Awards & Honors

GEMS and its founder have received numerous awards including:

Change.org’s Changemakers Network (2009)

Ashoka Fellowship (2009)

Black Girls Rock Award (2008)

Reebok Human Rights Award (2006)

Community Service Award from the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators (2007)

Frederick Douglass Award from the North Star Fund (2007)

Susan B. Anthony Award from the New York City Chapter of the National Organization for Women (2008)

Friends of Bill Scarborough (29th Assembly District, Queens) at the “Building and Strengthening our Community Gala” (March 2008)

Social Entrepreneurship Award from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research  (2008)