Past winners of the David Kellum Awards are:

 

2006          Margaret Daley
                 Founder, Gallery 37 Center for the Arts

                 Dr. Phyllis Wilson and Anna White
                 Founder and Chairperson, Children for Peace

 
2005          Dr. Eboo Patel
                 Executive Director, Chicago Interfaith Youth Core

                 Jennifer Weaver
                 Director, Great Lakes PeaceJam

2004          Hands of Peace
                 Bringing U.S. & Middle Eastern teens together to broaden understanding

     Wayne Tang
     Debate Team Head Coach, Maine Township High School, Lawyer, Lecturer

     Alice Diane Johnson
     Creative Director, Modjeska Youth Theatre Company

 
2003          Sharon Kristjanson
                 Founder and President, Connecting Cultures through Understanding

     Bruce and Susan Osborne
     Foster parents of 19 years to 53 minority babies

      Christopher Zorich and Barbara Singer
     Founder/CEO and Executive Director, The Christopher Zorich Foundation

2002         James N. Allan
                Benefactor, through Rotary International, the American Red Cross, Chicago Anthropological Society,
                the Chicago Academy of Science, the Field Museum of Natural History and others

                Daisy and Wadell Brooks
    Founders and Directors of Daisy’s Resource and Development Center

    Karla Daye
    Teacher, Counselor and Mentor, The Chicago Academy

2000         Mary Gonzales
                Creator and Director, Mary’s Kids

    Lucia Norris
    President, Southeast Evanston Parents Association (SEPA)

    Phillip Jackson
    Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Young Adults in the Hood

    Ann and Dick Rundall
    President and Executive Director, Institute for the Oneness of Humanity

1999         Karen Chavers
                     Executive Director, Evanston Neighborhood Conference

                Lorelei McClure
    Chairperson of North Shore Race Unity Task Force, Founder and Coordinator of Putting Race Unity into Practice

    Leotha Stanley
    Musician, Author, Artist-in-Residence, Madison, Wisconsin Schools

1998         Mary Adams Trujillo
                Peace and Conflict Resolution Advocate and Educator

                Juliette Whittaker
                Educator, Theatre Director, Diversity Appreciation Worker

1997         David K. Braden
                Volunteer, T.V. Producer, Director and President of “Po’ Davy Talent LTD”

    Olusegun Sijuwade
                Milwaukee Department of Health

1996         Daniel Bassill
                President and Chief Executive Officer, Cabrini Connections

    James Kelly
    Founder and Director, Young People’s Network

1995         Nancy Johnstone
                Executive Director, Youth Guidance

    Dan Underwood
    Coordinator, Cabrini Green Garden Project

 
1994         Walt Whitman, Jr.
                Musical Director and President, The Soul Children of Chicago

    David Whittaker
                Director, Chicago Area Project

1993         Oscar DeGruy
                Actor, Youth Workshop Developer

    Harry Wells
    Director, Omni Youth Services

1992         B.U.I.L.D.
                Broader Urban Involvement and Leadership Development

    Mr. Paul E. Rayon
                Robbins Community Volunteer

1991         Ida B. Wells After School Program

1990         Father George Clements and Father Michael Pfleger
                Work with youth against drugs

1989        Merri Dee
               Media Personality and Victim’s Rights Worker

1988        Michael Brownstein
               RAMP Reading and Math Program

1987        Naomi Oden
               Mentor to inner city children

               Jesse White
                    State Senator and Jessie White Tumblers

 
1985        Margaret Burroughs
               Founder, DuSable Museum of African American History

               Harold Washington
                    First Black Mayor of Chicag