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Honors & Awards


2010 Community Change, Inc., Lifetime Achievement Award.
2000 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award, Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights, awarded for Mobilizing Resentment.
1995 City of Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame inductee.
1994 Community Change, Inc. (Boston anti-racism organization), Drylongso Award recipient.
1994 Crossroads Fund (Chicago), Dr. Ron Sable Award for Community Leadership.
1992 Boston Women's Fund. Honoree with Margaret Burnham at "Women in Your Life" event.
1987 Citizens Alert (Chicago police monitoring organization), Rev. Willie Baker Award for outstanding efforts for social justice.
1985 Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights. Honoree with Oscar Brown, Jr. at Annual Dinner.