San José Bahá'í Community
Award Recipients

2003-Community Service
Hospice of the Valley
Services for Brain Injury

2002-Children
Children's Discovery Museum of San José
Child Advocates of Santa Clara County

2001-Volunteerism
Community Impact
Silicon Valley Habitat for Humanity

2000-Education
Metropolition Education District
Teach for America

1999-Human Rights
Henry Der
Amnesty International, Western Regional Office
Global Exchange

1998-The Equality of Women and Men
American Association of University Women-San José Branch
The Boys and Girls Club of Santa Clara County

1997- The Advocacy for the Development of Youth
Rigo Chacon founder - Abrazos and Books
City Year San Jose
Kids In Common

1996 - The Prosperity of Humankind
The Catholic Charities of the Santa Clara County
The Stanford University Hospital Health Library

1995 - Women in Social and Economic Development
The Global Fund for Women and Co-founder and President Mrs. Anne Firth Murray
Mrs. Alette Lundeberg, Program Manager, County of Santa Clara Social Services Agency

1994 - Family
Mr. & Mrs. James and Ann McEntee, Parents of Multi-raical and Multi-cultural Children
Parents Helping Parents Inc. And Director Florene M. Stewart Poyadue
Ronald McDonald House, Stanford Family Center

1993 - Law and Justice
Leonard Edwards, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court
LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, Judge of the Superior Court
Louis A. Cobarruviaz, San José Chief of Police

1992 - The Vision of Racial Unity
Inez Jackson, Community Activist
Robert Maynard, Publisher/ The Oakland Tribune, Newspaper
Lillie Negron-Tokumoto, School Principal
T.T. Nhu, Editor San José Mercury News

1991 - The Environment
David Brower, Chairman Earth Island Institute
Dr. Craig F. Schindler, President Project Victory
City of San José Office of Environmental Management

1990 - Literacy
Dr. James Gray, Director, California/National Writing Project
Winona Sample, Member, Santa Clara County Human Relations Commission
Jennie Smith Collett, Principal, O. B. Whaley Elementary School
Bill and Kate Bigler, Founders, Literacy Volunteers of America - San José, Inc.

1989 - The Elimination of Prejudice
KGO-TV Channel 7 for "A World of Difference"
Margaret Tinsley, Lead Plaintiff 1976 School Desegregation Case
Mid-Peninsula Task Force for Integrated Education
Le Van Cao for serving the Indochinese Community

1988 - The Creative and Performing Arts
Louise M. Davies, patron of the performing arts
San José Children's Musical Theater
The San José Civic Light Opera Association
The Schola Cantorum

1987 - Education
Bill Honig, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Dr. Michael Kirst, Co-Director of Policy Analysis for California Educators
Teachers of California

1986 - Peace
Bill Ramos, Director MOSQUITOS Eastside Action Club
Dr. Harry Rathbum, Professor Emeritus Stanford University
KQED, local Public Broadcasting radio-TV station
Beyond War, an organization dedicated to promoting world peace

1985 - Elimination of Prejudice
Rose Resnick, President California League for the Handicapped
Lillian Silberstein, National Conference of Christians and Jews

1984 - Science and Social Services
Dr. Robert Sillen, Director Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Eleanor Ingram, author and sociologist

1983 - Women in Community Services
Janet Grey Hayes, Former Mayor City of San José
Sally Reed, Chief Executive Officer Santa Clara Board of Supervisors
Iola Williams, Council Member City of San José
Dr. Jesse Kobayashi, Superintendent of Schools Berryessa School District
Lillian Barna, Superintendent of Schools San José Unified School District

1982 - Law and Justice
Dr. Edward Steinman, Professor of Law University of Santa Clara
San Francisco Community Board, a legal lay service specializing in conflict resolution

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P.O. Box 6381
San José, CA
95150-6381.
(408) 277-0510
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945 Willow Street
San José, CA 95125

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