nominations open for 2006 Chicago Community Organizing Awards

[colist at comm-org.wisc.edu]

From: "J Pinzino" <Jpinzino at woodsfund.org>


January, 2006



Dear Friends of Organizing,



We are pleased to announce the 2006 Chicago Community Organizing Awards. 
The award celebration will take place on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at the 
Ballroom of the School of the Art Institute.



There will be two awards given this year. The Chicago Community 
Organizing Award will be given to an organization demonstrating 
excellence in community organizing. The Chicago Community Trust 
Collaboration Award will recognize the efforts of a collaboration that 
uses community organizing as a successful strategy to achieve policy 
change. Each award will include a $50,000 unrestricted grant. Nomination 
criteria for both awards can be obtained by sending an e-mail to 
jpinzino at woodsfund.org



The awards are sponsored by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur 
Foundation, Wieboldt Foundation, Woods Fund of Chicago, The Chicago 
Community Trust, and the Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation. The 
Collaboration Award is made possible by a generous grant from the 
Chicago Community Trust. In giving these awards, we aim to recognize 
excellent and effective community organizing and collaborative efforts 
in the Chicago metropolitan area. We also hope to stimulate more support 
for community organizing and to increase public understanding of the 
vital contribution made by community organizing groups in neighborhoods 
and the broader community.



We invite you to nominate your own or another organization for the 
Chicago Community Organizing Award. We also encourage you to nominate 
community organizing collaborations. If you nominate an organization or 
a collaboration with which you’re not directly involved, we advise that 
you consult with its staff and leadership. The deadline for submission 
of nominations Friday, February 17, 2006. If you have any questions 
regarding the awards please e-mail Jeff Pinzino of the Woods Fund of 
Chicago at jpinzino at woodsfund.org



Sincerely,



2006 Chicago Community Organizing Awards Selection Committee.


Jeff Pinzino

jpinzino at woodsfund.org