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DCPCA Summer Reception Award Winners
~2008~
SALMON AWARD
María S. Gómez, RN, MPH, Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Care, in recognition of her strength, deep commitment, and the tenacity of a life spent swimming upstream.
CHAIRMAN FOR LIFE AWARD
Bailus Walker, Jr, PhD, MPH, Howard University College of Medicine, in recognition of strong leadership and dedication through years of service in public and behind the scenes, in quiet pursuit of excellence and good health for all.
PURPLE HEART AWARD
Lawrence H. Mirel, JD, Wiley Rein LLP, for grace under fire and willingness to speak truth to power.
NEVER SAY DIE AWARD
Patricia D. Hawkins, PhD, Whitman-Walker Clinic, in recognition of extraordinary persistence in health care advocacy and the compassion to go above and beyond.
~2007~
SALMON AWARD
Father John Adams, SOME (So Others Might Eat), in recognition of a life spent swimming upstream.
UNSUNG HERO AWARD
Enrique Cobham, La Clínica del Pueblo, in recognition of dedication through years of service behind the scenes, in quiet pursuit of excellence.
PURPLE HEART AWARD
Claude L. Cowan, MD, Georgetown University Hospital, for daring to speak truth to power.
NEVER SAY DIE AWARD
Vera Waltman Mayer, DC Coalition on Long Term Care, in recognition of extraordinary persistence in health care advocacy and the tenacity to stay until the job gets done.
~2006~
SALMON AWARD
Rev. Raymond B. Kemp, Senior Fellow, Woodstock Theological Center, Director, Preaching the Just Word, in recognition of a life spent swimming upstream.
UNSUNG HERO AWARD
Mary Ann Sack, Health Services Administrator, SOME (So Others Might Eat), in recognition of dedication through years of service behind the scenes, in quiet pursuit of excellence.
PURPLE HEART AWARD
Cheryl Fish-Parcham, Senior Health Policy Analyst, Families USA, for daring to speak truth to power under incoming fire before the inimitable Chair of the Committee on Health, David “Take No Prisoners” Catania.
NEVER SAY DIE AWARD
Ruth Watson Lubic, CNM, EdD, Founder and President Emeritus, Developing Families Center, in recognition of superlative attendance and a steadfast willingness to stay until the job gets done.
“No, no we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963, Washington, DC
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