Courage – Africa Gonzalez,director of Immigrant Women’s Services for the Memphis YWCA and co-chair of the Shelby County Domestic Violence Council.
Determination – Nancy Williams,executive director of the Memphis Child Advocacy Center which houses a multi-disciplinary team to aid child victims of sexual and extreme physical abuse and which is incubating the Family Safety Center.
Vision – Sonja White,managing partner of the Domestic Violence Unit,Memphis Area Legal Services; president of the Memphis Area Women’s Council and chair of the Shelby County Domestic Violence Council.
Heroism – Caroline Turns,third-grader and St.Jude patient who tells her unique story of enduring a five-organ transplant as a confident representative of all patients of catastrophic childhood diseases.
Initiative – Jodie Vance,founder and publisher of the Downtowner magazine and an early advocate of downtown Memphis’ rebirth.
Steadfastness – Gloria Kahn,community activist,whose leadership in the Jewish community and in issues from human rights to political engagement,is legendary.
Heritage – Alma C.Hansen,a Congregational Church missionary who devoted her life to development of LeMoyne College from 1922 to 1962 and was its only female acting president.