Milwaukee Achiever's Legacy Awards

The Legacy Awards Event was initiated in 2009 with the purpose of recognizing creativity, innovation, commitment and excellence in every facet of literacy advocacy, programming and funding. Honorees include both organizations with exceptional literacy programming or individuals who have demonstrated to a particular aspect of literacy advocacy.
The 2009 honorees included the presidents of our founding colleges (Dr. Mary Meehan, Alverno College; Dr. Helen Sobehart, formerly of Cardinal Stritch University; Dr. Eileen Schwalbach, Mount Mary College), Gloria Pitchford Nicholas, Dean of MATC's PreCollege Program, and Executive Women International. Our keynote speaker was President and CEO of ProLiteracy, David Harvey.
The 2010 honorees included former Milwaukee Achiever Executive Director, Sister Agnes Marie Henkel, SSSF, the YMCA's One on One Mentoring and Literacy Program, and Michele Erikson, Executive Director of Wisconsin Literacy.  Our Keynote Speaker was Margaret Doughty, Executive Director of Literacy PowerLine.