Eva Lassman Take Action Against Hate Award

Each year, in honor of the life and memory of Holocaust survivor and educator Eva Lassman, the Institute for Hate Studies presents the Eva Lassman Take Action Against Hate Award to individuals and organizations dedicated to combating hate.  Eva was the first recipient of the award in 2009 at age 90.  

The Institute for Hate Studies is accepting nominations for the 2014 Eva Lassman Take Action Against Hate Award.  Click here for nomination information.

For more information about Eva's incredible life, see: 

• http://www.thefigtree.org/oct09/100109Lassman.html
• http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/feb/11/holocaust-survivor-lassman-dies-at-91/
• http://capitolwords.org/date/2011/02/10/E200_honoring-eva-lassman/ 

Previous Recipients: 

2013
Linda Pall, J.D., Ph.D.
World Outside My Shoes (Carl and Teresa Wilkens) 

2012
Rev. Happy Watkins, New. Hope Baptist Church
Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations

2011
Mary Stamp, Editor, The Fig Tree
Partners with Families and Children; Spokane 

2010
Dr. Raymond Reyes, Associate Academic Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Gonzaga University
Human Rights Education Institute, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho