Community Engagement Week Recap
Dear Prince Georgians:
Last week, we celebrated Community Engagement Week. Throughout the week, we highlighted the various ways that we work to engage and connect with our community. To effectively serve our residents, we need a bridge that connects us to them. Our Office of Community Relations (OCR) works tirelessly to ensure that Prince Georgians have a voice and are connected with the various County Government services and resources that we have available.
Throughout this administration, OCR has been extremely successful in its outreach and engagement efforts, helping us connect with hundreds of thousands of residents. However, we recognize that so many of our events and initiatives are done with support from stakeholders around the County whose work helps us maintain and grow a Prince George’s County that makes all of us proud. In an effort to celebrate our internal and external community stakeholders whose service helps make this County what it is, OCR hosted the Inaugural Red Jacket Awards Luncheon during Community Engagement Week.
Red Jacket Award honorees are individuals that work hard to improve the quality of life for Prince Georgians. Every day, they wake up focused on helping someone else and making this County even better. As we address important issues in our communities such as education, inclusive economic development, or implementing other programs and initiatives that will improve the quality of life for future generations of Prince Georgians, these individuals are at the forefront of partnering with this County Government.
The Red Jacket Awards served as our opportunity to uplift and highlight the incredible service of those community members that go above and beyond and to celebrate the impact that they have made in this County. We want to thank Director Euniesha Davis and the entire OCR team for all they continue to do for our community, and for all the work they put into the inaugural ceremony.
We also want to thank and congratulate all of our awardees. The work that they do is sincerely appreciated and makes us all Prince George’s Proud. Our County’s future is brighter than we can even imagine, and the incredible success Prince Georgians see in the future will stand on the work that these individuals are doing in our communities right now. We look forward to seeing how they continue to serve and engage our communities.
Yours in service,
Angela Alsobrooks
Prince George’s County Executive
Red Jacket Award Winners
Community Business Partner of the Year
IKEA
Signature Business Partner of the Year
United Healthcare
Non-Profit Partner of the Year
DREAMS WORK
Volunteer Partner of the Year
Top Ladies of Distinction
Dynamic Duo of the Year
Michael & Venita Brown
Enterprising & Engaging Partner of the Year
Creative Suitland
Multicultural Community Leader of the Year
Norberto Martinez
Community Champion of the Year
St. Stephen Baptist Church
Standard of Excellence Community Steward of the Year
Pastor James J. Robinson
Community Watchkeepers of the Year
Yolanda Quintanilla
Proud Corp Member of The Year
Stacee Johnson
Super Senior of the Year Award
Mamie Small
Elsie Jacobs
LGBTQIA+ Advocate of the Year Award
Pria Stellmacher
Common Ownership Communities Emerging Leader of the Year Award
Delante Sharpe
Common Ownership Communities Steward of the Year Award
Andrew Holloway
Champion of Inclusion Award
Melwood
Male Mentor(s) of the Year
James Alsobrooks
Commissioner Robert Johnson
Patrick Washington
Neville Adams
Lieutenant Kwesi Dadzie
Captain Frederick Minor
Sergeant Calvin Charles
PGC311 Advocates of the Year
Kelvin Davall
Patricia Green
Champion of the African Diaspora
Vivian Kuawogai
Champions of the Latino-Latinx
Cair Coalition
Champion of the Native American Community
Piscataway Tribal Chairman, Francis Gray
Maverick Award
Reverend Tony Lee
OCR Staff Member of the Year
Walter James
PGC311 Superstars
Norman Pagan
Regina Washington
Samuel Brown
Ramatu (Tutu) Jalloh
Prince George’s County Proud Award
Ray Butler
2023 Stellar Red Jacket Award
Angel Perez-Irizarry
OCR Staff Member Honoree
Johnie Higgs
Standard of Excellence - Government Employee Award
Sonja Welborne
Internal County Government Partners
Revenue Authority
Shenica Shaifer
Latoya Whitehammond
Department of Environment
Randolph Wilson
Department of Permitting, Inspections & Enforcement
Maria Hyatt
Department of Public Works & Transportation
Michael Brown
Office of Emergency Management
Rasheed Plummer
Office of the County Executive - Government Operations
Joy Arnold Russell
Antoinette Hinds
Office of the County Executive - Communications
Anthony McAuliffe
Office of the County Executive - Stakeholder Engagement
Daphne Doyle Benbow
Office of the County Executive - Flame Keeper
David Sloan
Office of the County Executive - Capture of County Essence Award
Jackie Hicks
Medallion Winners
Sardi’s
Loretta Hinton
Mega Mart
Michelle Ross
Community Advocates for Family & Youth
Sharon Sims-Colbert
Jacob’s Ladder
Cassy Thompson
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Corporal Timothy Green
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Kelvin Davall
Kevin Durant
Wanda Durant
Neville Crockett
Margaret Sherill
Quinn Cook
Janet CookRyan Ward
The ARC of Prince George’s
Community of Hope AME Church
Chief Tiffany Green
Elouisa Guzman
Captain Latonya Hackley
Michael Atabongakeng
Chief Malik Aziz
Fountain Community
Assistant Chief Vernon Hale|
Faith Temple No. 2 Free Will Baptist Church
Director Ronald Gill
Kingdom Fellowship
Sheriff John Carr
Tree of Life Christian Ministries
Officer David Young
Prince George’s County Commission for Women
Chief Stanley Johnson
Mallory Johnson
Andrew Holloway
Carol Jones
Melissa Daston
Gwendolyn Bowman
Shirley Lathern
Mr. Landis Rush and Pastor James Robinson
 Mr. Landis Rush and Pastor James Robinson are inaugural Red Jacket Award nominees who have partnered with the County on various community initiatives. Check out this video where Mr. Rush and Pastor Robinson talk about the work they do in their communities and what being an inaugural nominee means to them.
Mr. Andrew Holloway
 Mr. Andrew Holloway is an inaugural Red Jacket Award nominee who has made significant contributions in his community through his participation with various community-based organizations. Check out this video of Mr. Holloway where he talks about the great work he does and what being a nominee means to him.
Ms. Michelle Ross and Ms. Sharon Sims-Colbert
 Ms. Michelle Ross and Ms. Sharon Sims-Colbert are Red Jacket Award nominees who partner to address issues within their community and engage and uplift their neighbors. Check out this video of Ms. Ross and Ms. Sims-Colbert talk about how they support each other and their community and what being nominees means to them.
Mr. Malachi Robinson and Mr. Kelvin Davall
 Mr. Malachi Robinson and Mr. Kelvin Davall are Red Jacket Award nominees who work tirelessly within their communities to support and assist our residents. Check out this video of Mr. Robinson and Mr. Davall as they talk about the work they do and how it feels to be inaugural nominees.
Community Engagement
 Serving as the bridge between our residents and County Government, the Office of Community Relations (OCR) works to connect Prince Georgians with the various County Government services and resources that are available. Over the last 4 years, OCR has attended more than 2,100 community meetings and events in our County, serving nearly 200,000 residents.
PGC311
 PGC311 is Prince George’s County’s one-stop call center that residents may call to get answers to questions and receive assistance with resolving non-emergency issues. Over the last four years, PGC311 has answered more than 1.2 million calls with an average response rate of 7 seconds.
Hope In Action Anti-Violence Project
 The Hope in Action Anti-Violence Project (HIA) was created in 2021 to combat violence in our communities by offering wraparound services for at-risk youth and young adults. Since its establishment, HIA has reached move than 29,000 residents through various services and programs.
Through the Office of Community Relations’ (OCR) signature programs, Prince Georgians have access to the necessary resources and information that help improve their quality of life.
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