COLUMBUS, Ind. — The Columbus Human Rights Commission is accepting nominations for the William R. Laws Human Rights Award.
The recipient will be a member, a group of members or a community organization who have made a substantial contribution to the community of Columbus in one of the following areas:
- Improving relationships among all people;
- Increasing the sensitivity of one group toward another group;
- Educating people about the barriers or eliminating the barriers facing people of color, women, persons with disabilities, religious minorities or others who have been treated unequally because of prejudice;
- Using existing means or creating new safeguards to protect the rights of others.
Nominations for the Laws Award should be submitted to the Human Rights Commission office in City Hall by 5 p.m. Feb. 22. Click here for the official press release.
The most recent award was presented to Gil Palmer, Lorraine Smith and Arlette Cooper Tinsley.