City of Ames issued the following announcement on November 4.
The Ames Human Relations Commission (AHRC) is seeking nominations for its annual Humanitarian Award. The award recognizes and honors a worthy individual whose contributions to our community demonstrate extraordinary quality, including efforts to promote diversity, fairness, and equality. To be eligible to receive the award, the nominee must be a resident of Ames.
The recipient of the award will be recognized during the community celebration of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.
The Humanitarian Award application is available on the City’s website at www.cityofames.org/AHRC
The application deadline is Friday, Dec. 10, 2021.
AHRC's overall purpose is to promote goodwill among various religious and ethnic groups, partner with other organizations to develop programs designed to eliminate racial, religious, cultural, and intergroup tensions; and to study the existence of discrimination within the community and work collaboratively to minimize or eliminate it.
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