DWOA award

DEAF WOMEN UNITED
Nominating Criteria for Deaf Women of Achievement (DWOA) Award
As part of our mission to recognize the leadership, empowerment, education and inspiration that Deaf women contribute to the community, DWU has developed a lifetime achievement award to be given every 2 years during the biennial DWU conference. An award to be given to one Deaf or hard of hearing woman who contributed significantly to the Deaf community and Deaf women. Help us select and honor an extraordinary Deaf woman during the 2013 DWU conference!
Nominating criteria:
o The nominating party must be a Deaf or hard of hearing woman
o Anyone may submit a nomination
o There will be no fee for Deaf women of Achievement nominations
o Nomination must be submitted 6 months before the DWU conference. Nomination can be done via form online or video submitted. No forms will be accepted past the deadline date of December 31, 2012.
o There is no limit on the number of times a Deaf woman may be nominated
o The DWU board will select one recipient prior to each biennial conference
o Announcement of a selected Deaf woman will be made at every DWU conference
Benefits:
~Two years of DWU membership
~Benefit of regular DWU member- registration fee waived at the next DWU conference
~8 X 10 engraved plaque for the recipient
~Paper copy of the plaque for the archives
~5 X 7 picture with the recipients complete accomplishment history to be included in archives

Past recipients
1999—Marie Philip 2001—Mabs Holcomb
2003-Sharon Kay Wood 2005—Gertrude Galloway
2007—Vicki Hurwitz 2009—Damara Paris