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HCR Banquet May 14 Nominate a Human and Civil Rights hero ach year, DSEA honors those who have made outstanding achievements in Human and Civil Rights especially regarding advancing human and civil rights for all in Delaware. Through DSEA's Human and Civil Rights Task Force, two Delawareans are honored - one DSEA member and/or one individual outside of the organization. Go to www.dsea.org/AboutDSEA /Awards.html#HCR to print out the HCR Award nomination form printed here, or you can go directly to www.dsea.org/PDF/HCR_Awards 2012LegalSizeNomination Form.pdf Questions? Contact Carol Zeisler at 1-302-366-8440. E 2013 Human and Civil Rights Awards Nomination Form # Do you know someone who always goes the extra mile? Someone who always helps out their community, organization, school, etc? If so, now is the chance to let others know how valuable that person is to others! Through DSEA's Human and Civil Rights Task Force, two Delawareans are honored – one DSEA member and one individual outside of the organization – for outstanding achievements in Human and Civil Rights. (Previous HCR Award winners are excluded.) Any DSEA member, organization or member of the general public is invited to nominate such a person by filling out the information below and including a portfolio of the nominee's achievements. For a list of past honorees, go to www.dsea.org/aboutdsea/DSEA/awards.asp and click on Human and Civil Rights Award. Please type or print clearly on the form. Name of Nominee _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ # Address of nominee ____________________________________________________________________________________________ City _________________________________________ State __________ Zip _______ Phone ________________________________ Place of employment ___________________________________________________________________________________________ DSEA Member? ___ Yes / ___ No If Yes, name of Local Association _________________________________________________ Nominator's name: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Nominator's organization, school or address ________________________________________________________________________ Nominator's phone number and email address ______________________________________________________________________ AWARD Last year's Human and Civil Rights Awardees were the Rev. John Moore, Sr. and DSEA member Jessie Chen, a reading specialist at Lombardy Elementary School in Brandywine. Yes, DSEA is now seeking nominations The deadline for nomination portfolios is March 8, 2013. Awardees will be honored at DSEA's annual Human and Civil Rights Awards Banquet on May 14, 2013 at the Dover Sheraton. This past year we honored Rev. John G. Moore, Sr., youth pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Dover who gives hope to countless young people throughout the state, and who inspires all with his moving Martin Luther King, Jr. speeches; and DSEA/NEA member Jessie Chen, a reading specialist at Lombardy E.S. in Brandywine, who devotes countless hours to help Chinese-American families. The presentation of a plaque will be made by the president of DSEA at the May 14, 2013 Human and Civil Rights Awards Dinner at the Sheraton Dover Hotel, 1570 No. DuPont Hwy, Dover 19901. ELIGIBILITY Any individual may be nominated for this award. There shall be no time limit placed upon the period within which specific accomplishments were made. The criteria for selecting the award winner, however, demands that such contributions be of sufficient quality and importance as to cause the award to be viewed with respect and high esteem. (Previous HCR Award winners are excluded.) PORTFOLIO GUIDELINES A portfolio/notebook should include such items as photographs, letters of recommendation and testimony, newspaper articles, commendations, etc. DEADLINE March 8, 2013 Please deliver this completed form with the portfolio to either DSEA Office: 136 E. Water St., Dover, DE 19901 (1-866-734-5834) or 4135 Ogletown-Stanton Road, Newark, DE 19713 (302-366-8440). If you have any questions, please contact Carol Zeisler at the DSEA Newark office, 302-366-8440, or toll-free, 1-866-734-5834 ext. 325 or via e-mail at carol.zeisler@dsea.org. Go to www.dsea.org/AboutDSEA/Awards.html#hcr for a list of all of DSEA's Human and Civil Rights Honorees since 1985. 6 Nov./Dec. 2012 DSEA ACTION! www.dsea.org