The NOW Youth Leadership Award was created as part of the Children’s Environmental Health Network’s 20th anniversary celebration in 2012, in honor of Executive Director Nsedu Obot Witherspoon. This award honors a young person who has demonstrated exceptional environmental health leadership--efforts to protect human health, especially of our most vulnerable populations, through actions including: raising awareness of, advocacy for, and outreach around safer, healthier environments across places.  

Please continue to the next page to nominate a candidate for the NOW Youth Leadership Award.  You will be asked to provide contact information for the nominee, the nominee's parents/guardians, and for yourself, so make sure to have this information handy when completing this form. 

Nomination & Award Rules & Requirements:

1)  A statement from the youth/nominee is not acceptable. Only your (nominator) statement is allowed.

2) Nominators must not be related to the nominee.

3) Nominees must be US residents.

4) Nominees must be age 12-21 at the time of nomination.

5) If selected, Nominees must be able to attend CEHN’s 25th Anniversary & Child Health Advocate Awards Gala in Washington, DC on October 13th, 2017 to accept the award. CEHN covers the cost of travel for the winner and one parent/guardian.

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