Ed Dodson received the Council’s 2022 Economic Justice Educator award.
Ibrahima Drame was named 2022’s “Unsung Hero”.
Prior winners:
| Year | Location | Title | Who |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Virtual via Zoom | Economic Justice | David Giesen |
| Unsung Hero | Sue Honsl | ||
| Presidential Achievement | Dr. Dirk Lohr | ||
| 2020 | Virtual via Zoom | Activist | Mary Rose Kacszorwski |
| Unsung Hero | Toni Gwartney | ||
| 2019 | Pittsburgh, PA | Educator | Izzy Gliener |
| Unsung Hero | Wyn Achenbaum | ||
| 2018 | Baltimore, MD | Activist | David Triggs |
| Special Award | Mark Sullivan | ||
| Unsung Hero | Osamu Uehara | ||
| 2017 | O’Fallon, IL/St. Louis, MO | Activists | Anthony Wener & Fred Harrison |
| Unsung Hero | Carl Shaw | ||
| 2016 | Orlando, FL | Educator | Polly Cleveland |
| Unsung Hero | Paul Justus | ||
| 2015 | Southfield/Detroit, MI | Activist | Clay Berling |
| Unsung Hero | Pat Aller | ||
| 2014 | Newport Beach, CA | Educator | Bob Jene |
| 3 in the 90’s Special Plaque | Marion Sapiro, Harry Pollard and Mason Gaffney | ||
| 2013 | Pittsburgh, PA | Activist | Herb Barry |
| Special Award | Clary Berling | ||
| 2012 | Harrisburg, PA | Activist | Gilbert Herman |
| Special Award | Bill Batt | ||
| 2011 | Bloomington, MN | Activist | Nick Rosen |
| Special Award | Jake Himmelstein | ||
| 2010 | Albany, NY | Activist | Al Katzenberger |
| 2009 | Cleveland, OH | Activist | Dan Sullivan |
| 2008 | Kansas City, MO | Activist | Alanna Hartzok |
| 2007 | Scranton, PA | Educator | Mike Curtis |
| 2006 | Rosemont/Chicago, IL | Activist | Jake Himmelstein |
| Education | Henry George School of Chicago | ||
| 2005 | Philadelphia, PA | Activist | Josh Vincent-CSE |
| Special Awards | Brett Mandel;-Philadelphia Forward & Jonathan Spiedel-City of Philadelphia Comptroller | ||
| 2004 | Albuquerque, NM | Educator | Lindy Davies |
| Lifetime Achievement | Mason Gaffney | ||
| 2003 | Bridgeport, CT | Educator | Harry Pollard |
| Activist | Ted Gwartney | ||
| 2002 | London, Ontario, Canada | Activist | John Fisher |
| 2001 | Pittsburgh, PA | Lifetime Achievement | Robert Schalkenbach Foundation |
| 2000 | Des Moines, IA | Lifetime Educators | Claude & Dian Arnold |
| Lifetime Activists | John & Nadine Stoner and Everett & Mildred Gross | ||
| 1999 | Gaithersburg, MD | Lifetime Activist | Steve Cord |
| Lifetime Educator | Walt Rybeck | ||