YWCA Greater Pittsburgh Equity Awards
The YWCA Greater Pittsburgh Equity Awards seek to honor leaders, especially women of color, who advocate for and advance our mission of eliminating racism and empowering women. Awardees will be announced in early fall 2024. We will recognize awardees on November 1, 2024 during the Equity Awards Luncheon at the Westin Pittsburgh from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM. You can learn more about sponsorship opportunities for the 2024 Equity Awards here. Sponsorship questions can be directed to Elizabeth Surgil.
2024 Awardees
Award Categories:
Selection Committee
Past Awardees
Ally Award – Recognizes an individual or a group of any gender who has taken on the role of ally, advocate, and champion to women of color by contributing to the long-term engagement and emotional attachment needed to bring equity to Greater Pittsburgh.
Bridge Builder Award – Recognizes an individual or group that identifies as a woman or women whose work or organization remains true to their ethnic heritage and roots as they champion strategic initiatives so that the Greater Pittsburgh of our future centers and engages women of color.
Creativity and Innovation Award –– Recognizes the creativity of an individual or group that identifies as a woman or women involved in the arts or social media initiatives that bring public attention to the empowerment of women, especially women of color, and empower an audience through awareness, education, and inspiration.
Emerging Leader Award – Recognizes those who identify as a young woman, age 24 or younger, whose voice and actions interrupt the status quo to make a difference in their community by serving as a leader in any way to ensure that equity stays in the forefront.
Heroine Award – Recognizes those who identify as women and exhibits innovation in ensuring vital products or services reach those in need. They have exhibited courageous achievements while serving their community and are doing work that may be underpaid and undervalued by many.
Yazmin Bennett-Kelly
Damon Bethea
Brittany Boyd
Rosamaria Cristello
Rev. Patrice Fowler-Searcy
Mia Merideth
Ayisha Morgan-Lee, EdD, MAM, BFA
Christine Probert
Monica Ruiz, MSW
Juel L. Smith, EdD, MS
Leigh Solomon Pugliano
Madelyn Toliver
Adrienne Woodard
-
Carter, Kaila — Emerging Leader Award
Cunningham, Indira — Emerging Leader Award
Diaz, Rebekah — Creativity and Innovation Award
Merideth, Mia — Heroine Award
Tripp MD, MPH, Rickquel — Bridge Builder Award
Yow-chyi Liu, Sabrina — Ally Award
-
Doerge, Rebecca, Ph.D. — Ally Award
Morgan-Lee, EdD, Ayisha A — Creativity and Innovation Award
Plaza, Luna — Emerging Leader Award
Pugliano, Leigh Solomon — Bridge Builder Award
Vidal-Phelan, Johanna, MD, MBA, FAAP, CHIE — Heroine Award
-
Black Women for a Better Education (BW4BE) — Ally Award
Boyd, Brittany — Creativity and Innovation Award
Fowler-Searcy, Rev. Patrice L. — Bridge Builder Award
Mui, Abbey — Emerging Leader
Williams, Marisa C. — Heroine Award
Equity Awards 2023 Keynote
2024 Equity Awards Sponsors ↘
Presenting Sponsor
Equality Sponsors
Freedom Sponsors