Alternatives Conference 2016
Cookie Gant and Bill Compton - LGBTQI Leadership Award
Nomination Form
Alternatives
2016 marks the thirtieth year of the Alternatives conference. This means thirty years of changing lives, sharing expertise and resources, making valuable connections, and providing leadership development. This year, we honor those who have worked hard over the years to promote recovery and helped to bring this conference to life throughout its thirty year history. We also honor and welcome those who are new to the peer movement.
Cookie Gant and Bill Compton LGBTQI Leadership Award
In honoring contributing members of our community, Alternatives have honored those who excel in certain fields. The Cookie Gant and Bill Compton LGBT Leadership Awardis rooted in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) caucusing atAlternatives conferences since 1985. From secret to official, people proclaimed theirplace of competenceand prominence in the mental health consumer/survivor civil rights movement. The award recognizes leadership in a journey of comingout to make it safe tobe proud and diverse. It was first given at Alternatives 2007 in St. Louis, inmemory of Bill Compton ofCalifornia and Cookie Gant of Michigan, who led by example when it wasn’t safeto be “out.”
Selection Process
The Alternatives Diversity Committee will receive all nomination forms by July 22, 2016, and will select the awardees based on a thorough review of the nominations.
This year we are sending the nomination form to a wider audience to gather nominations from across the country to ensure those unsung leaders are considered.
If you are aware of someone that fits the criteria for this award please complete the following nomination form and return to by July 22, 2015.
Cookie Gant and Bill Compton - LGBT Leadership Award
Nomination Form
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ACHIEVEMENTS OF NOMINEE THAT WOULD SEE THEM AS A RECIPIENT OF THIS AWARD:
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NOMINATING PERSON NAME: ______
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