Below are the women who were granted awards from the Audre Lorde Scholarship Fund in the year 2001.

For information on applying, see Scholarship Application. To donate, see Contribute to the Fund

Lt to Rt: Simone Bell, Spencer Hope, Sherri Jackson, Maya Rodgers, Maisha Peterson, Nina "Ricci" Wilson and Kawanna Glenn.

Spencer Hope Dennis

Spencer Hope Dennis, the recipient of The Catherine E. McKinley Award is currently finishing her doctoral degree from North Carolina State University. Her discipline is sociology and her primary specialties are race, gender, sexuality, and inequality studies. She holds a master's degree in Criminal Justice from Kent State University. Dennis currently lives in Decatur, Georgia with her 14 year old daughter and teaches at Spelman College.

Maisha Peterson, the recipient of The Kathleen E. Morris Award attends Georgia State University in Atlanta where she is working toward a Bachelor of Social Work, with an ultimate goal of obtaining a Master of Social Work. Peterson believes that her degree in social work and her certification in massage therapy are powerful tools, which will help her to aid womyn survivors in learning that their bodies are their own, and that they are unique and wonderful beings.

Nina "Ricci" Wilson, the recipient of The Joan P. Garner Award lives in Durham, North Carolina and attends Durham Technical Community College where she's pursuing an associate's degree in Computer Programming. Wilson who has three grandchildren decided in 1983 that she wanted a different life for them and obtained her GED. She has gone from earning minimum wage to working as an Advanced Health Unit Coordinator on the Oncology Unit at Duke University. Wilson says that she has never been in the closet and lives her life out, loud and proud.

Sharon "Sherri" Jackson, the recipient of The Ruth C. Ellis Award is a resident of Chicago, Illinois and is completing her B.S. degree in Business Administration from Columbia Southern University in Orange Beach, Alabama via distance learning. She currently makes her living in the Medical Profession as a Licensed Respiratory Practitioner, while volunteering countless hours on behalf of L/G/B/T issues. Jackson states that sitting on the Steering Committee of Chicago Black Lesbians and Gays (CBLG) is one of her greatest achievements.

Maya Rodgers, the recipient of The Mary Anne Adams Award is completing her college degree after twenty-two years of putting her education on hold and raising her children. Neither of her parents received a college education and none of her siblings have matriculated. Rodgers degree in Organizational Leadership from Mercer University in Atlanta would represent a first for her family and a milestone for her personally. She lives in Covington, Georgia with her seven year old grandson, Mark and her partner, Karen.

Simone Bell

Simone Bell, the recipient of The Kelley D. Alexander Award is currently a student at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia where she is an English major. Her future goal is to receive a Masters in Creative Writing. Bell who is a writer and poet believes that as a black, lesbian, womyn, it is her responsibility to allow her light to shine in the middle of darkness as a beacon for those who are lost. She lives in Atlanta with her partner Val of twelve years.