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Founders’ Award

Congratulations to Monica Ricci, recipient of the 2008 Founders’ Award!

The Founders’ Award is presented to a NAPO member or a group of NAPO members acting in concert, for outstanding contributions to the organizing profession. It is given in the spirit of the Founders of NAPO to a member or group of members acting in concert who helped to move the organizing profession forward. We admire and respect the recipient’s professionalism and achievements and are proud to say that they are part of our profession.

Past Founders' Award recipients:

  • Audrey Lavine (2007)
  • Donna Smallin (2006)
  • Barry Izsak (2005)
  • Stephanie Denton (2004)
  • Linda Rothschild & Terry Prince (2003)
  • Julie Morgenstern (2002)
  • Jean Furuya (2001)
  • Glorya Schklair (2000)
  • Harold Taylor (1999)
  • Donna McMillan (1998)
  • Barbara Hemphill (1997)
  • Judith Kolberg (1996)
  • Stephanie Farrar (1995)
  • Ann Gambrell (1994)
  • Maxine Ordesky
  • Stephanie Culp

Eligibility Criteria

  1. Nominees must have been a regular member or a group of regular members for a minimum of two years at the time of nomination.
  2. Nominees must have made outstanding contributions to the organizing profession.
  3. Nominees must be nominated by three or more regular NAPO members. Members cannot nominate themselves.

Examples of contributions could include generating further opportunities for organizers by identifying a new aspect to our industry, i.e., chronic disorganization; paving the way for a new income stream or opportunity for organizers; creating a college curriculum for organizing; promoting the profession in the media; or by writing books, columns, or articles on getting organized.

If a Founder is attending the national conference, she will be invited to present the award.

 

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