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Nomination Form: The Emerging Star, The Champion Change-maker Awards

Award Descriptions

The Michele Corey Emerging Star Award in Advocacy is a youth or young adult (<26) who has proven to be a leader among peers in advocacy. With lessons learned from their lived experiences, they’ve developed skills necessary to promote a public cause, going above and beyond typical expectations for motivating and marshaling others to work toward positive changes that will benefit others.  
 
The Michigan’s Children Child & Family Champion Change-maker Award is a person who’s spent significant time “working in the trenches” in advocacy to build grassroots support and change to affect public policies that improve the odds for children, youth and families in their community or state. The Champion Change-maker may or may not have a professional job that’s tied to their advocacy for children, youth and families, but has persistence and commitment that results in efforts that exceed the daily expectations of their job.
 
Nomination Guidelines:
To nominate someone, please complete the form below. If you have questions, please contact teri@michiganschildren.org.
 
1.      The candidate must have demonstrated a commitment and passion to advocacy for children, youth and families in Michigan.
 
2.      Nominations must be submitted by Thursday, April 6, 2023.
 
3.      The awardee and nominator will be contacted by Friday, April 21, 2023.
 
Considerations for Nomination:
Questions to consider: What has the nominee done above and beyond their daily job or school responsibilities?  How have they shown compassion and support when advocating for children, youth and families? Consider an anecdotal story about how the nominee promoted positive change and/or improvements in programs, policies or legislation in these or related fields: child care/early childhood, foster care, kinship care, juvenile justice, youth homelessness, mental health, K-12 educational supports, out-of-school time programming, adult/community/alternative education, reducing disparities in academic achievement, DEI (Diversity/Equity/Inclusion), and family stability. How has the nominee inspired others, their peers and colleagues?
 
1.Are you nominating someone for the Emerging Star Award or the Champion Change-maker Award?
2.What is your name and contact information?
3.Please provide a brief biography of the nominee. (20,000 character limit)
4.Please describe how the nominee has advocated in support of children, youth and families. (20,000 character limit)
5.As best you know, please include how long the nominee has worked on behalf of children, youth and families in Michigan? (20,000 character limit)
6.Using anecdotes and factual accounts, please specify how the nominee’s actions have resulted in improved outcomes for children, youth and families. (See guiding questions above.) (20,000 character limit)
7.Why do you feel this person should receive the Emerging Star or Champion Change-maker award? (20,000 character limit)
8.Do you have any questions for us?