NYS Council of Churches 2022 Awards Dinner

The Seventh Annual Awards and Fundraising Dinner of the New York State Council of Churches will take place on Friday, December 9 at the Desmond Hotel in Albany. The list of award recipients is below.

A reception will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and the dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m.


Information about tickets, sponsorships and program advertisements is here. 

The awardees are: 

EXCELLENCE IN ECUMENICAL AND INTERFAITH RELATIONS AWARD 
The Right Reverend Mary D. Glasspool, Bishop Assistant, Episcopal Diocese of New York 

EXCELLENCE IN CHAPLAINCY AWARDS 
The Reverend Dr. Gideon Jebamani, Chaplain, Sing Sing and Taconic Correctional Facilities 

The Reverend James E Steward II Lead Pastor, South Bushwick Reformed Church, Brooklyn, New York Director of Pastoral Care & Education, Mount Sinai South Nassau 

EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARDS 

Union Organizing 32 BJ SEIU 

President Kyle Bragg and Secretary/Treasurer Manny Pastreich 

Affordable Housing Development 

Beatriz De La Torre Managing Director for Housing & Homelessness Trinity Church Wall Street Philanthropies 

Terri Davis-Merchant Program Director, Housing and Homelessness Trinity Church Wall Street Philanthropies 

Madelyn Thorn Executive Director Habitat for Humanity of Schenectady County 

Anti-Racism Leadership in Wake of 5-14 TOPS Shooting 

VOICE Buffalo 
The Reverend Denise Walden-Glenn, Executive Servant Leader 
The Reverend John Sullivan, Chairman 

King Urban Life Center 
Sigourney Cook, Executive Director 
Dr. Henry Louis Taylor, Chairman of the Board 

The Reverend Timothy Brown Pastor, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Niagara President, Baptist Ministers Conference of Western New York 

The Reverend Julian Cook
Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Buffalo 

The Reverend Corey Gibson Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, Buffalo 

The Reverend Tanya Spencer 
Pastor
Good Shepherd Community of Faith & Orchard Park United Methodist Church Buffalo 

Ulysees Wingo, Sr. 
Masten District Council Member, City of Buffalo 
Pastor, Antioch Baptist Church 

Anti-Racism Education and Anti-Discrimination 

The Episcopal Partnership of the Dioceses of Western New York and Northwest Pennsylvania The Right Reverend Sean Rowe, Bishop 

The Commission to Dismantle Racism and Discrimination Denise Clarke Merriweather and Susan Woods 

The Union of Black Episcopalians
The Bishop Holly Chapter 
Dr. Gabrie’l Atchison

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