The 2016 Organizing Award recognizes outstanding achievement during 2015 in state or local organizing activity that furthers NLIHC’s mission: achieving socially just public policy that assures people with the lowest incomes in the United State have affordable and decent homes. Special consideration will be given to nominations that incorporate tenant- or resident-driven organizing. The award will be presented at the Overcoming Housing Poverty, Achieving Housing Justice: NLIHC 2016 Policy Forum, held April 3-5, 2016 at the Washington Court Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Nominations for the award are due by 5pm Eastern Time on Friday, February 5, 2016.
An Award Committee composed of NLIHC board members and previous award winners will determine this year’s honoree. Two representatives of the honored organization will receive complimentary conference registration, hotel accommodations and transportation to Washington, D.C. to accept the award.
To be eligible, nominated organizations must be current NLIHC members. Organizations may self-nominate. NLIHC board members and Award Committee members may not nominate an organization with which they are employed or affiliated.
Nominations should contain the following information:
- Name and contact information of the nominated organization;
- Name and contact information of the nominator (if different);
- Description of the organization’s achievement in the area of state and local organizing or resident organizing in 2015, and how that achievement has assisted in furthering NLIHC’s mission (800-word maximum); and
- Supporting materials that describe the activity or impact, such as press clips or campaign materials (optional).
Please submit your nomination online below or at http://www.nlihcforum.org/#!awards/gm8p2.
For information on the 2015 State and Local Organizing Award winner, click here http://nlihc.org/events/awards/slo.
For information on the 2015 Resident Organizing Award winner, click here http://nlihc.org/events/awards/ro.
For more information, contact our Field Team at outreach@nlihc.org.