Award Recipients & Celebration
2005
ZAMI, Inc., an organization for lesbians of African descent
based in Atlanta, Georgia is commemorating the 10th Anniversary
of its Audre Lorde Scholarship Fund in a day-long celebration
on September 24, 2005.
Read
Southern Voice article on this year's awards!
13 scholars from across the country have been granted $1000
scholarships along with transportation and accommodations to
Atlanta, for the scholarship celebratory weekend. These students
are all "out" lesbians and gay men who are making significant
contributions to their communities.
ZAMI established its Audre Lorde scholarship fund in 1995 and
awarded the first two scholarships in 1997. Since that time,
the fund has awarded 70 scholarships to lesbians and gay men
of African descent.
The
Audre Lorde Scholarship Fund is named in honor of Audre Lorde
(1934-1992), the acclaimed author and State Poet of New York
who published nine volumes of poetry and five works of prose.
She identified as a Black lesbian, warrior poet and is internationally
regarded as a significant contributor to the struggle for women's
liberation and lesbian and gay rights.
The Awards* and Recipients are as follows:
The
Sheryl Burke Award:
Amy
Myers, Social Work
Fordham University, NY, NY
Karen G. Williams, Cultural Anthropology
The Graduate Center, CUNY NY, NY
Doreen
Watson, Sociology & Women's Studies
Texas
Woman's University, Denton, TX
The
Sandra Jones Award:
Preston
Shumaker, Clinical Psychology
Illinois
School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL
The Tony Daniels Community Ally Award funded by ADODI Muse:
Kyle
Waddy, French & Linguistics
New York University, NY, NY
The Kelley Alexander Award:
Lukwanna Littlejohn, English
Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, CA
The Cherie Caldwell Award:
Marcus
Gunn, Political Science & Social Work
Albany State University, Albany, GA
Christel
Miller, Film Producer's Program
UCLA,
Los Angeles, CA
The
James Baldwin Humanitarian Award funded by Wendy Belkin:
Justin
L. Brogden
Oberlin
College, Oberlin, Ohio
The Pat Hussain Social Justice Award funded by Wendy Belkin:
Sybille
Ngo Nyeck, Comparative Literature / Political Science with a
concentration on International Affairs
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
The
Gloria Anzaldua Human Rights Award Funded by Sarah Crymes & Ronda
Freeman:
Angela
Britt, Environmental Studies/ Cultural Anthropology
Seattle
Central Community College, Seattle, WA
The
Yulanda Ward Memorial Award funded by Loretta Ross:
Pamela Goodrich, Sociology
The
College of New Rochelle, School of New Resources, Rochelle,
NY
The
Margaret Ntombi Howell Power & Presence Memorial Award
funded by
Rhesa
M. Jenkins & Ama Saran
Cindy Pierre Louis, Criminal Justice
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio
*
Note: Unless, otherwise noted, the 2005 awards are named
after the person who funded the scholarship.
Additional Scholarships are The Kecia Cunningham Housing Award,
The Because We Care Award funded by GSN Ministries, The Daisy
Mlambo Travel Award and The Leslie Bladen & Paula Umsted
Accommodations Award.
Annually, ZAMI lauds the recipients in a celebratory weekend
produced
specifically to honor their achievements. This year's event includes:
Saturday, September 24, 2005 11-2 pm
Brunch
at Leslie & Paula, 119 Feld Ave, Decatur, GA --
featuring a special performance by Saxophonist, Angelina Huguely
with
Vocalist/ Keyboardist, Lilli Lewis
Brunch Tickets are $20 and $ 10 for students and can be purchased
in advance at Charis
Books & More (404 524-0304) and The Urban Tea Party
(404 607-9777).
$25.00
at the door
Saturday, September 24, 2005 7:30 pm
ZAMI
honors the 2005 Audre Lorde Scholarship Recipients in a
celebratory program at The First Existentialist Congregation,
470 Candler Park
Drive, N E., Atlanta Entertainment by some of Atlanta's premiere lesbian and gay
performers. Sign Language Interpreter(s) provided with funding from Astraea
Lesbian Foundation for Justice. This Program is free and open to the public.
For additional information, please contact:
Mary Anne Adams, MSW
Board Chair
ZAMI, Inc.
P.O. Box 2502
Decatur, GA 30031
404 370-0920
zami@zami.org
www.zami.org
ZAMI's primary mission is to empower and affirm the lives of
lesbians of African descent through providing outreach and education,
leadership
development, scholarship funds, and social activities.
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