The inaugural Global Prize for Collaborative Social Leadership competition was administered by Kalamazoo College’s Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership.

Jurors for the $25,000 Global Prize included:

• Angela Y. Davis- author, activist, and UC Santa Cruz scholar;
• Cary Alan Johnson- former executive director International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission;
• Shea Howell- Detroit-based author, educator, columnist and board member of the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership;
• Les Tung- Kalamazoo College professor of music and founding member of the ACSJL planning committee;
• Brittney King-Pleas, Class of 2013, Kalamazoo College;
• Cheree Thomas, Director, Anti-Racism Initiatives, YWCA of Kalamazoo.

On Saturday May 11, 2013, Angela, Cary, and Shea delivered this keynote address on the current state of social justice leadership:

Members of the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership’s Advisory Board comprised the jury for the $5,000 Regional Prize:

• Alison Geist, Director, Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Institute for Service-Learning, Kalamazoo College;
• Cheyenne Harvey, Class of 2015, Kalamazoo College;
• Jory Horner, Director, Land/Sea Program, Kalamazoo College;
• Ahmed Hussen, Professor of Economics, Kalamazoo College;
• Sarah Lindley, Associate Professor of Art, Kalamazoo College;
• Suprotik Stotz-Ghosh, Class of 1995, Kalamazoo College; Vice President, Kalamazoo Community Foundation; and

2013 Finalists
2013 Jurors
Collaborative Leadership