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)