About The Awards

Awards! Auction! Dinner! Dancing!

Established in 1988 and first awarded in 1989, the Honor Award recognizes people who have worked for the betterment of the LGBTI community through a single significant effort or a sustained period of transforming work. The D. Bennett Mazur Award, established in 1992 and first awarded at Honor 1993, recognizes those individuals who, at extreme risk to themselves, have nevertheless made sustained and profound contributions to transforming our society. Since it began, with these awards, the Annual Achievement Awards Banquet has acknowledged the extraordinary volunteer work done by more than 125 local activists.

NJLGC/PLF Honor 2007 Awardees Announced!

NJLGC/PLF presents:

The 19th Annual Honor Awards

Location: Piscataway Radisson Hotel
When: Saturday, October 27, 2007
Time: 6-11pm. 6-7 cocktails; 7-11 dinner and awards

This year's awardees are:

• Debbie Bazarsky, Lambertville. GLBTI activist and Director of Princeton University's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center. She has moved Princeton University to one of the top 20 university's for LGBTI students, as well as initiated New Jersey's Transgender Day of Remembrance.
• Miguel Cardenas, Jersey City. A co-founding member of Jersey City Lesbian and Gay Outreach (JCLGO). JCLGO produces Hudson County's annual Pride Festival and has organized the GLBTI community politically and socially.
• Abbe Dolobowsky, Fair Lawn. A longtime GLBTI activist. She has consistently created networking opportunities for lesbians, beginning with Amazon Autumn conferences in the 70's and 80's and Out and About hikes in the 90's and early 2000's. While not currently affiliated with any organization, she continues to maintain the Out and About website so that she can refer women to other social networking opportunities.
• Toby Grace, Trenton. A former trustee of the Trenton Gay and Lesbian Civic Association and current Senior Editor of Out in Jersey Magazine, Toby has a long history of GLBTI and HIV/AIDS activism. He is currently a trustee of the Interfaith Task Force in New York City, providing emergency shelter to homeless youth.
• Napoleon Paul Mendoza, Jersey City. A co-founding member of Jersey City Lesbian and Gay Outreach (JCLGO). JCLGO produces Hudson County's annual Pride Festival and has organized the GLBTI community politically and socially.

• Neil Mullin, Montclair and Nancy Erika Smith, Montclair. Husband and wife attorneys in Montclair, Mullin and Smith have a long history of protecting the civil rights of all New Jerseyans, including the GLBTI community. Most recently they took on the case of the male couple harassed by the Secaucus volunteer fire department.

Tickets are $95 ($85 for NJLGC members or if purchased by October 15th).