pines, director of the Sar Levitan Center for Social Policy Studies at Johns Hopkins U. (Baltimore), was honored for her research on and technical assistance to youth groups.

— Youth Today, a bimonthly paper produced in Washington and its publisher, William Trevor, were honored for outstanding media coverage on youth issues.

— Alan Zuckerman, former executive director of the National Youth Employment Coalition (Washington), was honored for helping to build a coalition of youth-serving groups, policy makers, and researchers to improve youth policy and programs.