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This Year's Recipients

JC Hayward Receives the Olender Award

Hero in Law

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.

Honorable Annice Wagner

Past Recipients

 

America's Role Model

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.

Joshua Basile

Past Recipients

Advocate for Justice

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.

Congressman Lewis

Past Recipients

 

Unsung Hero

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.

Warren Juggins

Past Recipients

 

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

International 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

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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 Virginia 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

1992 -

Larry King

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Past Grant Recipients

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 Heroes

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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