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2027 Award Recipients

AwardRecipient
Floyd Skinner Justice AwardBrandon Davis
The Ethel Coe Humanities AwardJennifer Smith
The Eugene Browning Medical Service AwardDr. Angela Andrews
The H.C. Toliver Religious Life AwardRev. Charlie Selmon Jr.
The Hattie Beverly Education AwardDr. David Pilgrim Ph.D. 
The Martha Reynolds Labor AwardKenneth Jones
The Milo Brown Business AwardLaura Hopson
The Phyllis Scott Activist AwardMarissa Baty
Jordoun Eatman
The Raymond Tardy Community Service AwardEric Brown
The W.W. Plummer Humanitarian AwardGrand Rapids Black Nurses Association
The Walter Coe Public Service AwardKory Drake 
The William Glenn Trailblazer AwardMark Washington

2026 Award Recipients

AwardRecipient
Floyd Skinner Justice AwardKimberley Williams
The Ethel Coe Humanities AwardLamar James
The Eugene Browning Medical Service AwardDr. Kathleen Jarrett
The H.C. Toliver Religious Life AwardRev. Belinda Cunningham
The Hattie Beverly Education AwardKenyatta Hill-Hall
The Martha Reynolds Labor AwardShana Lewis-Washington
The Milo Brown Business AwardTanya Powell-May
The Phyllis Scott Activist AwardShanda Vaughn
The Raymond Tardy Community Service AwardOmega Scouts
The W.W. Plummer Humanitarian AwardKelsey Perdue
The Walter Coe Public Service AwardKenisha Dorsey
The William Glenn Trailblazer AwardJohnny Walker

2025 GIANT Award Recipients

AwardRecipient
GIANT Among Giants AwardCle Jackson
Ethel Coe Humanities AwardTyreece Guyton
Eugene Browning Medical Service AwardGRAAHI
Floyd Skinner Justice AwardLeslie King
Hattie Beverly Education AwardChester Huff
H.C. Toliver Religious Life AwardDaniel Smith
Martha Reynolds Labor AwardKatrina Springer-Terry
Milo Brown Business AwardJessica Ann Tyson + Monica Spark
Phyllis Scott Activist AwardDenise Evans
Raymond Tardy Community Service AwardJamon Alexander
W.W. Plummer Humanitarian AwardEnid Gaddis
Walter Coe Public Service AwardMarian Barrera-Young
William Glenn Trailblazer AwardDoyle Hayes

2026 Junior GIANT Award Recipients

Cedric Ward Leadership Scholarship

  • Charmaine Blakely
  • Logan Richardson 
  • Treton Belton
  • Jaeda Mills
  • Dominik Ladomato-Fischer
  • Nadia Brown
  • J'Shon Calhoun

Dr. Patricia Pulliam Leadership Scholarship

  • Jonathan Malone 

 

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