UNA-USA Dane County is Seeking Nominations for the 2012 Global Citizen Award

2012 will be the fifth year UNA Dane County will honor a Dane County resident who has made a special contribution to improve the lives of others. The Global Citizen award will be presented at our annual UN Day luncheon on October 28, 2012.

We invite you to submit nominations (form and contact information below) for the 2012 Global Citizen Award by June 10, 2012.

About the Global Citizen Award

The Global Citizen award is presented to someone whose work contributes to the well-being of all humankind in the spirit of the United Nations.

We believe many citizens work with little recognition and reward and are important to the development of a more sane and just world. Therefore, we will honor a Dane County resident as a sign of hope and an example for others to follow.

The work of the global citizen might include efforts to:

• honor human rights
• engender respect for the international rule of law
• alleviate extreme poverty
• protect the global environment
• end the scourge of war, or
• end human slavery/debt bondage or human trafficking.

The nominee does not need to be a member of the UNA-USA Dane County Chapter.

The past winners of the Global Citizen Award were:

2011 Lisa Fernandez honored for her work to make wheelchairs and school supplies available to residents of Nicaragua.

2010 Norma Berkowitz, honored for her work in on behalf of those affected by the Chernobyl nuclear accident.

2009 Jennifer Loewenstein, honored for her work on behalf of Palestine

2008 Mike Boehm, honored for his work in Viet Nam.

Please complete the attached nomination form below and follow the submission directions contained therein.

Please direct any questions to Todd Kummer and submit nominations by email at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or by postal mail to:

Todd Kummer, Past President
6 Nokomis Court
Madison, WI 53711

Attachments:

Nomination Form

[2012 Global Citizen Nomination Form]

New UNA-USA Dane County Chapter President

Barbara Nichols, UNA-USA Dane County 2012 president, retired in 2011 after a long and exemplary career in the nursing profession. She began her career in the 1950s as a nurse in Madison. This was followed by several years as a professor of nursing at the School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin, Madison and Director of Nursing for the Wisconsin Area Health Education Center System. She was then director of the Department of Regulation and Licensing under former Governor Tony Earl. She subsequently became President of the American Nurses Association and most recently CEO of the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools. Barbara has received numerous awards including the American Nurses Association’s Mary Eliza Mahoney Award – Mahoney (1845-1926) - Mahoney’s name is synonymous with the advancement of minorities in nursing. Nichols has been internationally recognized for her work as a member of the board of directors of the International Council of Nurses, as well as her assistance to nurses in Zimbabwe and Botswana.The Capital City Hues recently published a two-part article about Barbara and her distinguished career. You can read both articles at the following links:

http://www.capitalcityhues.com/020912BarbaraNichols.html (Part 1)

http://www.capitalcityhues.com/022312BarbaraNichols2.html (Part 2)

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