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E Pluribus Unum Prizes

Celebrating exceptional U.S. immigrant integration initiatives.
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E Pluribus Unum Prize Award trophies

The E Pluribus Unum Prizes recognized outstanding immigrant integration initiatives of all types in the United States, whether led by nonprofit or community organizations, businesses, public agencies, religious groups, or individuals. 

The awards program, which was launched in 2009 and run through 2013, was coordinated by MPI's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy. The J.M. Kaplan Fund generously provided support for these awards to focus attention on successful integration initiatives and to inspire and provide program models to others around the United States who might also undertake such efforts.

2012 Winners

  • ACCESS (Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services)
    Hassan Jaber, Executive Director

  • Building Skills Partnership
    Aida Cardenas, Executive Director

  • Californians Together
    Shelly Spiegel-Coleman, Executive Director

2012 Corporate Leadership Award: Citi, Robert Annibale, Global Director of Community Development and Microfinance
 

2011 Winners

  • Hispanic Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City
    Bernardo Ramirez, Executive Director

  • International Rescue Committee in San Diego
    Bob Montgomery, Executive Director

  • Temple University Project SHINE
    Patience Lehrman, Director

  • Welcome Back Initiative
    José Ramón Fernández-Peña

2011 Corporate Leadership Award: Marriott International Global Language Learning Initiative, M. Andy Chaves, Corporate Senior Manager
 

2010 Winners

  • Illinois New Americans Integration Initiative
    Grace Hou, Assistant Secretary of Programs , DHS; and Joshua Hoyt, Executive Director, ICIRR

  • Latino Community Credit Union
    Luis Pastor, Chief Executive Officer

  • Tacoma Community House
    Liz Dunbar, Executive Director

  • Upwardly Global
    Nicole Cicerani, Executive Director

Honorable Mention: McDonald's Corporation, English Under the Arches, Betsy McKay, Director of Bilingual Leadership

2009 Winners

  • AVANCE - El Paso, Texas
    Sanjay Mathur, Executive Director

  • City of Littleton - Colorado
    Alejandra Harguth, Program Coordinator

  • Internationals Network for Public Schools - New York & California
    Claire Sylvan, Executive Director

  • Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition - Nashville
    Stephen Fotopulos, Executive Director

Finalists: 
Latino Community Credit Union - Durham, North Carolina, Luis Pastor, CEO

Queens Library - Jamaica, New York; Fred Gitner, New Americans Program Coordinator

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Exceptional Immigrant Integration Initiatives in Human Services, On-the-Job Instruction, Education & Citizenship Honored with Prestigious National Award

WASHINGTON — The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) on Thursday announced the winners of its 2012 E Pluribus Unum Prizes for exceptional immigrant integration initiatives, honoring a Michigan Arab American organization that strengthens ties between immigrant and native-born communities, a California labor-business alliance that provides on-the-job English language and other classes for janitors and a California education coalition that has achieved significant instructional reform for English language learners. Each was given a $50,000 award. The Prizes’ Corporate Leadership Award was given to a major banking institution that supports citizenship promotion and economic empowerment for immigrants.

Application Period Now Open for Prestigious 2012 E Pluribus Unum Prizes Program Honoring Exceptional Immigrant Integration Initiatives

WASHINGTON — The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) on Wednesday announced that the application period for its 2012 E Pluribus Unum Prizes, a national awards program that annually honors exceptional immigrant integration initiatives, is open and runs through 5 p.m. ET on March 15, 2012.Details on the 2012 E Pluribus Unum Prizes application process can be found at: www.integrationawards.org.

E Pluribus Unum Prizes Panel Discussions and Awards Ceremony

This awards ceremony, honoring the 2011 recipients of the E Pluribus Unum Prizes -- a national awards program for exceptional immigrant integration initiatives -- featured panel discussions with the awardees and federal officials and remarks by White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Cecilia Muñoz and Assistant Secretary of Education Brenda Dann-Messier.