Lifetime Achievement Award

2019

Mary Claire Landry, founding Executive Director,

New Orleans Family Justice Center Alliance

Mary Claire Landry is one of the most transformational leaders in the history of the domestic and sexual assault movements in Louisiana but her reach goes far beyond her own state. Mary Claire has inspired Family Justice Centers across the United States and around the world,” said Casey Gwinn, President of Alliance for HOPE International. Gael Strack, the CEO of Alliance for HOPE International added: “When we arrived in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to help support Mary Claire’s vision for creating a Family Justice Center, we did not realize that she would end up inspiring and helping us develop the movement around the world. She is relentless, determined, passionate, and totally inspirational.

2018

Dr. Oliver Williams,

Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community

Oliver J. Williams, Ph.D., Professor of School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota, in St. Paul. Past Executive Director of the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community (IDVAAC) and former Project Director of the African Immigrant and Domestic Violence Initiative and the Safe Return Initiative. Dr. Williams is currently a consultant with the Education for Critical Thinking and an advisor with DomesticViolenceShelters.org.

2017

Nancy O’Malley, Alameda County District Attorney

Nationally recognized expert in human trafficking, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
Founder of the Alameda County Family Justice Center and HEAT Watch Program

2016