Diversity Awards

The Multicultural Forum on Workplace Diversity
Friend of the Forum and Winds of Change awards

The Diversity Awards are given to individuals or organizations who show exemplary foresight and fortitude toward workplace diversity issues.  The Call for Nominations is now open.

Submit your nomination online today! Deadline: January 20, 2012.

The Winds of Change Award is presented to 1 individual and 1 organization that:

• Has demonstrated sustained support for advancing diversity and inclusion in the workplace
• Has raised awareness of workplace diversity and inclusion issues
• Has been a catalyst for change regarding workplace diversity and inclusion and/or has impacted change within an industry, organization or local community 

In your nomination, provide a description in support of the award criteria of what has been accomplished by the nominee in major categories of diversity and inclusion such as:

• recruitment
• retention
• employee engagement
• benefits
• community outreach

Within the description, give a summary of the goals set, the actions taken and the outcomes achieved to accomplish award criteria.

Past Award Recipients
Meet the Award Artist
About the Award

   Past Award Recipients

Friend of the Forum Award:
Sue Plaster (2011)
Jim Burnett (2010)
Syl Booth (2009)
Terri Ricci (2008)
Vivian Tanniehill (2008)

Winds of Change Award:
Chaplain John Morris (2011)
Dr. Reath Clark King (2010)
Deb Dagit (2010)
Lee Butcher (2009)
Ghafar Lakanwal (2009)
Richard (Dick) Gaskins (2008) 
Eric Watson (2008)

Meet The Artist....Rabi Sanfo

My art is contemporary African art inspired by my country, Burkina Faso, and Africa in general.  Through my art, I want to share the rich and impressive history and culture of West Africa.

The shapes of my sculptures, furniture and decorative objects are inspired by words, stories, fables and situations that come into my mind, and my culture.  By the magic of bending, grinding and welding, I try to give these inspirations a form, an expression and a touch of life so when I get lost in a deep contemplation, I feel like they are living.

View Rabi Sanfo's homepage

Rabi Sanfo
Yarbi Design
1224 Quincy St NE Suite B25
Minneapolis, MN 55413
612-227-8960

   Know the Art.... Mother Earth

Sanfo says, "This piece is about global warming, wars and people not taking care of the earth. Mother Earth's spirit contemplated herself and she saw that she was wounded everywhere. She started crying and asked, 'What have you become?'''

When first seen by members of the award selection committee there was a visceral reaction to the power of Mother Earth. We saw the globe, the mother figure, the wind blowing past. Here was the world being held up, to be viewed by all, to be seen in its true light with all its flaws and sorrows. The earth was being presented to us so that we could first recognize the injustice and hurt that is present. Only then can we work to change and perfect it.