Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Exemplary Practice Award

This award is presented to individuals and organizations who have made outstanding contributions to a more equal society. Up to four awards may be presented to individuals and/or organizations representing the following categories: federal, state or local government units; educational institutions; nonprofit institutions; private sector organizations. A narrative, not exceeding five pages in length, will provide the basis for the nomination. Emphasis will be on achievement and results, not simply effort. The following will also apply:
  • Complexity of the problems addressed and organizations directed
  • Severity of the problems addressed
  • Use of original/innovative/effective approaches
  • Impact of contributions

Apply or nominate someone here.

A recipient of an ASPA or ASPA Endowment Award may not receive the same award more than once. An ASPA or ASPA Endowment award recipient must wait at least one year after receiving it before being eligible for different one. 

Up to four awards may be presented to individuals and/or organizations representing the following categories: federal, state or local government units; educational institutions; nonprofit institutions; and private sector organizations.

Previous Winners

2023
Colia Liddell Lafayette Clark
Janice Underwood

2022
Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Sacred Heart Center

2021
Matt Allen
Kara-Johnson Hufford
National Low Income Housing Coalition
RVA Eviction Lab (VCU)

2020
Community Building Initiative, Charlotte (NC)

2019
Rhode Island Judiciary

2018
Christopher Orlea

2017
Patricia Robertson

2016
Frances Harriet Williams

2015
Akron Peace Makers

2014    
Professor Emeritus Sylvester Murray
U.S. Rep. John Lewis          
Mayor Michael Nutter
Dream Big Community Center

2013    
Viola Baskerville (former Virginia State Delegate)
Albany State University
Southwest Georgia Project, Inc.

2012    
City of Seattle's Race & Social Justice Initiative (City Government)
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) (Education)
Community Students Learning Center (Nonprofit)
 
2010    
Millennium Momentum Foundation Inc.