Friend of the Neighborhoods Award:
Kathy Schwab
2020 Summit Award Winners:
Everybody Counts Award – 2020’s Summit Theme award goes to an individual, community group, organization, or collaborative whose work has gone above and beyond to include communities, groups, individuals or places who have been overlooked in the past. Projects or programs in this category have to have occurred over the the last 3 years and reflect one of the following categories: volunteerism, civic engagement, creating equitable and inclusive opportunities, community initiatives or collective action.
Winner: Tommy Reuff, Happen Inc
Community Catalyst of the Year -Recognizes a volunteer in a community organization whose energy and ideas led to a project or program that gets community members involved and excited, that produces good outcomes and results in increased neighborhood engagement
Winner: Tyrone Gray, One Westwood
Lifetime Achievement Award – This award goes to an individual whose life and work has benefited all of Cincinnati, by creating inclusiveness, increasing the viability of community activities and organizations, and supporting neighborhoods and neighborhood leaders.
Winner: Father Joe Folzenlogen
Rookie of the Year Award – With this award, we recognize that hard work and dedication to positive change in our neighborhoods isn’t just something undertaken by the old hats and hands. This award is for the under-30 newcomers who are bringing passion, fierce commitment, and new forms of organizing and activism to make our city a better place for all
Winners: Jeremiah Thorton & Mads Gerker
Watch JT’s rap – It’s Lit to Not Get Hit
See Mads Gerker’s article on WCPO
Mini-Grant Winners
Lower Price Hill Urban Farm to Table – Brian Talbert
Camp Washington Urban Farm Roundtable – Sidney Nation
Community Greenhouse Development – Sophie Revis
Girls Rock Cincinnati – Marlo Salem