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2022 Awardees
 
* Rising Star Community Service Award * True Blue Leadership Award * Blanche Armwood Legacy Award 

Rising Star Community Service Award

 

Developed to honor rising stars  who are emerging leaders making significant contributions to their community through their time, actions, talents and dedication. This individual’s record reflects ongoing and exceptional growth in community service and increased levels of leadership, responsibility, and impact.

LaKendria Robinson

Founder + CEO of The Orenda Collective

Lauren Dungy

 Vice President of The Dungy Family Foundation

True Blue Leadership Award

 

Acknowledging and celebrating exemplary leadership that has a significant and positive impact on advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the community with clear positive impacts in areas as a result of these efforts. The honoree selected sserves as a role model for compassion, and service and strives to make the world a better place. They have a passion for helping others in the community.

Sherry Martin,

Founder of J5 Experience

Blanche Armwood Legacy Award

 

NAASC Tampa Bay's highest recognition for individual achievement reserved to honor a woman of color  who embodies the attributes of Blanche Armwood, Class of 1906, to further the cause of uplifting  women and minorities in the Tampa Bay Area. The honoree selected will have made significant contributions to the community in the areas of education, arts, social justice, and/or economic development.

Ya La'ford

Social Justice Artist/Muralist

Rep. Fentrice Driskell

Florida House of Representatives

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