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The Community Change-Maker Awards is an annual program hosted by Community Shares of Wisconsin.

Join Community Shares of Wisconsin for its annual celebration of local individuals and organizations making social and environmental changes in Madison. R. Richard Wagner will be honored posthumously with the CSW Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to LGBTQ+ equality in Madison. Wagner was the first openly gay member of the Dane County Board of Supervisors. To be honored this year with Change-Maker Awards are activists Dana Pellebon, Phyllis Greenberger and Elisabeth Lambert. The evening concludes with music from DJ Pain 1. Ticket purchases will benefit six nonprofits; an online option is available.

press release: You're invited! Join Community Shares of Wisconsin for our Community Change-Maker Awards Event on Thursday, September 22, 2022 at Union South-Varsity Hall

Celebrate and honor our 2022 Community Change-Maker Award winners with us in person at UW-Madison Union South in Varsity Hall or online at our hybrid event! Local leaders in social and environmental justice will be honored. This year's Change-Makers are:

Dana Pellebon, nominated by OutReach LGBTQ+ Community Center - Winner of the Liesl Blockstein Community Leadership Award: Pellebon is an activist, artist, and educator. As the Co-Executive Director of the Rape Crisis Center, a member of the OutReach board of directors, and a newly elected member of the Dane County Board of Supervisors, Pellebon’s impact is woven into the grassroots work happening throughout Dane County.

Phyllis Greenberger, nominated by Disability Rights Wisconsin - Winner of the Sally Sunde Family Advocate Award: Greenberger has been a tireless champion for children and youth with disabilities since she began at Disability Rights Wisconsin over 30 years ago. A creative problem solver and fierce advocate, Greenberger uses her extensive knowledge of systems and resources to improve the lives of children in need of support and accommodations.

Elisabeth Lambert, nominated by ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation - Winner of the Linda Sundberg Civil Rights Defender Award: Lambert understands that for students to thrive in school they need strong advocates. In her role as the Equal Justice Works Fellow at ACLU of Wisconsin, she represents students and families dealing with discriminatory practices within the school system.

In 2021 Community Shares of Wisconsin (CSW) recognized its first Collaboration Award during our 50th Anniversary. This award was developed to honor up to three CSW member nonprofits that demonstrated the power of collaboration with their coordinated efforts to lead impactful social justice change within our community. The CSW Collaboration Award winners will be honored at the CSW Community Change-Maker Awards Event. This year's award winners are:

Midwest Environmental Advocates, River Alliance of Wisconsin, and Wisconsin Environmental Health Network (a project of PSR Wisconsin) for Using the Power of the Law to Protect the Health of Wisconsin Communities - Community Shares of Wisconsin Collaboration Award: These organizations, along with other environmental and public health organizations, collaborated to defend and uphold the Spills Law when Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, the largest business lobbyist in Wisconsin, sued the Department of Natural Resources in an attempt to undermine the law.

CSW Lifetime Achievement Award Winner is R. Richard (Dick) Wagner, for being instrumental in the movement for LGBTQ equality in Wisconsin and especially in Dane County. Awarded posthumously. In his 33-year-long career, Wagner served as the first openly gay member of the Dane County Board of Supervisors, chaired the first Governor’s Council on Lesbian and Gay Issues, and joined the Board of Fair Wisconsin to fight the constitutional amendment against marriage equality. Upon his retirement, he published two books about gay history in Wisconsin.

Your support of this event helps us to award three nonprofits $1,000 each - these nonprofits are chosen by our three Change-Maker Award winners and goes to further the inspiring and critical work they do in our community. Additionally, this year we will award $1,000 each to support the work of our CSW Collaboration Award winners. Learn more about Community Shares of Wisconsin by visiting our website: http://www.communityshares.com/

We're so excited to be joined by a special musical guest for the 2022 Community Change-Maker Awards—DJ PAIN 1! In addition to his successes in music production which include collaborations with artists such as Young Jeezy, Nas, and Lil Baby, Pacal “DJ Pain 1” Bayley co-founded the first hip-hop performing arts program housed in an institute of higher education in Madison.He continues to share his production and music business know-how, as well as his gift to get the dance floor moving. DJ Pain 1 will perform from 7pm to 8pm at the conclusion of the 2022 Community Change-Maker Awards program. We hope you will join us on the dance floor.  

Have questions for us? Contact Susan Kilmer at skilmer@communityshares.com or call 608-256-1066 x 211. The Community Change-Maker Awards Event is generously presented by  UW Credit Union

***We strive to host inclusive and accessible events that enable all individuals to participate - please connect with Susan, skilmer@communityshares.com to request an accommodation or to register or sponsor this event outside of this Eventbrite system.

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CSW Member organizations - look for details on sponsorships in an email from staff or contact Susan, skilmer@communityshares.com.

Parking at the event: Watch this space for more details on parking at the event.