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LEGENDS HONORS AWARD recipients are allies of the LGBTQ community, present & past that have made a positive mark & contribution and celebrate the good, noble & outstanding within our community, presented by Unity Coalition|Coalicion Unida

2011 | MLB player & author BILLY BEAN, artist XAVIER CORTADA, Mr Miami Beach MICHAEL ALLER, Trans acttivist MARK ANGELO CUMMINGS | Community leader ROBIN SCHWARTZ, preservationists MICHAEL KINERK & DENNIS WILHELM, international stylist and personalit y samy suarez, community leader MIKE VERDUGO, meteorologist and tv personality
SAM CHAMPION, community allies MERLE & DANNY WEISS

2012 | Miami beach Detective JUAN F. SANCHEZ, community ally TANIA GISELA, photographer
and opera singer DALE STINE, MICHAEL GONGORA the first openly gay commissioner for the
City of Miami Beach

2013 | miami gay mens chorus director anthony cabrera, usmc walker burTtschell, entertainer sandra holiday, journalist craig stevens, hiv activist maria mejia, philanthropist & stylist edward oberle

2014 | Broadway Producer/Director Richard Jay-Alexander, choreographer & producer Pedro Pablo Peña, Conductor sebrina alfonso, pr guru charlie cinnamon

2016 | U.S. Congresswoman ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN youth & women's activist JOWHARAH SANDERS activist HERNAN VALVERDE

2019 | VOLUNTEER HERO MELBA DE LEON, tv star and trans activist angelica ross

2020 | two-spirit activist DURANTE BLAIS-BILLIE, community activist & busines
leader MIIK MARTORELL

2021 | international dancer and choreographer randolph ward

2022 | city of north miami councilman & director of safe schools so.fla. scott galvin

2023 | former Miami beach Mayor, activist & ally MATTI BOWER

To LEAD is to go before or with, to show the way.
To identify a need, a void, or an innovative path to make our world, better.

There are so many people and groups doing the groundwork to make life better for others,
across the globe – yet most are never recognized, praised, or helped to set the foundation to make their vision a reality. The UNITY LEADS Award was created to do just that.

Unity Coalition|Coalición Unida (UC|CU) is the organization for the Latinx|Hispanic & Indigenous LGBTQ community, advancing Equality & Fairness, through Education, Leadership and Awareness, since 2002. Our UNITY LEADS Award will seek these trailblazers, recognize their efforts & hard work, assist in getting their message and needs known, and provide a monetary incentive to help their vision to grow.

Nominations of individuals or groups will be welcomed based on Leadership qualities,
Education being provided, Advocacy work, Determination to make a difference, and Services
offered and needed.

UNITY LEADS Award recipient | CORINNE MARIPOSA and the miami seed share project

LIDERAR es ir antes o con para mostrar el camino.
Identificar una necesidad, un vacío o una forma
innovadora de hacer nuestro mundo mejor.

Hay tantas personas y grupos que están haciendo el trabajo preliminar para mejorar la vida de otras personas en todo el mundo; sin embargo, la mayoría nunca son reconocidos, elogiados o ayudados a sentar las bases para hacer realidad su visión. El premio UNITY LEADS fue creado para hacer precisamente eso.

Con sede en el sur de Florida, Unity Coalition|Coalición Unida (UC|CU) es la organización para la comunidad LGBTQ latinx| hispana e indígena, que promueve la igualdad y la equidad a través de la educación, el liderazgo y la conciencia, desde 2002.

Nuestro Premio UNITY LEADS buscará a estos pioneros, reconocerá sus esfuerzos y arduo
trabajo, ayudará a dar a conocer su mensaje y sus necesidades, y proporcionará un incentivo monetario para ayudar a que su visión crezca.

Las nominaciones de individuos o grupos serán bien recibidas en base a las cualidades de
Liderazgo, la Educación que se brinda, el trabajo de Abocacía, la Determinación de marcar la diferencia y los Servicios ofrecidos y necesarios.

EVERY PENNY.

Our work is 100% funded by events, private donations, private,
corporate and government grants, and we are 100%
staffed and managed by professional volunteers.

Everything that comes in, goes right back out for Programming,
Community Building, Leading & Assisting our LGBTQ community.

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