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Awards & Recognition
Guanacaste '23 Award-October 2023
The Puddle was selected as a recipient of the Saint Ignatius College Prep Lead Listening Society's Guanacaste 2023: Transformational Listening Award. This unique Award recognizes an entity, individual, partnership, faith-based institution, non-profit, corporation, governmental organization, or educational institution that has demonstrated and evidenced leadership commitment toward advancing the transformative power of effective listening.
DuSable Museum: Dr. Burroughs Legacy Award
March 2024
Fireside Chat discussing various aspects of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Dr. Amuh was honored for her work with The Puddle Project on March 23, 2024 at The DuSable Museum. The Women's Board presented a Women's History Month Event celebrating Advocates of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Five women were honorees for The 2024 Dr. Margaret Burroughs Legacy Award.
Honorees (left to right)
O'Banion, Moderator, Jenkins, Miller, Amuh, and Freeman-Wilson
Peggy A. Montes: Unsung Heroine Award
March 2024
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Susette Lunceford, (Cook County Women's Commissioner), Peggy Montes (Founder of Bronzeville Children's Museum), Dr. Shelley Amuh, Donna Miller (6th District Cook County Commissioner)
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated:
Community Service Leader Award
Simpson Academy for Young Women Award
May 2024
35th C.F. Stradford Awards Ceremony
Feb 2025
The recognition of Dr. Shelley Amuh with the C.F. Stradford Award is significant, especially during Black History Month. It highlights the ongoing legacy of black leadership and advocacy in both the legal and community realms.
Cornelius Francis Stradford was a pioneering civil rights attorney and a co-founder of both the National Bar Association and the Cook County Bar Association. C.F. Stradford. was also the legal representative for his father, J.B. Stradford, during the Tulsa race riots. In 1921, he was the lead counsel representing African-Americans defendants, following the race riots of Tulsa, Oklahoma. J.B. Stradford was a prominent member of the African American community, serving as an attorney and as the owner of the only black hotel in Tulsa.
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