PHOTO: The night had many award honorees (shown above). The two Youth Activist Awards went to Ashley Lewis and Nefertiti Martin. The Ttitle IX Leadrship Award went to Vanessa Valenti, who is the co-founder and current managing editor of Feministing.com, the largest feminist online community. The two Title IV Champion Awards went to Alexis Seely, former Health and Fitness Program Coordinator at GGE, and Nia Oden, who has been a part of GGE for a whole decade since she began her basketball career in GGE's Health and Fitness Program. Oden now has an athletic scholarship at Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Chamlaign. The two Social Agent Awards went to Meghan Huppuch, GGE's Director of Community Organizing, and is an author, and Mandy Van Deven, former Associate Director at GGE, author and speaker. The two Education For Justice Awards went to Toyia Taylor, former Urban Leaders Academy Program Director at GGE and founder of Sisterhood student group and Nicole Hamiltion, current Urban Leaders Academy Program Director. We done ladies! Keep up the good work! |
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