Nominations for the 2013 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award are due before next Tuesday’s Board and Council Meeting (6:00 PM, 16 April 2013).
Each year, All Souls presents the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award to an individual or organization from the wider community who has best exemplified the Principles of Unitarian Universalism and the values of liberal religion. The Board is soliciting nominations from the congregation and will make their decision at their next meeting.
Please submit names of your nominees along with a brief description of their qualifications to any or all of the following persons:
- Rev. Barbara Jarrell, Minister
- Susan Caldwell, Director of Religious Education
- Clay Walker, Board President
- Virginia Villarreal, Board Secretary
Past recipients have included such diverse individuals as civil rights attorney John Hodge for his ardent defense of bisexual, gay, lesbian, and transgender rights along with First Amendment rights, Interfaith organizer Lady Carlson for bringing many faiths together to create change in our community, Dr. Peter Huff of Centenary College for his efforts to promote interfaith understanding and his days of silent meditation in protest of the war in Iraq, and Shriners Hospitals for Children surgeon Dr. Philip Gates for using his gifts to help children across boundaries of race, class, faith and geography.
Organizations receiving the award have included the Philadelphia Center for its efforts to treat AIDS patients and educate the public on prevention of the disease, and the Shreveport Assembly of the Bahá’í for bringing the celebration of World Religion Day to Shreveport.
This year’s award will be presented at the 11:00 AM Worship Service on 19 May 2013.
