The Fannie Lou Hamer National Institute on Citizenship and Democracy will award five individuals the Fannie Lou Hamer Humanitarian Award during the 2013 awards luncheon on Friday, April 19, 2013, at 11:30 a.m. in Ballrooms A and B of the Jackson State University Student Center.
The honorees are the Rev. John Earl Cameron, Attorney Alvin O. Chambliss, Attorney Rob McDuff, Ms. Nsombi Lambright, and Mrs. Euvester Simpson.
Cameron, a native of Jackson, is a civil rights activist who ran for U.S. Congress in 1963. He has spent the majority of his life ministering to individuals in his community and promoting active citizenship and Christian values.
Chambliss, lead counsel of the Ayers v. Barbour case
for 27 years, is widely recognized as one of the nation’s top legal strategists. He has been a lifelong champion for those seen as powerless in our society.
McDuff, a civil rights and criminal defense counsel, has spent years protecting the voting rights of citizens of the state of Mississippi and fighting against discrimination in employment and hiring.
Lambright is Director of Resource Development and Communications at One Voice. She became an activist as a student at Tougaloo College, and has since had a long career of advocating for justice through her work at the NAACP, ACLU, and Southern Echo.
Simpson began her involvement in the Civil Rights movement as a high school student when she joined the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.
Simpson also has left a legacy as an advocate of community activism in the Mississippi Delta and continues her involvement as a member of the Mississippi Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement.
The Hamer Institute is honored to be able to recognize these special Mississippians. Collectively and individually, they have helped to change the course of human history and have been instrumental in modeling a civil society.Tickets are available now at $35.00 per person or $250.00 for a table of eight. Reserve your seats today.
Join us as we recognize our fellow citizens, Friday, April 19, 2013, on the campus of Jackson State University. For more information, visit our website at: www.jsums.edu/hamer.institute/programs or feel free to contact the Hamer Institute at 601-979-1562 or 601-979-1563 or email: Hamer.Institute@jsums.edu.