The Affiliate of the Year Award is an honor bestowed on one of NCLR’s affiliated Hispanic-serving organizations for exemplary work in serving its local community and for supporting NCLR’s policy and programmatic initiatives. The award provides NCLR an opportunity to showcase the achievements of an Affiliate and how its accomplishments have made a positive and measurable impact on the lives of Latinos.
2009 NCLR Affiliate of the Year Award
The Affiliate of the Year Award is presented to an NCLR Affiliate that has demonstrated substantial quality improvement in the effectiveness of delivering its mission over time and has engaged in an internally and/or externally driven self-evaluation process. In addition, four regional honorees will be honored for their outstanding work in their specific geographical areas.
NCLR is pleased to announce that Instituto del Progreso Latino (Instituto) has been selected as the 2009 NCLR Affiliate of the Year. Instituto will be recognized during the Awards Gala and Dinner at NCLR's Annual Conference at McCormick Place West in Downtown Chicago on July 28, 2009 from 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
In addition to the Affiliate of the Year, NCLR is proud to announce this year's Regional Awardees and highlight their great work:
Affiliate of the Year Regional Honorees:
California: Women’s Initiative for Self Employment
San Francisco, CA
Central: La Casa de Esperanza
Waukeesha, WI
Eastern: Conexión Americas
Nashville, TN
Western: Friendly House
Phoenix, AZ
These regional honorees will be recognized during the Affiliate Leadership Breakfast at NCLR's Annual Conference at McCormick Place West in Downtown on July 27, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
The NCLR Affiliate of the Year Program is made possible thanks to the generous contribution of Ford Motor Company.
