Recognition Awards are given out at Northwest Conference on Resettlement to celebrate and thank those who are doing exemplary work to elevate opportunities for community ‎members from refugee and immigrant backgrounds to thrive and belong.

We invite your ‎nominations of such individuals and organizations for the following awards:

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Collaborator for Success Award: Recognizes individuals for their outstanding contributions to create a connected, compassionate, and welcoming community that honors and includes neighbors from refugee and immigrant backgrounds.

Welcoming Community Award: Recognizes ‎businesses and organizations who go above and beyond to create a community of belonging, share ‎opportunities and resources that lead to collective success, and celebrate and value diversity.‎

Eligible Nominees:

Collaborator for Success: Any individual in Idaho who fits the above principles. Nominees do not ‎have to work in refugee resettlement, they could be elected officials, volunteers, public or private ‎sector employees, or individuals dedicated to serving and supporting the community. Nominations ‎may include folks who were born in the U.S. or those who relocated here through immigration and ‎refugee resettlement. ‎

Welcoming Community: Any company or organization, public or private, that has shown strong support for refugee communities in Idaho. This could be through best practices for creating ‎workspaces that value diversity, building opportunities for New Americans to contribute and thrive, ‎promoting welcoming messages in the community, and giving time and resources to community ‎well-being.

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Guiding Principles

Nominated individuals and organizations must have verifiable achievement in contributing to the ‎betterment of refugee resettlement and the lives of former refugees as reflected by one or more of ‎the following:‎

•    Demonstrated positive community involvement that improves the lives, relationships, and ‎diversity of Idaho

•    Notable contributions to improving practices, equal access, or customs to better welcome, ‎include, or serve refugees

•    Influencing laws or policies that advance refugee rescue and resettlement

•    Major accomplishments in working with groups, such as single parents, youth, or elders

•    Has created businesses and jobs

•    Brings new ideas, best practices, programs, and initiatives that greatly improve our ‎community

Thank you for your valued input! To nominate multiple people or organizations, please fill out this form as many times as you would like.