ALCOAST 196/24 - APR 2024 2024 NAACP ROY WILKINS RENOWN SERVICE AWARD

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ALCOAST 196/24
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SUBJ: 2024 NAACP ROY WILKINS RENOWN SERVICE AWARD
1. The Coast Guard is accepting nominations for the 2024 National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Roy
Wilkins Renown Service Award. The award recognizes outstanding
contributions and accomplishments of Coast Guard personnel, military
and civilian, who promote civil rights and who represent the
qualities and core values of their respective branch of service.
The award is open to Coast Guard service members (active duty or
reserve) and civilian employees. Anyone within the Service can
nominate a deserving individual by submitting materials as outlined
in Paragraph 3. The award's period of performance is April 2022 to
December 2023.
2. All nominees will be evaluated according to the following
criteria:
    a. Distinguished themselves by promoting the tenets of civil
/ human rights, equal opportunity, human relations, and/or public
service.
    b. Displayed exceptional character that distinguishes an
individual as an outstanding leader, role model, or mentor by
promoting the development or advancement of all personnel,
including women and minorities.
    c. Contributed to equal opportunity for advancement based on
merit and fitness for all members of the Armed Services and
civilians, including women and minorities.
    d. Believed in and practiced the tenets of a democratic society,
including the belief that all people are created equal, and that
freedom is a right that must be protected at all times.
    e. Assisted in overcoming discrimination and eliminating
barriers that hinder equal opportunity for all members of the Armed
Services and civilian employees, including women and minorities.
    f. Supported the full integration and promotion of all personnel
to include minorities and women within the Coast Guard and civilian
workforce.
    g. Created opportunities that support and contribute to the
mentorship, development, advancement, or retention of all personnel,
including women and minorities, in government service consistent
with merit system principles.
    h. Created job or training opportunities that will support and
contribute to advancement of all Service members, including women
and minorities, in the Armed Services or civilian workforce.
3. Nominations must include the following:
    a. A signed Command cover memorandum.
    b. Award Nomination Transmittal Form - for a copy of this form,
please contact the Point of Contact (POC) in Paragraph 5.
    c. One-page narrative, not to exceed 45 lines, describing the
accomplishments warranting recognition.
    d. One-page biography of the nominee.
    e. Citation, not to exceed 12 lines, highlighting the
accomplishments of the nominee.
    f. A digital (.jpg format) head and shoulder color photograph of
the nominee.
Documents c. and d. must be in MS Word, 12-point Ariel font, single
spaced with one-inch margins. Please do not include Personally
Identifiable Information (PII).
4. Nominations must be forwarded as email attachments to the POC in
Paragraph 5 no later than May 29, 2024. COMDT (CG-00H) will forward
the nominations to the NAACP whose leadership will make the final
selections. The NAACP will notify nominating officials and awardees
of the results and the Coast Guard will announce the winners in an
ALCOAST. The winners will be recognized during the Armed Services
and Veterans Affairs Awards Reception of the 115th NAACP National
Annual Convention in Las Vegas, NV, July 13 - 17, 2024.
5. POC: COMDT (CG-00H), Mr. Edward Stoker, (202) 372-4519,
Edward.A.Stoker@uscg.mil.
6. Dr. Terri A. Dickerson, Civil Rights Director, COMDT (CG-00H),
sends.
7. Internet release is authorized.