2025 NLIHC POLICY FORUM ORGANIZING AWARDS

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NLIHC is accepting nominations for the 2025 Organizing Awards. The 2025 Organizing Awards recognize outstanding achievements in statewide, regional, citywide, community, neighborhood, and resident/tenant organizing during 2024 that further NLIHC’s mission of achieving racially and socially equitable public policy that ensures people with the lowest incomes have quality homes that are accessible and affordable in communities of their choice.

Guidelines:

Consideration will only be given to nominations that conducted organizing around a campaign or issue that furthers NLIHC's mission (above) and not on general organizational achievements.
Special consideration will be given to nominations that incorporate resident/tenant-centered leadership and prioritize racial equity.
Nominated organizations must be current NLIHC members. Contact your field team member to check your membership status, or visit nlihc.org/membership to join.
Organizations may self-nominate.
NLIHC board members and Award Committee members may not nominate an organization with which they are employed or affiliated.
The award selection committee will choose two award recipients for different types of achievement (eg, one recognizing statewide or regional achievements, and one recognizing citywide or neighborhood achievements).

NLIHC will provide two representatives of each honored organization complimentary Policy Forum registrations and one hotel room for the next in-person convening.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2024

More information can be found at https://nlihc.org/organizing-awards

Questions? Email Billy Cerullo at wcerullo@nlihc.org

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* 1. ORGANIZATION YOU ARE NOMINATING

First and Last Name

Organization

Organization Address

Organization City

Organization State

Organization Zip Code

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 2. ARE YOU NOMINATING YOURSELF/YOUR ORGANIZATION?

Yes

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* 3. ORGANIZATION SUBMITTING NOMINATION (if different from above)

First and Last Name

Company, Title

Organization Address

Organization City

Organization State

Organization Zip Code

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 4. PLEASE GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ORGANIZATION OR THE CAMPAIGN AND THE ORGANIZING ACHIEVEMENTS MADE IN 2024:

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* 5. DESCRIBE HOW THE NOMINEE HAS FURTHERED NLIHC'S MISSION OF "ACHIEVING RACIALLY AND SOCIALLY EQUITABLE PUBLIC POLICY THAT ENSURES PEOPLE WITH THE LOWEST INCOMES HAVE QUALITY HOMES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE IN COMMUNITIES OF THEIR CHOICE."

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* 6. WHAT IS THE SCALE AND SCOPE OF THE ACHIEVEMENT -- STATEWIDE, REGIONAL, LOCAL, COMMUNITY?

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* 7. DESCRIBE HOW THE CAMPAIGN INCORPORATED THE PERSPECTIVES AND ELEVATED THE LEADERSHIP OF PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCES OF HOUSING INSTABILITY/HOMELESSNESS.

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* 8. APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE ACHIEVEMENT? APPROXIMATELY WHAT PORTION OF THOSE IMPACTED WOULD BE CONSIDERED EXTREMELY LOW-INCOME RENTERS?

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* 9. WHAT KINDS OF OBSTACLES DID THE NOMINATED CAMPAIGN OR ORGANIZATION FACE IN PURSUING ITS WORK? HOW FRIENDLY OR UNFRIENDLY WAS THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE WORK WAS PERFORMED?

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* 10. DID THE NOMINATED CAMPAIGN OR ORGANIZATION REACH A RESOLUTION TO ITS GOALS OR THE PROBLEM IT SOUGHT TO ADDRESS? IS THE CAMPAIGN PART OF ONGOING WORK?