Congratulations to Im Ja Choi for receiving the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) in May 2013.  This award recognizes individuals who have positively impacted their communities while respecting and celebrating the traditions and values of their ancestry group as citizens of the United States. 

Susan Rodriguez’s work with Sisterhood Mobilized for AIDS/HIV Research and Treatment (SMART) is recognized in the New York Daily News for receiving an award that will enable the group to teach community members how to cook and shop for healthy foods and adopt healthier diets.

Concerned that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was not reaching some of its key constituencies and beneficiaries, two Community Health Leaders (CHL) sought to solve the gap they identified: a lack of public education reaching all audiences about the ACA.

Dana Harvey has spent the last decade in nonprofit management and development in areas of environmental justice, food security, education and economic development. As the Executive Director of Mandela MarketPlace, she guides the development and growth of Mandela as a small business incubator that sets an alternative model for building community health and wealth in West Oakland.