EAPD confers 2 main annual awards along with an occasional special recognition.
Heart and Soul Award Winners
2023
Reverend Richard Estrada
Cerise Castle, Journalist
Alicia Harris, Teacher
2022
Elen Asatryan, Glendale City Councilmember
Carlos M. Montes
Tracy Abbott Cook
2021
Barbara Ferrer
Al Ballesteros
Member of Congress Karen Bass
2020
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice (EYCEJ)
Member of Congress Judy Chu
Malcolm Johnson
2019
Dr. George McKenna, L.A. School Board Member
State Senator Anthony Portantino
Ana Guerrero
2018
Angélica Salas
Former California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno, Esq.
Member of Congress Adam Schiff
2016
Mitch O’Farrell, L.A. City Councilmember
Irma Muñoz
Bret Graham, Esq.
Educator of the Year Award Winners
2023
Alicia Romero Pérez, elementary teacher, City Terrace.
2022
Cheryl Ortega, bilingual educator, Los Feliz and Echo Park along with other Eastside neighborhoods.
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2021
Julie McManus, high-school teacher, Eagle Rock, and Downtown L.A.
2020
Andrea García, librarian, Glassell Park.
2019
Koreen Cea, elementary teacher, Eagle Rock, and Cypress Park.
Special Recognition
Force of Nature Award (2019)
Hans Johnson
Good Trouble-Maker Award (2014)
Jackie Goldberg
