CCA presents its awards each year at the Spring Conference, at the W.H.O. Award Gala on Saturday night. Most awards take nominations from any member. Each is for a different kind of work: in your chapter, statewide, for the union movement, or for equity.
Deadlines
Nominations close in March
15
Mar
Faculty Equity & Diversity Awards
20
Mar
Chapter W.H.O. Award and State W.H.O. Award
31
Mar
Statewide Advocacy Award
5
Apr
Equity & Diversity winners notified
Your chapter
Chapter W.H.O. Award
“We Honor Ours”: each chapter honors one of its own at a formal banquet on the Saturday night of the Spring Conference.
- Who can receive it: any CCA/CTA member or staff person who has made significant contributions to the chapter and the teaching profession, with a record of local leadership and advocacy. Statewide work is welcome but not required.
- Who nominates: chapters only, through the chapter president. One award per chapter.
- What to send: the form, with a statement about your recipient of about 150 words (one minute).
- Where and when: email it to Shelbie Cassella at scassella@cta.org by 5 p.m., March 20.
Statewide leadership
State W.H.O. Award
- Who can receive it: a CCA member with a distinguished record of leadership and significant contributions to CCA at the state level. Statewide work is required.
- Who nominates: any CCA member or chapter.
- What to send: the form, with a written case: the state positions your nominee has held, what they accomplished, and the difference it made for CCA members.
- Where and when: email it to Shelbie Cassella at scassella@cta.org by 5 p.m., March 20.
Building the union
Statewide Advocacy Award in Honor of John Martin
- Who can receive it: a CCA member who has supported, promoted, recognized and educated our community about the importance of unionization and its continued growth.
- Who nominates: a chapter or any member. No self-nominations.
- What to send: the form, with a 200- to 250-word essay giving specific examples of your nominee’s union activities and projects that promote unionism.
- Where and when: email it to grantsawards@cca4us.org, copying scassella@cta.org, by March 31.
- Who decides: the CCA Communications Committee. Questions go to its chair, the CCA Secretary, at secretary@cca4us.org.
Equity
Faculty Equity & Diversity Awards
Three awards, one recipient each year, chosen by CCA’s Faculty Equity and Diversity Committee.
- LGBTQ+ Award, in honor of David A. Sanchez, CTA’s first openly gay president. For faculty who have supported, promoted and educated our community college family on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer issues.
- BIPOC Award, in honor of Mary Ann Pacheco, a Latina professor at Rio Hondo College. For faculty who promote equal access and treatment for Black, Indigenous and people of color on campus.
- Part-Time Faculty Award, in honor of David B. Milroy, former CCA Secretary and longtime part-time faculty activist. For faculty who have worked to improve working conditions for part-time colleagues. Only part-time faculty who don’t hold a full-time position are eligible.
How to nominate
- Who nominates: you (self-nomination), your chapter, or any member for another member. The nominee must agree.
- What to send: the form, marking which award, with a paragraph on how your nominee has raised awareness of these issues among students and colleagues.
- Where and when: email it to grantsawards@cca4us.org, copying scassella@cta.org, by 5 p.m., March 15. Winners hear by April 5.
From CTA
CTA Higher Education Award
CTA gives this award to a CCA member who shows outstanding work in all of these: teaching, union advocacy, advocacy for the profession, inclusion, equity and diversity, and community or student engagement. See CTA’s scholarships and awards.
Questions
Check your nomination arrived
CCA staff, nominations
Shelbie Cassella