2023 Awardees
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Jordan Davenport
Tuskegee University
Jordan received her BSW from Tuskegee University. She is originally from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She currently attends the University of Michigan where she is pursuing a MSW with a pathway of Integrated Mental Health and Substance Abuse. She is a member of Phi Alpha Honors Society of Social Work, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and a two-time President of the Tuskegee Social Work Alliance. As the President of the Social Work Alliance, she conducted an organizational assessment to discover the gaps within the association to implement new policy and procedures to include an official manual with standard operating procedures to structure the association for growth. Jordan expanded both the revenue and membership of the alliance to expand its reach. She developed the infrastructure of the organization and conducted a needs assessment of the campus and the surrounding rural area to determine community service needs to set the annual outreach agenda and develop partnerships.
Kotomi Yokokura
University of Kentucky
Kotomi is an aspiring social policy and stigma researcher who utilizes the intersection of her social work and public policy studies to prioritize community voices when enacting real change. As an undergraduate student in the University of Kentucky’s College of Social Work, Kotomi has founded Helping Hygiene, a 501(c)(3), and Take a Tampon, a student organization, to provide free and accessible hygiene products to students and the greater community. Through her leadership, these organizations have supplied over 2000 quality menstrual hygiene products to the Community Action Council, Lexington Parent Education Program, her university's LGBTQ+ office and food bank, and 13 university bathrooms. In addition to service provision, Kotomi has closely collaborated with Kentucky bill sponsors, creating one-page infographics amplifying community experiences for legislators. As she believes community involvement is vital, she is designing a program with high schools to increase the opportunities for students to construct their own hygiene product program and participate in state and local advocacy efforts.
2022 Program Award: Dalton State College BSW Program
2021 Program Award: University of Missouri School of Social Work Integrative Behavioral Health Clinic
2021 Student Project Award: Tanzilya Oren, Fordham University