Past Honorees

2010

Dr. Betty Shabazz Award:
Farhana Khera Executive Director, Muslim Advocates

Compass Awards:
Nurah Amatullah Executive Director, Muslim Women's Institute for Research and Development (MWIRD)
Mallika Dutt Executive Director, Breakthrough

2009

Dr. Betty Shabazz Award:
Progress Theater International Touring Ensemble of Multidisciplined Performers

Compass Awards:
Blanche Foster Executive Director, Darfur Rehabilitation Project
Jacqueline Moturi Ogega Director of Women's Program, World Conference of Religions for Peace

2008

Dr. Betty Shabazz Award:
Sylviane Anna Diouf, Historian, Author & Curator

Compass Awards:
Nellie Hester Bailey Co-founder and Director, Harlem Tenants Council
Aliyah Morgan Sabah Director of Community Medicine, Brooklyn Hospital Center

2007

Dr. Betty Shabazz Award:
Ingrid Mattson, President, Islamic Society of North America, ISNA

Compass Awards:
Azadeh Khalili , Deputy Commissioner, Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs
Donna Lieberman , Executive Director, NY Civil Liberties Union

2006

Dr. Betty Shabazz Award:
Azizah Al-Hibri Founder & President, KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights

Compass Awards:
Kathleen Foster, Filmmaker
Robina Niaz, Founder & Executive Director, Turning Point for Women & Children

2005

Dr. Betty Shabazz Award:
Amina McCloud, Professor of Religious Studies, DePaul University

Compass Awards:
Rasheedah Abdul Hakeem, Islamic Wellness Institute & ICNA Relief
Adrienne Hayward James, Journalist

2004

Dr. Betty Shabazz Award:
Patricia L. Gatling, Commissioner and Chair of the New York City Commission on Human Rights

Compass Awards:
A'aliyah Abdul-Karim, Educator, Activist and Lecturer
Chung-Wha Hong, Advocacy Director, NY Immigration Coalition

2003

Dr. Betty Shabazz Award:
Ruby Dee, Activist, Actor, and Author

2002

Dr. Betty Shabazz Award:
Kadiatou Diallo, Activist