ALCOAST 136/21 - APR 2021 SOLICITATION FOR 2021 WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN DIVERSITY AWARDS

R 051239Z APR 21
FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC
TO ALCOAST
BT
UNCLAS
ALCOAST 136/21
SSIC 1650
SUBJ:  SOLICITATION FOR 2021 WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN
DIVERSITY AWARDS
A. Recognitions Programs Manual, COMDTINST M1650.26 (series)
1. The Office of Diversity and Inclusion, COMDT (CG-127) presents
the 2021 Women's Leadership and Excellence in Diversity Awards. 
These annual awards recognize female commissioned and enlisted
Coast Guard active duty and reserve members who have demonstrated
exceptional leadership and Coast Guard Officers who have championed
initiatives to achieve, value, and manage diversity in the Coast
Guard.
2. Nominations are now being accepted for the following 
Leadership and Excellence in Diversity Awards:
    a. MCPO Pearl Faurie Women's Leadership Award (one active duty
or reserve CG enlisted member, E-4-E-8).
    b. CAPT Dorothy Stratton Women's Leadership Award (one active
duty or reserve CG Officer W-2 through O-4).
    c. CAPT Edward R. Williams Coast Guard Award for Excellence in
Diversity (one active duty or reserve Officer W-2 through O-4)
3. Please note that policy for these awards is outlined in REF (A).
4. Deadlines:
    a. Nominations for the MCPO Pearl Faurie Women's Leadership Award
and the CAPT Dorothy Stratton Women's Leadership Award must be
received by COMDT (CG-127) NLT 15 May 2021. Submit nomination
memos to the following inbox: HQS-SMB-JWLS@uscg.mil.
    b. Nominations for the CAPT Edward R. Williams Coast Guard Award
for Excellence in Diversity must be received by COMDT (CG-127) NLT
01 June 2021. Upload signed nomination memos to the COMDT (CG-127)
Awards Portal site at: https://cg.portal.uscg.mil/units/cg1/CG1.HQ/
CG-12B/awards/SitePages/Capt%20Edward%20Williams.aspx.
    c. CO/OICs may nominate one active or reserve member per
award, who has not previously received this award. Nominations
must cover the period from January 2020 to December 2020 for
the Women's Leadership Awards and from June 2020 to 31 May 2021
for the Excellence in Diversity Award. All nominations must be
submitted in memorandum format from the member’s CO/OIC, or first
O-6/GS-15 in the chain of command addressed to COMDT (CG-127).
Nominations must be no longer than three pages. If CO/OIC is
nominated, endorsement must be from the next senior command.
Sample memoranda can be found on the COMDT (CG-127) Awards CGPortal
site at: https://cg.portal.uscg.mil/units/cg1/CG1.HQ/CG-12B/awards/
SitePages/Home.aspx.
5. COMDT (CG-127) will convene a panel to select the recipients and
the selection will be announced via ALCOAST approximately 45 days
after the application deadline.
6. This message is valid until 01 June 2021.
7. POCs: LTJG Molly Sternberg, COMDT (CG-127),
Molly.E.Sternberg@uscg.mil and CDR Chaning Burgess, COMDT (CG-127),
Chaning.D.Burgess@uscg.mil.
8. Ms. Michelle R. Godfrey, Director of Civilian Human Resources,
Diversity and Leadership (CG-12), sends.
9. Internet release is authorized.