Awards, Sep 20, 2001

The following awards have been presented for achievement in management, philanthropy, and volunteerism:

Communications.

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (New York) presented its 2001 Community Service and Public Service Announcements Emmy Awards. The Community Service Award went to KQED (San Francisco) for its investigation into the process of political asylum, “No Turning Back.” The Local Public Service Announcement Emmy was awarded to the Big Picture Company (Barrington, R.I.) for their segments on education improvements, “All the Same Within,” “Know Us,” and “My Mentor.” The National Public Service Announcement Emmy went to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Washington) for its radon-awareness campaign, “The National Radon Test: Man on the Street.”

Humanitarianism. The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (Reno, Nev.) has awarded its 2001 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize to St. Christopher’s Hospice (London), the first teaching hospice. Established in 1967, St. Christopher’s created holistic and home-care programs that have been emulated worldwide. Each year the Hilton prize provides $1-million to a charity or nongovernmental organization that has contributed significantly to easing human suffering.

Leadership. The Ford Foundation (New York) has named the inaugural 20 recipients of its Leadership for a Changing World award program, which honors individuals and teams that have achieved improvements in social problems in their communities. The foundation gives the awards in partnership with the Advocacy Institute (Washington) and the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York U. Each award comes with a $100,000 prize to advance the winners’ work, with an additional $30,000 for skill improvement and supporting activities over the next two years. The recipients are:

— Denise Altvater, program director at the American Friends Service Committee Wabanaki Youth Program (Perry, Me.), who works with American Indian youths.

— Dale Asis, director of the Coalition of African, Asian, European and Latino Immigrants of Illinois (Chicago), which promotes immigrants’ rights.

— Community Voices Heard (New York), which helps welfare recipients advocate for the services and training they need.

— Rufino Dominguez, general coordinator at Oaxaca Indigenous Binational Coalition (Fresno, Calif.), which promotes farmworkers’ rights.

— Sarah James, leader of the Native Village of Venetice Tribal Government (Arctic Village, Alaska), which seeks to preserve the Gwich’in Nation’s culture and environment.

— Justice for Janitors (Los Angeles), through which Dolores Martínez, Kamilo Rivera, Marisela Salinas, and Rafael Ventura successfully campaigned to unionize building-service workers.

— Justice Now (Oakland, Calif.), created by Cynthia Chandler and Cassandra Shaylor to teach lawyers, law students, and community leaders the health-care and legal rights of female prisoners.

— Wing Lam, executive director of the Chinese Staff & Workers Association (New York), which seeks to improve working and living conditions for Chinese immigrants and others working in low-wage fields.

— Betsy Lieberman, executive director of AIDS Housing of Washington (Seattle), which secures housing for people with HIV/AIDS and trains others to do so.

— Kevin McDonald, president and chief executive officer of Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers (Durham, N.C.), which offers substance abusers treatment and social services.

— Margie McHugh, executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition (New York), which joins the efforts of many immigrant-rights groups to improve conditions at all levels of government.

— Barbara Miller, director of the Silver Valley Peoples Action Coalition (Kellogg, Idaho), a grass-roots effort to conduct research and aid people who have been impacted by metal mining.

— D. Milo Mumgaard, executive director of the Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest (Lincoln), which promotes the rights of immigrants and poor people in the state.

— Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (Huntington, W.Va.), which advocates environmentally sound economic policies and is led by Dianne Bady, Laura Forman, and Janet Fout.

— Salvador Reza, who helped organize mobile taco vendors in Phoenix to keep their businesses legal by working with neighborhood associations and others to address concerns.

— Bill Rauch, artistic director and co-founder of the Cornerstone Theater Company (Los Angeles), a multicultural group that performs productions on social issues nationwide.

— Lateefah Simon, executive director of the Center for Young Women’s Development (San Francisco), which advocates prevention and treatment rather than punishment for female juvenile offenders.

— Gustavo Torres, executive director of CASA of Maryland (Takoma Park), who helped create leadership training at the University of Maryland and worked with business leaders to find local people jobs.

— Phill Wilson, executive director of the African American AIDS Policy & Training Institute (Los Angeles), which uses black media outlets to teach about treatment and prevention.

— Ruth Wise, executive director of the New Road Community Development Group of Exmore (Va.), who worked with public and private sources to generate funds for community improvements.