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CSC initiatives and staff frequently receive recognition for their work.  Here are some recent examples...

 Jan Figart receives NAPC's national community indicators award

Congratulations to Jan Figart, this year's winner of the NAPC Judith Rothbaum Award recognizing excellence in using social indicators for community action.  The award was presented at the NAPC Annual Meeting (in Austin, Texas, during the conference, at a luncheon on March 3rd at the Hyatt).  Jan was nominated by Phil Dessauer, Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa.  The award is supported by the United Way of Central Oklahoma, honoring the legacy of Judith Rothbaum.  Karen Wulfkuhle chaired this year's award committee. 

More about the award, Judith Rothbaum, and honorees and their work   Award criteria 

Below:  Jan Figart (left) with Karen Wulfkuhle and with Phil Dessauer


NAPC Awards Committee Chair Karen Wulfkuhle presented the award, saying...

If you’ve been to the website of the National Association of Planning Councils (NAPC), this language will be familiar — “Today’s councils are guided by an informed perspective on their communities’ social assets, resources, and needs.  This perspective comes from their wide and varied research and information gathering activities — the unique council asset which guides all their other actions.”  Often that research takes the form of social indicators.  Many of us have learned about the importance of social indicators from our colleagues at NAPC member organizations.

Judith Rothbaum was one of our colleagues who set the standard for social indicator work.  Judith passed away in 2007.  To honor her passion for community service and leadership in the social indicator movement, the United Way of Central Oklahoma partners with NAPC to recognize annually an individual who exemplifies professionalism and dedication to the use of social indicators for community action.  Thank you to the United Way of Central Oklahoma for providing the funding for this award.  2008 was the inaugural year.  The first recipient was Katrina Middleton, Vice-President, Information, Research and Planning at the Community Services Planning Council in Sacramento.  Like Judith, Katrina demonstrates individual excellence that not only benefits her community, but serves as an example to all of us.

For 2009, NAPC solicited nominations from member organizations.  The award committee was greatly impressed by the accomplishments of all the nominees.  NAPC is fortunate to have such outstanding individuals among our membership.  It was a difficult decision to select just one person to honor this year.  But, after collecting and analyzing the data available to us — we selected a nominee who we believe exemplifies all of the award criteria. 

This year’s recipient of the Judith Rothbaum Award is Jan Figart.  Jan is Associate Director and Senior Maternal-Child Health Planner at the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa.  Many of you are familiar with her work on The Perfect Storm.  This work is just one example of Jan’s vision and skills for how to engage and empower people to understand and use indicator data.  In nominating her, Phil Dessauer, Executive Director of the Community Service Council, wrote…

Jan’s work has been characterized by her commitment to the importance of this work, her intelligence and analytical skills, her strong work ethic and high level of productivity in completing projects, and her ability to motivate, lead and manage teams to accomplish results.  Along with technical expertise related to identifying, collecting, analyzing, and presenting social indicator data, Jan also excels in using data as a tool to stimulate and inform positive community action.  Another thing which sets Jan apart is her ability to see the big picture of the convergence and interrelatedness of many complex factors, and how one indicator needs to be understood in a broader context involving several other indicators.  She has the ability to explain this in such a way that even non-data people see the patterns and can grasp the importance.  I believe Jan Figart’s combination of perspectives, skills, and accomplishments exemplifies the unique contribution that planning councils can make in the social indicators field.  She is well qualified to be honored with the Judith Rothbaum Social Indicators Award.


 Jim Lyall Receives Life Saver Award for Disaster Work

CSC Associate Director Jim Lyall was honored with the 2008 “Life Saver Award” from Tulsa Partners Inc. on November 10th.  This award is given to a staff member of an organization for “outstanding work in coordinating community organizations in disaster planning, training and response activities.”  Oklahoma Secretary of State Susan Savage was the event’s keynote speaker.  Pictured:  Steve Penrose, President, Tulsa Partners Board of Directors; Susan Savage; Jim Lyall.

 

 

 

 

 Jim Lyall Receives Life Saver Award for Disaster Wor Jim   Governor Commends 2-1-1 Helpline

2-1-1 Helpline was presented with a “Governor’s Commendation” from Gov. Brad Henry, in recognition of service during the Crystal Darkness campaign to reduce methamphetamine production and abuse. The award was presented at the Oklahoma 2-1-1 Collaborative meeting in Oklahoma City on February 25, 2009.


 2008 "Friends of Children" Honoree:  Phil Dessauer

CSC Executive Director Phil Dessauer was honored with the “Friends of Children” Award by ECAO (Early Childhood Association of Oklahoma), the state affiliate of the NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children).  This annual award acknowledges an individual who has made professional contributions to the early childhood community on behalf of young children.  

Susan Illgen, Director of Smart Start Oklahoma, nominated Phil and presented the award.  Paige Whalen, with CSC's Child Care Resource Center, accepted it on his behalf on Friday, July 25 at the opening awards ceremony of ECAO’s Annual Early Childhood Conference.  ECAO's mission is to build leadership and support individuals committed to the needs, rights, quality care, education and well being of all young children and their families.
 

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 Child Care Resource Center Receives 2008 Nania Award

Recognizing Outstanding Work in Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness

Tulsa Partners, Inc. honored 2008 Nania Award winners at an awards banquet on June 17th at the Bernsen Community Life Center.  “Nania” is a Cherokee word meaning “all together.”  The Nania Awards were established in 2004 to recognize organizations, businesses and individuals who have displayed outstanding leadership in bringing people “all together” at the grassroots level to build disaster-resistant communities. 

Corporate honorees included the Child Care Resource Center -- "a key stakeholder in local efforts to care for the needs of children and their caregivers during a disaster. They have worked for a number of years with local emergency management on identifying the location of child care centers as critical facilities to consider in an emergency response.  They have also been active in educating child care facilities on developing emergency plans and business continuity plans, working with other entities to provide needed materials and training."

This year’s individual honoree and keynote speaker was Mark K. Shriver, Vice President and Managing Director of U.S. Programs (USP) for Save the Children.  Other honorees:  The Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) and the City of Tulsa’s Operation Power Up. 

The banquet was sponsored by Bank of Oklahoma, with additional support from State Farm Insurance.  Tulsa Partners, Inc. is a non-profit organization made up of citizen, business, and agency partners working to reduce risk and assist the community in being prepared for all hazards.  Tulsa Partners, Inc. is working to create a disaster-resistant community through public/private partnerships, citizen education and demonstration projects.  For more information, visit www.tulsapartners.org.


 CSC Courts Programs earn local and national recognition-

The 2008 Liberty Bell Award

Rose Ewing, Drug Court/DUI Court Administrator, accepted the 2008 Liberty Bell Award in May during Tulsa County Bar Association Law Week.  “Community Service Council received this award for its commitment to improving the legal system and enhancing courts that ensure freedom for many citizens of Tulsa from the bonds of addiction and mental illness.  The award is given to a person or agency providing outstanding support to the legal community.”  (Commerce and Legal News, May 9, 2008)

The National DWI Court Leadership Award

The Community Service Council congratulates Judge Sarah Day Smith (above, holding award; with colleagues; program administrator Rose Ewing is at left).  Judge Smith received the first annual National DWI Court Leadership Award at the National Drug Court Conference in St. Louis on May 29, 2008.  She was recognized for her exemplary leadership in the field since convening Oklahoma’s first DUI Court in Tulsa in 2001.  She also has headed the Drug Court since 2000.


  CSC Executive Director honored


CSC Executive Director Phil Dessauer, Jr.
was honored at the annual
Vision Dinner sponsored by the
Tulsa Community College Foundation

 

TULSA – The seventh annual Vision in Education Leadership Dinner took place Sept. 26 at Tulsa’s Crowne Plaza Hotel.

Phil Dessauer, Jr., the executive director of the Community Service Council, was honored at the dinner.  He received the Stephen J. Jatras Award, given in honor of a former member of the TCC Board of Regents who was a community leader. 

Also honored was John-Kelley Warren, who received the Vision Award.

Proceeds from the dinner are used to support students, faculty and staff through scholarships and educational programs.

The dinner is held each year in September to commemorate the college’s opening in September 1970. At that time, it was the first institution of public higher education established in Tulsa. The Vision Dinner is TCC’s largest fundraising event each year.

Tom Kivisto, president and CEO of SemGroup, is the Vision Dinner honorary chairman. Paul Cornell, Deputy CEO/COO of SpiritBank, is the Vision Dinner committee chairman.  TCC Foundation members on the planning committee include Mike Cooper, AT&T; Karen Davis, Tulsa Community Foundation; Joan Parkhurst, Paragon Films; Mary Shaw, community volunteer; and John Wiscaver, State Farm.