Awards & Recognition
Awarded Juneteenth Award by the City of Boston (2025)
Living History of Color (LHOC) Honoree, Embrace Boston Ideas Festival 2025
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Bostonians (2025)
Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts’ Melvin H. King Community Leadership Award (2024)
Boston Municipal Research Bureau’s City Champion Award at the annual Shattuck Awards Dinner (2024)
Disability Policy Consortium’s annual John Winske Memorial Award (2024)
National Association of Community Health Center’s Norton Wilson State/Regional Leadership Award (2024)
Pillar of the Community Award by The Roxbury Unity Parade and Awards Committee (2024)
Cambridge Health Alliance’s 2024 Art of Healing Award (2024)
Received the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action’s Community Leadership Award on behalf of the Health Equity Compact (2024)
Catalyst for Change Award from Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (2023)
Roxbury Community College’s Community Service Award during Commencement (2023)
Friend & Leader Award by the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health (2023)
Honored by Caring Health Center in Springfield, MA for Contributions to Healthcare (2023)
Presented with the Social Capital Inc.’s (SCI) Idealist Award (2023)
Trailblazer Award from the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (2022)
National NAACP’s Montague Cobb Award (2022)
Community Leadership Award from the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action (2022)
Lifetime Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Non-profit Network (2022)
Macalester College’s Catharine Lealtad Service to Society Award (June 2017)
Betsey K. Cooke Advocacy MVP Award, National Association for Community Health Centers (2013)