This Year’s Recipients
Hero In Law
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Honorable Annice M. Wagner, for having set the standard for steadfast adherence to judicial excellence, integrity and exemplary public service for nearly a quarter century on the District of Columbia bench.
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Past Recipients
America's Role Model
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Joshua Basile of Potomac, Maryland, is recipient of the Olender Foundation’s America’s Role Model 2006 Award for his courage and benevolence in the aftermath of a devastating beach accident that paralyzed him.
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Past Recipients
Advocate for Justice
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The Olender Foundation’s Advocate for Justice is often called "one of the most courageous persons the Civil Rights Movement ever produced." The Honorable John Lewis has dedicated his life to protecting human rights, securing civil liberties, and building what he calls "The Beloved Community" in America.
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Past Recipients
Unsung Hero
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As recipient of this year’s Olender Foundation Unsung Hero 2006 Award, for courageously following his convictions regardless of the repercussions, and defying the laws of segregation during an odious era of American history, he was a foot soldier in the Civil Rights Movement - an Unsung Hero.
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Earl H. Davis Scholarships
At the Awards, six students each from Howard University Law School and the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law were presented scholarships in memory of the late Earl H. Davis, a trial lawyer who Olender describes as a "champion of the underdog and a man of great compassion."
Grant Recipients
Internation Center for Spinal Cord Injury at Kennedy Krieger Institute
Luke C. Moore Academy
Howard University Law School
University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law Foundation
Past Recipients
Generous Heart Award
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Dr. Calvin Rolark
Baker E. Morten
Doug Williams
Paul Berry
Dr. Dorothy Height
Mable D. Haden, Esq. and Judge William S. Thompson
Dr. Ben Carson
Dr. Fred J. Epstein
Robert Cadeaux, Esq.
Deborah Valentine
Honorable Eugene and Virgina Hamilton
Hon. Hilda Mason & Charles Mason, Esq.
Tom Joyner
Jerry Lewis
Drs. Richard & Kathleen Morton
Hon. Luke C. Moore (1924- 1994)
Maudine R. Cooper, Esq. & Jerry A. Moore III, Esq.
Dr. J. Alberto Martinez
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America's Role Model
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Heather Whitestone, Miss America
Denyce Graves
Dominique Dawes
Kate Shindle, Miss America
Sam Lacy
Christopher Reeve
Buzz Aldrin
Mayor Walter E. Washington
Catherine Gugala, Ms. Wheelchair America
Mac McGarry
Cpl. Jose (J.R.) Martinez
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Newsmaker of the Year
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Past Grant Recipents
Boys and Girls Club of America
Breast Cancer Resource Committee
Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Center for Teaching Peace
Children’s Defense Fund
Children’s Hospital
Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
Coalition to Salute America's Heros
Disability Rights Center
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity
Fisher House
Frank Foundation
Gallaudet University
George Washington University Law School
George B. Thomas Academy
Grandma’s House
Greater Washington Urban League
Howard University Law School
Human Rights Watch Arms Division
Landmine Monitor Project
Luke C. Moore Academy
Metro TeenAIDS
March of Dimes
Muscular Dystrophy Association
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Public Citizen
Save a Torah Foundation
Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League
Sharespace Foundation
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Terrific, Inc.
Tom Joyner Foundation
United Black Fund
University of the District of Columbia
University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law Foundation
Wade Edwards Foundation
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Peacemaker Award
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Dr. Robert Gale
President Ronald Reagan and President Mikhail Gorbachev
Dr. Robert Stolar
Gov. L. Douglas Wilder
Dr. Robert Schuller
Chef Paul Prudhomme for the People of Louisiana
Morris Dees, Esq.
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Chairman Yasser Arafat
Ralph Nader, Esq.
Colman McCarthy
Dr. Elie Wiesel
Muhammad Ali
Jody Williams
Elaine R. Jones
Ambassador George W. Haley
Senator John Edwards
Rabbi Menachem Youlus
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Advocate for Justice
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Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., Esq.
Hon. David A. Clarke
Judge Joe Brown
Irene Morgan Kirkaldy
James M. Nabrit, III, Esq.
Joan Claybrook
John Walsh
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Children's Advocate
2002 - Marian Wright Edelman, President of the Children’s Defense Fund
Hero in Law
2003- Hon. Julia Cooper Mack
2004- John Payton, Esq.
Woman of Valor
2004- Shoshana Johnson
People's Advocate
2005- Hon. Linda W. Cropp
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please contact Jill Medawar.
Founders: Jack & Lovell Olender
