SouthernUniversity Law Center Mediation Coordinator, Alvin Washington will be one ofthe recipients of this year’s Brotherhood/Sisterhood Award given annually bythe Baton Rouge region of the National Conference for Community and Justice.
Washington,who will be sharing the honor with community activist Richard Lipsey, willreceive the award on March 22, during the NCCJ’s 43rd annual awards dinner atthe Holiday Inn Select Hotel in Baton Rouge.
The NCCJ,founded in 1924, is a non-profit organization that works to eliminatediscrimination and prejudice through education, advocacy and communication ofracial, religious and cultural differences.
“Recipientsof the Brotherhood/Sisterhood Award are chosen based on their workingcommitment to these ideals,” said NCCJ Chairman Joseph G. Simmons.
GreaterBaton Rouge Chamber of Commerce member Robert Davidge nominated Washington forthe award. He is known for hiswork with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, whichled to his involvement in the recent school desegregation case.
“Washingtonrepresented the status of the case in a very factual, unbiased way, demonstratinga deep commitment to the young people of Baton Rouge,” Davidge said. “I willalways believe it was his honest, dispassionate perspective that allowed us toconclude we needed to be involved.”
Along withhis community volunteerism work, Washington served as a mentor with theLouisiana Youth Challenge program, the United Way Capitol Campaign and theMinority Advisory Board of the Louisiana Insurance Commissioner. While doingall this, he still finds time to be a father of three of whom he hopes will benefitfrom his actions by having better resources to achieve a good education withoutany barriers based on their race.
“I am humbleand grateful for this award,” Washington said. “What I’m doing is no differentthan what others are doing out there — I’m just getting an award for it.”
