McKnight Foundation thiab Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) tau xaiv Deborah Jiang-Stein ntawm Minneapolis, Koresh Lakhan ntawm Duluth, Qamar Saadiq Saoud ntawm Minneapolis thiab Dr. Arne Vainio ntawm Cloquet raws li cov neeg txais ntawm cov 2016 Virginia McKnight Binger Unsung Hero Txiaj Ntsig.
Txhua lub xyoo 2016 yuav tau txais txiaj ntsim zoo ntawm $ 10,000 los ntawm McKnight Foundation thiab MCN thiab tau txais txiaj ntsig ntawm ib qho kev noj mov tshwj xeeb hauv Minneapolis rau hnub Friday, Cuaj Hli 9th. Cov neeg qhuas yuav tau txais kev pom zoo rau xyoo 2016 ntawm MCN Annual Conference rau hnub Thursday, Lub Kaum Hlis 6 Duluth, MN.
Txij xyoo 1985, McKnight Foundation tau muaj pom zoo Minnesota uas tau tsim kho lub neej zoo rau cov tib neeg thiab lub zej zog puag ncig lawv los ntawm Virginia McKnight Binger Awards nyob rau hauv Human Service. Lub xyoo 2015, MCN tau koom tes nrog McKnight los ua ke thiab nthuav tawm qhov First-ever Unsung Hero Awards, uas tau hwm cov neeg ua haujlwm hloov lub neej nyob hauv cov zej zog thoob plaws hauv xeev Minnesota nrog tsawg lossis tsis muaj kev lees paub.
Txog rau cov neeg tau txais kev pabcuam Unsung Hero xyoo 2016
Rau ntau tshaj 10 xyoo, Deborah Jiang-Stein ntawm Minneapolis tau ua hauj lwm los daws qhov kev kub ntxhov rau cov poj niam thoob plaws rau hauv Minnesota - uas tau nce 800% tshaj 20 xyoo thiab yog ob zaug tus txiv neej. Born nyob hauv nkuaj nws tus kheej, Deborah lub hom phiaj yog txhawb, txhawb, txhawb thiab txhawb kom muaj peev xwm rau cov poj niam hauv tsev kaw neeg kom pab npaj lawv rau lub neej zoo sab nraud. Nws txoj hauj lwm tau koom nrog kev nthuav lus zoo thiab kev tawm tswv yim txog kev tawm tswv yim thiab kev txhawb nqa kev txawj ntse hauv kev kawm Hennepin County Ua Haujlwm, Shakopee Women's Prison, St. Cloud Men's Prison, cov chaw kaw menyuam yaus thiab cov chaw kho tshuaj thiab cawv thoob plaws hauv Twin Cities metro cheeb tsam.
Tus xib fwb hauv tsev kawm ntawv theem pib, Koresh Lakhan plays ntau ntau tus cwj pwm uas ua rau Duluth ua qhov chaw zoo dua, nrog rau kev koom tes hauv Tsev Kawm Ntawv rau Seniors program nyob rau hauv University of Minnesota - Duluth, thauj cov laus nuns ntawm lub St. Scholastica Monastery rau kev teem caij kuaj mob, hais lus rau cov chav kawm ntawm cov ntsiab lus hais txog Hinduism, kev sib hloov cov kev sib hloov rau cov tub ntxhais kawm thiab cov laus, thiab tswj xyuas thiab ua noj ua haus cov khoom noj uas tau nce nyiaj rau ntau yam hauv zej zog. Vim tias nws txoj haujlwm tsis muaj qhov kawg, Koresh tau qhia txog Duluth lub zej zog rau kev noj qab haus huv tshiab thiab kev noj qab haus huv, nrog rau kev ua ub ua no thiab kev coj noj coj ua. "Koresh ua rau tej yam tshwm sim," nws tus nominator qhia peb, "nws tsuas yog nws txoj kev cia siab yog tias txhua tus muaj sijhawm zoo."
Qamar Saadiq Saoud ntawm Minneapolis yog ib tus neeg pab txhawb rau cov tub ntxhais hluas hloov hauv cov Nroog Ntxaib - tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov neeg tsis muaj tsev nyob, thaum nws tau nyob. Tam sim no tus kws kho kom haum xeeb thiab ib tus neeg kawm ua hauj lwm ib nrab hnub los ua tus kws kho mob muaj ntawv tso cai, Qamar cog lus rau kev pabcuam ntawm cov hluas txaus ntshai yuav nrhiav kev nyab xeeb ntawm GLBT Lub Tsev Pab Kev Ua Vaj Tse, Cov Chaw Rau Cov Hluas Tsis Muaj Tsev Nyob, Reclaim thiab ntau lwm cov koom haum. "Qamar siv ntau lub sijhawm los pab dawb rau nws lub zej zog thaum nws ua haujlwm hauv haujlwm," hais tias nws tus neeg xaiv tsa, qhia nws cov kev paub txog teeb ci rau lub neej LGBTQ, cov zej zog tsis muaj tsev nyob, cov neeg nyob nrog HIV thiab AIDS, thiab -Cov hluas hluas ntawm cov xim.
Dr. Arne Vainio ntawm Cloquet yog ib tug tswv cuab ntawm Mille Lacs Band ntawm Ojibwe thiab ib tus kws kho mob ntawm Min-No-Aya-Win Human Services Clinic ntawm Fond du Lac Ojibwe Reservation. Dr. Vainio siv sijhawm ntev los pab nws cov neeg mob ntawm lub tsev kho mob, nrog rau kev mus ncig rau kev tshwj tseg thoob plaws tebchaws Amelikas los tham txog kev noj qab haus huv, kev tua tus kheej, thiab kev coj noj coj ua ntawm haiv neeg. Nws txoj kev mob siab rau kev noj qab haus huv tau coj nws cov neeg nyiam "Mad DR. Kev Tshawb Fawb Txog Kev Tshawb Fawb" rau ntau chav kawm, nrog lub hom phiaj los txhawb cov tub ntxhais hluas Native Americans mus ua haujlwm hauv kev noj qab haus huv thiab kev tshawb fawb. Raws li tus kws kho mob, Arne pom nws txoj haujlwm ua raws li kev coj noj coj ua ntawm pab pawg neeg ntawm lub zog thiab kev noj qab haus huv: "Txhua tus neeg tab tom taug kev rau peb tus so," nws hais. "Peb taug kev hauv ko taw ntawm cov neeg uas mus ua ntej peb."
