2011 Recipient: Dorothea Clinton, Longtime Volunteer in the Cambridge and Somerville area
2010 Recipient: Margarida Serpa, Retired Director of the Multi-Lingual Program at the Malden School Department
2009 Recipient: Jack Hamilton, Retired Executive Director at Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS)
2008 Recipient: Virginia Simas, Volunteer at St. Anthony’s Church, Cambridge
2007 Recipients: Father José Ferreira, Pastor at St. Anthony’s Church, Cambridge
2006 Recipient: Ana Morais, Ethnic Librarian for the Cambridge Public Library
2005 Recipient: John Barros, Executive Director, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
2004 Recipient: Paulo Godinho, Lowell Community Leader and Volunteer
2003 Recipient: Ana Velasco, Brazilian Community Activist and Educator
2002 Recipient: Lowell Mayor Rita Mercier
2001 Recipient: José Maria Barros, Cape Verdean Community Activist
2000 Recipient: Maria D. Cunha, Lowell Activist, former Aide to US Representative Marty Meehan
1999 Recipient: Georgette E. Gonsalves, Boston School Department
1998 Recipient: Gladys Picanso, Lowell Community Activist
1997 Recipient: José Macedo, Attorney and Community Activist
1996 Recipient: Ligia Do Couto Taylor, Community Volunteer and former MAPS Board Member
1995 Recipient: Manuel Rogers, Jr., Community Philanthropist and Businessman
