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Welcome to Counselors

for Social Justice:

Awards

 

"Congratulations to the 2009 Counselors for Social Justice award recipients. Dr. Pamela O. Paisley received the Reese House Social Justice Advocate of the Year Award, and Dr. Cheryl C. Holcomb-McCoy received the Mary Smith Arnold Anti-Oppression Award. Recipients of this year's Ohana Awards are: Rebekah Joy Byrd, Tamisha M. Bouknight, Dr. Garrett J. McAuliffe, Dr. Rhonda M. Bryant, Dr. Robert Chope, and Dr. Laura Roberts."

The Reese House Social Justice Advocate of the Year Award

Background:

Dr. Reese House was a cherished school counselor, school counselor educator (professor emeritus at Oregon State University) and program director at the Education Trust's National Center for Transforming School Counseling (NCTSC), an original  member of  Counselors for Social Justice. He was a co-author of the CSJ/ACA Advocacy Competencies. Dr. House was honored with ACA's Professional Development award for leadership in helping the school counseling profession focus on closing achievement, opportunity and attainment gaps and career and college readiness for all students via his work at the NCTSC through the redesign of School Counselor Education programs in universities and the rethinking of school counseling positions focused on social justice and equity for every K-12 student. He was also active in LBGT civil rights and HIV/AIDS work throughout his career.

The award recipient will have:

1. Demonstrated social justice advocacy for students in K-12 schools as well as the school counseling profession including commitment to closing achievement, opportunity, attainment and funding gaps and/or ensuring career and higher education readiness for all K-12 students.

2. Made outstanding contributions to the counseling profession in social justice advocacy in K-12 schools and/or school counselor education

Nominations:

Nomination packets should include the following (The nominator must be a member of CSJ):

*Nomination form, found here.

*A Letter of nomination addressing how the nominee is qualified to receive the award including a brief summary of nominee's relevant accomplishments

*2 letters (or e-mails) of recommendation in support of the individual receiving the award

*A recent edition of the nominee's vita (recommended, but not required)

Anyone who is a member of CSJ may nominate a potential Reese House Social Justice awardee by completing the recommendation form via e-mail or regular mail to Awards Committee Co-Chair Laurie Vargas.

** Reese House Social Justice Advocate of the Year 2008: Patricia J. Martin **

** Reese House Social Justice Advocate of the Year 2009: Pamela O. Paisley **

CSJ Mary Smith Arnold Anti-Oppression Award

Background:

Dr. Mary Smith Arnold (1946-2003) was a cherished member of the counseling and human development professions and a founding mother of Counselors for Social Justice. She was active in civil rights struggles thorughout her all too short life and a Counselor Educator on the faculties of Governors State and Kent State Universities specializing in Community and Couple, Marital, and Family Counseling. She was the co-creator of the Unlearning Oppression workshops, taught to thousands of students and colleagues around the world. An ally to all oppressed peoples, Dr. Arnold's spirit of expecting equity and justice for all peoples was evident in her leadership roles in ACA as a CSJ Governing Council representative and in her work as co-chair of ACA's Public Policy and Legislation committee.

Mary Smith Arnold Anti-Oppression Award Nomination Process

(Due Feb. 15)

Nominees for this award are professional counselors and counselor educators who have an exemplary record of challenging multiple oppressions in the counseling professions as well as in their local schools and communities. Anyone who is a member of CSJ may nominate a potential Mary Smith Arnold Anti-Oppression awardee by completing the recommendation form via e-mail or regular mail to Awards Committee Co-Chair Laurie Vargas.

Click here to download the nomination form.

Past Mary Smith Arnold Anti-Oppression Recipients

Deryl F. Bailey

Carla Bradley

Dr. Cheryl C. Holcomb-McCoy Judy A. Lewis
Tarrell Awe Agahe Portman JoAnn Lipford Sanders
Rebecca L. Toporek  

 

 

 

 

 

Counselors for Social Justice: 'Ohana Awards Tradition

Background:

The CSJ 'Ohana Honors awards were created by Drs. Michael D'Andrea and Judy Daniels, Counselor Education faculty at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa, in 1994. They are given annually by CSJ at the American Counseling Association conference in the Spring each year to honor individuals in counseling who affirm diversity and advocate for social justice in the spirit of nine elements of the indigenous Hawai'ian concept of 'ohana or extended family:

Malama: Caring
Ha'aha'a: Humility
Na'auuo: Intelligence
Lokomaika'i: Generosity
Kupono: Integrity, Honesty
Aloha: Unconditional Love
Mana: Spiritual Power
'Olu'olu: Courtesy
Koa: Courage

'Ohana Awards Nomination Process

(Due Feb 15)

 

Anyone who is a member of CSJ or ACA may nominate a potential 'Ohana Honors awardee by completing the recommendation form via e-mail or regular mail to Awards Committee Co-Chairs Laurie Vargas or Denise Pickering.

Click here to download the nomination form.

Past 'Ohana Honors Recipients

Mary Smith Arnold Roger Audrey
Bernal Baca Judith Bachay
Deryl Bailey Fred Bemak
Tamisha M. Bouknight Sherlon Pack Brown
Dr. Rhonda M. Bryant Seymour Bryson
Lawrence Byrd Rebekah Joy Byrd
Martha Cabanillas Helen W. Chapman
Stuart Chen-Hayes Rita Chi-Ying Chung
Dr. Robert Chope Robert Conyne
Paige Edward Cook, Jr. Gerald Corey
Hugh Crethar Thelma Thomas Daley
Michael D¹Andrea Judy Daniels
Matthew A. Diemer John Diggans
Shu-Chu Chao Cher Edwards
Cyrus Ellis Diane Estrada
Betty Everett Kitty Fallon
Thomas Fujimura Jane Goodman
Alan Green Eric Green
Sunny Hansen Susanna Hayes
Josephine Hayslip James H. Henderson
Marcelett Henry Roger Herring
Peggy LaTurno Hines Reese House
Patricia Hudson Michael Hutchins
Farah Ibrahim Satsuki Ina
Allen Ivey Mary Bradford Ivey
Anita Jackson Willie M. Jackson
Janet Jones Deanna Kline
Courtland Lee Vivian Lee
Tracy Leinbaugh Frederick T. L. Leong
Judy Lewis Myra Lewis
J. C. Gisela Lin Wanda Lipscomb
Sandra Lopez-Baez Irene Lucero
Dr. Garrett J. McAuliffe Vivian McCollum
John McFadden Ellen Hawley McWhirter
Niloufer Merchant James Moore
Dottie Morris Brad Noel
Kathryn Norsworthy Beverly O'Bryant
Michael Omizo Delila Owens
Pam Paisley Denise L. Pickering
Patricia Pier Mark Pope
Manivong Ratts Dr. Laura Roberts
Dianne T. Robinson Daniel Roussel
Dottye Seales Helen Shulman
Anneliese Singh Daya Singh Sandhu
J. Otis Smith Kim Snow
Sue Strong Kristin Talka
Rebecca Toporek Edil Torres-Rivera
Clemment E. Vontress Circie West-Olatunji
Michael Wilbur Cheryl Wu
Richard Yep Selma Yznaga


 
 
 

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