~HONOREES Gallery~
​2026 Honorees:
  • Commissioner Robbie Butler, Speak Up Empowerment Foundn
  • Ms. Sharon Scott Gillis McLucas, TBA
  • Ms. Tammy Tumbling, Orange County-Community Foundation
​2025 Honorees:
  • Ms. Lori Barr, Raise The Barr
  • Ms. Vivian Malauulu, Long Beach City Collee Trustee
  • Ms. Paula Wood, Success In Challenges 
2024 Honorees:
  • Dr. Kimberly C. Johnson, Long Beach Unified Schools​
  • Ms. Katie Overton, San Diego Unified Schools (Retired)
  • Ms. Barbara Sullivan-George,  Fifty Nifty, Inc.
2023 Honorees:
  • Ms. Evelyn Knight, Long Beach City Trailblazer
  • Ms. Tammi Mac, KJLH Radio Personality​
  • Ms. Maxine Waters, U.S. Congresswoman
2022 Honorees:
  • Supervisor Janice Hahn, LA County Board of Supervisors
  • Dr. "Sweet" Alice Harris,  Parents of Watts​
  • Dr. Gloria Willingham-Toure, The Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s.
​2021 Honorees:
  • Ms. Lena Cole Dennis, Cole Dennis & Associates
  • Senator Lena Gonzalez, 33rd Senate District
  • Ms. Ivy Goolsby,  International Realty​
  • ​Dr.  Rosie Milligan,  Black Writers On Tour 
​2019 Honorees:
  • Dr. Minnie Douglas, LBCC Professor Emeritus​
  • Honorable Doris Topsy Elvord, former LB Vice Mayor
  • Ms. Carolyn Smith Watts, LB-Wrigley Country Club
​2018 Honorees:
  • Dr. Farah Khalegi, Community Improvement League
  • Dr. Cherilyn Lee, Nu Wellness Healthcare
  • Ms. Gwendolyn Manning, Black Infant Health​
2017 Honorees:
  • Dr. Lenore T. Coleman, Healing Our Village 
  • Dr. Kathryn Icenhower, Shields For  Families
  • Ms. Kim Anthony-Morrow, Urban Philanthropy, Inc.
  • Ms. Kiesha Nix, Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation​
2016 Honorees:
  • Ms. Pamela Davis, Skin Essence by Pam 
  • Dr. Karen Guinn, DDS, The Smile Agency ​
  • Mr. Don Knabe,  LA County Board of Supervisors
  • Ms. Jeanetta Phillips, Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles ​