Elna B. Spaulding Founder’s Award.
In 1991, WoMen in Action established an award for the Prevention of Violence and named it after Mrs. Elna B. Spaulding to recognize her ardent work in the community, her compassion for people in need, and her desire for all people to be able to develop to their full potential.
From 1991 to 1998, WoMen in Action hosted this award ceremony. In 2015 the Elna B. Spaulding Conflict Resolution Center reestablished the award at the annual Partners for Peace Celebration event – our annual fundraising and award ceremony event.
The award recognizes and honors individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the City of Durham. Recipients of this award are honored for their advocacy on behalf of others, for their efforts that have brought significant change or have produced models for change in their communities, for their assistance in alleviating the conditions of the less fortunate, and for their activities resulting in improved human relations.
Past Honorees
1991 Reverend Haywood D. Holderness, Jr.
1992 Josephine Dobbs Clement
1993 William V. Bells
1994 Margaret Q. Keller
1995 Russell E. Blunt
1996 Rabbi John S. Friedman
1997 Judge Carolyn D. Johnson
1998 Unknown
2015 Judge Marcia H. Morey
2016 Professor Irving L. Joyner
2017 Robert A. Beason
2018 Scott Holmes
2019 Reverend Mel Williams
2020 Gilda P. Womble
2022 Justice Anita S. Earls
Social Worker’s Recognition
In 2020, CRC incorporated a second recognition, the Social Worker’s Recognition. It was created in appreciation of the support and dedication provided from school social workers to our truancy intervention program former Truancy Court Program now called Truancy Mediation Program.
Past Honorees
2020 Amy L’Esperance
2022 Angelia Barnes
Event Suspended
The Partners for Peace Celebration event has been suspended until further notice.
