2019 Innovation in Social Equity Award
The Innovation in Social Equity Award recognizes a park and recreation agency leading an innovative project or program that improves access to the benefits of local parks and recreation experience for everyone in the community, including racial/ethic minorities, LGBTQ community, New Americans, individuals with physical/cognitive disabilities, older adults, among others.
The submission deadline is March 29, 2019
Eligibility Criteria:
- Must be a current member of NRPA (Membership can be as an agency member, the agency director, or program director)
- The agency:
- Exhibits leadership in best practices for social equity
- Demonstrates success in achieving social equity in their communities
- Develops and implements successful innovative practices in creating more equitable communities
- Demonstrates a commitment to encourage, welcome, and support all people through parks and recreation
- All programs or projects submitted with this application must have been implemented within 12 months prior to the applications deadline.
Required Materials:
- Completed application form
- Testimonial from a community member (non-staff) about impact of project/program.
Optional Materials:
- One additional supplemental item which highlights the effects and achievements of the project/program.
Submission Instructions:
- All submissions must be received by NRPA no later than 11:59 p.m. EST on March 29, 2019. NRPA will not return any materials submitted with the application.
- The official NRPA application form must be used in submissions.
- All materials must be submitted electronically using this survey format.
- Submit no more than one supplemental item. (If submitting a link, please provide URL address, not a hyperlink, to ensure connectivity.)
- Submission is automatically disqualified if it does not meet criteria, submission instructions, or if the responses are over the word limit.
- This format has a save and continue feature that is located in the banner at the bottom of the question pages.
For more information, contact the NRPA Awards Program at (703) 858-2196 or awards@nrpa.org.