Walker E. Solomon Award

Given in three categories: Individual, Local Association/School/Community

Individual Category

Eligibility Criteria: Nominee must have met the following:

• Worked for the eradication of racial inequities in the education profession, school, and community
• Worked to bring about improved intergroup relations and understanding in the school and community
• Honored by the school and community for these activities

Improving Institutions - School Involvement:

• Initiating and promoting programs in the school for better relationships (between students-teachers, teacher-parents, administrators-teachers, administrator-teacher-student, and/or racial groups)
• Improved environment for cooperation in solving community problems and/or enhancing equal opportunities in the community

Improving Institutions - Community Involvement:

• Initiating and promoting programs in the community for better understanding in relationships between school, community, and racial groups
• Improving environment of cooperation in solving community problems and/or enhancing equal opportunities in the community

Improving Interpersonal Relationships - School Involvement:

• Involvement in the school to help staff, students, and parents to have good self-concepts, positive attitudes, better understanding of themselves and others, and achieve personal worth

Improving Interpersonal Relationships - Community Involvement:

• Involvement in the community to create good self-concepts, positive attitudes, and better understanding of themselves and others as they relate to daily lives in the community

Local Association, School, Community Category

Eligibility: The group must show it has improved its human and civil rights program as follows:

• Reviewing a human and civil rights program that has been inoperative in the past
• Expanding an existing human and civil rights program
• Establishing an effective human and civil rights program in a community where one was previously nonexistent

Accomplishments Required: The human and civil rights program must have accomplished two or more of the following:

• Promoted the inclusion of interpersonal skills training for teachers in in-service and pre-service programs
• Established programs that provide for community involvement and create a feeling of investment and responsibility for the operation of the community's schools
• Educated the community concerning interpersonal relationships

General Criteria

• Nominees may be (a) UEP member; (b) a local association; or (c) a school or community working to improve human and civil rights
• Individual nominees must be UEP members
• Up to two awards may be given in the individual category
• Only persons or organizations whose human and civil rights activities have had school or community-wide impact are eligible
• Nomination must be accompanied by appropriate supporting documentation related to criteria
• Appropriate documentation should include: legible photocopies of newspaper clippings, newsletters, programs, certificates, letters, citations, etc.
• Photographs of trophies and/or plaques may be used as evidence
• All materials must be arranged in orderly and sequential manner

Geographic Scope: South Carolina

How to Apply

1. Complete the official nomination form
2. Gather appropriate supporting documentation related to award criteria
3. Include legible photocopies of:
   • Newspaper clippings
   • Newsletters
   • Programs
   • Certificates
   • Letters
   • Citations
   • Photographs of trophies and/or plaques
4. Arrange all materials in orderly and sequential manner
5. Submit nomination form with supporting documentation