Human Rights Annual Impact Report 2023-2024

The Human Rights Department celebrates those committed to protecting and expanding human rights and social justice. It sponsors the following awards to honor those committed to making Greensboro and beyond! Mosaic Awards These annual awards celebrate City staff and community partners for their exemplary partnership with the Human Rights Department.

Honoring Community

Everyday Champion Awards Presented at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast, this honor recognizes those committed to Dr. King’s social justice work.

City Mosaic Awards

2023 Liz Alverson Katie Croft

2024 Karen Archia Brigitte Blanton Anthony Camacho Erica Chadwick Fabiana Correa de Oliveira

2023 Skip Alston

Jamie Harvey Lisa LaMarr Josh Sherrick

Melanie Jones Tony McCarty Tracy Nash Victorian Simmons David Walters

T. Dianne Bellamy-Small Joyce Gorham-Worsley James Shields T. Anthony Spearman 2024 Clarence Henderson Erin “Summer” Hunter Dr. Michelle Linster

Shannon Stevens Tatianya Stevens Ja’Tia Thompson John Thompson

April Craddock Malissa Dance Charlene Dillard Phil Fleischmann Carla Harrison

Stacy Tomkins Kyle Williams Shadi Zeidan

Community Mosaic Awards

Morningside Awards Greensboro’s City Council established this annual prize for five human rights-minded graduates of Dudley High School. It memorializes those who perished in the 1979 Greensboro Massacre.

2023 Meredith Berger Alex Eiffe Robbielene Lawhorn Leilani Roughton

2024 The African American Atelier Siddiga Ahmed Brent Christiansen Inez Elliot

Jennifer Ruppe Mark Springfield

Bettye Jenkins Rob Overman

2023 Nylen Brewington-Al-Ahmar

Ruth Wicker Tribute to Women This biennial award honors women with Greensboro roots who have made a lasting impact on the community and beyond. The honorees’ stories are enshrined in a permanent exhibit at Barber Park. 2023 Joanne Bluethenthal Bertha Cone Linda Weil Cone Robin Davis Mazie Butler Ferguson

Makayla Garner Leotis McNeil III Jordan Miller Anthony Taylor 2024 Brianna Davis Omar Huertas Olivia Johnson Anu Jones Alicia Rodriguez

Mary Hines Griffin Dr. Erika Hendrix Rosella Jarrell Ruth Revels Martha Sebastian Gladys Shipman Angeline Smith Leah Tannenbaum Dr. Goldie Wells