NAME Awards
The National Association for Multicultural Education
is planning an in-person,
30th Anniversary & Awards Gala, for March 2021.
The NAME Awards Call for Nominations will open after the NAME Conference, this year.
The NAME Awards provide national and international recognition of individuals, groups, and institutions that make outstanding contributions toward multicultural education, educational equity, and social justice.
NAME AWARD DESCRIPTIONS & CRITERIA
THE ROSE DUHON-SELLS PROGRAM AWARD This Award is given to an educational organization (e.g., school, community group) whose program exemplifies NAME goals.
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PHILLIP C. CHINN MULTICULTURAL BOOK AWARD
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THE G. PRITCHY SMITH MULTICULTURAL EDUCATOR AWARD A multicultural educator can be a PreK through 12th grade classroom teacher, a teacher in higher education, a community activist or any person – including a student who serves to educate others. An educator may be nominated for this NAME Award if he or she meets the following eligibility criteria:
Two awards may be given; one for a person from the area where our national conference is held, and one from any other location. | |
THE CARTER GODWIN WOODSON SERVICE AWARD The Carter G. Woodson Service Award is named for Dr. Woodson in recognition of his dynamic scholarly leadership in establishing the origins of the multicultural movement by building an institution devoted to correcting the misinterpretations in American History being taught to the children of America when he established The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (now African American Life and History (ASALH)) in 1915. When Dr. Woodson began Negro History Week in 1926 that ultimately became Black History Month in 1976, his desire was that other ethnic groups would follow this model to add to the annals of United States history their rich historical contributions as well. In the 1980s, thirty years after his death, his dream was realized when groups throughout the country began to establish month-long celebrations honoring their cultural legacies. In the tradition of Dr. Woodson, the Woodson Award symbolizes excellence in multicultural writing, scholarship and achievements in multicultural life, history and culture. The Carter Godwin Woodson Service Award is presented to an individual whose career has been highlighted with service to multicultural education that continuously corrects the deficiencies in American history where African American History and the history of other cultures is misinterpreted, distorted, or ignored. The NAME Woodson Award symbolizes excellence in research, writing, scholarship, service to the community, mentoring and achievement in multicultural life, history and culture. In the Woodson tradition, the recipient's career is distinguished through at least a decade of work in the field of multiculturalism and must have contributed and/or published in the field of multiculturalism. The person selected must be a servant to the community and must have contributed to the National Association for Multicultural Education. | |
MULTICULTURAL FILM/MEDIA AWARD In order for a media selection to be considered for the NAME Media Award, it must meet the following eligibility criteria:
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MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN'S PUBLICATION AWARD For a children' publication to be considered for this NAME Award, it must meet the following eligibility criteria:
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THE CARL A. GRANT RESEARCH AWARD An Award will be given to an individual or group that has made a significant contribution to advancing our knowledge of multicultural education through research. An educator/researcher may be nominated for this NAME Award if he or she meets the following eligibility criteria:
Two awards may be given; one for a person from the area where our national conference is held, and one from any other location. | |
EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY AWARD The Equity and Social Justice Advocacy Award is given annually to an individual in the public sphere who has used her or his celebrity or social standing to advocate for the elimination of oppression and the establishment of equity and social justice in schools and the larger society. The recipient must have demonstrated her or his advocacy through activism, not simply through financial contributions. Activism can include, but is not limited to, political or community organizing, leading or participating in educational campaigns regarding social justice and human rights, engaging the arts for social justice advocacy, playing a leadership role in a non-governmental agency or non-profit organization that advocates educational equity and social justice, or demonstrating a more general and consistent commitment to advocating for the political and educational rights of dispossessed people. Two awards may be given; one for a person from the area where our national conference is held, and one from any other location. | |
NAME PRESIDENTIAL CHAPTER AWARD This Award will be presented annually to the President of the chapter that has shown exemplary recruitment, retention of members and whose programs and activities exemplifies NAME goals. A Chapter may be nominated for this NAME Award if it meets the following eligibility criteria:
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NAME MULTICULTURAL AGENCY/INSTITUTION AWARD This award is given to an agency (e.g. agency, corporation, institution, business) that has made a major contribution to the supporting and advancing the of work described in the mission and goals of NAME. |