The Lorde Social Justice Award

Presented to students who have demonstrated a strong dedication to social change for the Ithaca College and local community through various platforms, projects, or initiatives.

The Namesakes: Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde was a self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet”.  Her radical feminism informed her poetry as well as her prose. Her extensive work on marginalization and the complexity of self-hood made her a foundational theorist for intersectional feminism.

Award Recipients

Current and Past award recipients along with their majors. Congratulations to all our awardees!

Johani Amezquita Argueta, Speech Language Pathology/Audiology

Leena Asim, Finance/Accounting

Umu Barry, Health Science; Concentration in Pre-medicine

Destiny Carrion, Advertising Public Relations Marketing Communications

Zhannz Gomez, Film, Photography, & Visual Arts

Richard Martin, History/Politics

Jesus Noriega, Business Administration; Concentration in Marketing

Henry Suzuki, Film, Photography, & Visual Arts

Manuella Asare, Speech Language Pathology/Audiology

Olivia Celenza, Writing for Film, TV, and Emerging Media

Ashanti Ford, Sociology/Psychology

Angela Russell, Film, Photography, & Visual Arts

Caleigh Clarke, Sociology

Ana Cristina Rabines, Theatre Arts Management

Jolivia Asha-Loy Dhameeth, Philosophy

Makiyah Armani Adams, Culture & Community/Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

Olivia Carpenter, Business Administration

Sebastian Chavez, Politics

Hana Cho, Justice in Education & Educational Policy

Cassandra Logedo, Integrated Marketing Communications

Cyepress Rite, Queerness & Black Identity Politics

Amir Tazi, English

Alexis Davis, Journalism

Coutney Long, Musical Theatre

Josie Manucha, Politics; Concentration in International Studies

Alexander Paredes-Ruiz, Theatre Arts Management/History

Vanessa Quintano, Psychology/Communications Studies

Jada Boggs, Theatre Studies

Calissa Brown, Anthropology

Emmanuel Candelario, Sociology

Devon Morris, Clinical Health Studies/Physical Therapy

Alexander Perry, Sociology