The Val Joshua Award was originally given to Val Joshua in recognition of her life-long commitment and work toward the elimination of racism in 1989. Today, we give two awards to recognize people in our community who are working toward ending oppression, the Val Joshua Racial Justice Award and the Youth Social Justice Award. The awards are presented annually to individuals, groups, businesses, or organizations who have demonstrated leadership in working toward eliminating racism and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all people.
COVID-19 Update: Due to COVID we have temporarily paused our Val Joshua Award and Youth Social Justice Award programing and plan to resume in Spring 2022.
| 1989 Val Joshua 1991 Jim Belton and Joan Stout 1992 Dave Radke 1993 Jerry King and Leann Johnson 1994 Randy Wulff and Community AME Zion Church 1995 Florine DuFresne and Private Industry Council 1996 NAACP Vancouver Branch, Kim Chau Larson, and Brian Willoughby 1997 DaVerne Bell and Harriet Levi 1998 Leonor Amaya-Brooks and Vernon Stoner 1999 Michelle Danley and Joyce Smith 2000 Patricia Guy and Greg Ford 2001 Karl Landerholm and Tanisha Harris 2002 Bob Moser 2003 Hewlett-Packard Vancouver
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2004 Earl Ford and Diana Avalos 2005 Leilani Russell 2006 Dave Morris 2007 Jamie McCoy and Richard Twiss 2008 Mike Ciraulo and Rekah Strong 2010 Luz Virgen Gonzalez 2011 Vanessa Gaston 2011 Adam Carpinelli 2012 Kellie Henderson and Elizabeth Ruiz 2013 Amanda Marchak 2014 Michelle Bart and Christopher Resendiz 2015 Diana Perez 2016 Felisciana Peralta 2017 Eulalia Soto and Becky Archibald 2018 Cindi Fisher |
2007 SOAR International
2008 Michelle Prothero
2010 Yarenni Mendoza
2010 Ruth Ferguson
2011 Dreams without Boundaries
2012 Maribel Sanchez
2013 Estefania Medina
2014 Jose Scott
2015 LaQuoya Tyler
2016 Astrid DuBois
2017 Dionnie Minnard
2018 William Clark
