The Jane LaChapelle McCarty MLK Awards Committee is accepting nominations for the 2023 Jane LaChapelle McCarty MLK Community Leader Award and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Educator award.
• The Jane LaChapelle McCarty MLK Community Leader Award will go to an
individual/organization who:
o Is in alignment with the key principles Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. lived by: justice, equality and human potential.
o Has a long standing and strong community impact
o Demonstrates their role in supporting a variety of oppressed voices
• The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Award will go to a current
educator (K-12, collegiate) or organization who educates students in the
spirit of Dr. King. Educator includes anyone involved in educating students.
The award will be announced at the 32nd annual Fox Cities Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration on Monday, January 16, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. virtually.
Deadline for Entry: Friday, December 9, 2022
Nominations must be no more than two pages and include the contact email
addresses and phone numbers (home and mobile) of the nominee and the
nominator.
Submit your nomination via email to: lissette.cruz-jimenez@lawrence.edu
The award was renamed in 2005 after Jane LaChapelle McCarty, a beloved
community member, passed away from cancer in 2004. Jane truly lived in
unity with diversity in our community. She was the founding member of
Toward Community: Unity in Diversity, a forerunner organization of
Celebrate Diversity Fox Cities and was an advocate at Harbor House
Domestic Abuse Programs.