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Honors and Awards

2009

 
  
  • SAF received the 2009 Nonprofit Sector Stewardship Award, given out annually by the NC Center for Nonprofits
2008

   
  • SAF won the annual Community Partner Award from the APPLES Service Learning Program at UNC- Chapel Hill
2007

   
  • SAF Executive Director, Melinda Wiggins, was awarded Outstanding Adult Ally/Mentor for Young Nonprofit Workers for developing the leadership of young people, many of whom have chosen to continue working in the social sector as a result

  • SAF received the NCYT Spark Award for Outstanding Non-Profit to work For, for its workplace culture, emphasis on anti-oppression work, and creative organizing strategies

  • The Farmworker Advocacy Network (SAF is a member) won the Policy Research and Advocacy Defenders of Justice Award from the NC Justice Center
2005

   
  • SAF received an Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award for its role engaging a new generation of activists through the annual Student Labor Week of Action.
  • SAF received the Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award from World Hunger Year for its innovative, creative approaches to fighting hunger and poverty in the U.S.
2004

   
  • SAF was awarded a Promising Practices Award by the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina.

2003

   
  • the North Carolina Justice and Community Development Center awarded SAF a Defenders of Justice Award, honoring its work fighting against poverty in the area of grassroots empowerment.
  • SAF Executive Director Melinda Wiggins was awarded the first NC Community Shares Leadership Award for her long-term commitment to supporting Shares' and its member social justice organizations.
2000

   
  • SAF was awarded the Fund for Southern Communities' Helen's Fund Award for our work with young people in the South

1998

   
  • SAF was awarded the Fund for Southern Communities' Helen's Fund Award for our work with young people in the South.
1997

   
  • SAF was recognized by the Migrant Health Program of the Bureau of Primary Health Care for our dedication and commitment to our nation's migrant farmworkers and their families.

1996

   
  • SAF was awarded the first Peace Prize from the North Carolina Peace Corps Association for our work helping people to help themselves, and promoting peace and cross-cultural understanding.

 
 
 
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