MeckMIN Annual
Community Leader Awards Breakfast
Join us on Wednesday, April 7, at 8:00 am as we honor exemplary local leaders and organizations with two awards:
The Sydnor Thomson, Jr. Community Leader Award
The Bridge Builder Award
CALL FOR 2021 COMMUNITY LEADER AWARD NOMINATIONS
MeckMIN (Mecklenburg’s Metropolitan Interfaith Network) invites you to nominate an exemplary person or organization for our 2021 Community Leader Award. The nomination process is now open – and the deadline to submit a nomination is Thursday, February 4.
Please see the awards descriptions below. If you’d like to make a nomination but are unsure whether the person/group has been honored by MeckMIN in the past, you can find the list of past recipients here.
You can find a nomination form here or email ledayne@meckmin.org.
Bridge Builder award goes to a local person who:
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embodies the vision of MeckMIN to foster understanding, compassion and justice, envisioning a community that lives by the highest values and core virtues of our rich faith traditions and respects the dignity of every person;
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is an unsung hero, volunteer, grassroots level person;
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directly promotes one-on-one relationships and bridge building across differences through their actions and daily life;
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fosters interfaith cooperation, promotes racial and ethnic understanding, and addresses social needs in the community.
This award is most often given to someone who does this work as a volunteer. Nominations for this award are solicited annually from the community.
The Sydnor Thompson, Jr. Community Leader award goes to a local leader or organization that
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embodies the vision of MeckMIN to foster understanding, compassion and justice, envisioning a community that lives by the highest values and core virtues of our rich faith traditions and respects the dignity of every person;
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exemplifies leadership and collaboration across differences in the community;
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fosters interfaith understanding to promote racial and ethnic understanding and address social needs in the community.
This award is most often given to someone who does this work as part of their career – such as a clergy person or nonprofit professional. Nominations for this award are solicited annually from the community.
Past Community Leader and Bridge Builder Award Winners
Greg & Helms Jarrell
Danny Trapp
Beverly Howard
Robert Dawkins
Russ Dean
Bob Henderson
Rodney Sadler
Peter Wherry
Dale Mullennix
Braxton Winston
Gail Card
Mike Campagna
Dianne English
Jerry Cannon
Willie Ratchford
Sarah Stevenson
Sara Haymond
Levine Museum of the New South
Darren Ash
Toussaint Romain
Imam Khalil Akbar
Rose Hamid
Chris Wolf/A Way Home
Race Matters for Juvenile Justice
Mary Nell McPherson
Ophelia Garmon-Brown
Sidney Sussman
Pamela L Davies
Rabbi Judy Schindler
Ruth & Dick Gault
Robert Bayless
Marsha Kelly & Nikola Taylor / Migrant Assistance Project
Susan Suarez Webster
