{"id":2777,"date":"2026-10-24T07:32:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T07:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/awards\/best-practices-award-2\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:52:26","slug":"distinguished-older-advocate-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/southerngerontologicalsociety.org\/sgs\/awards\/distinguished-older-advocate-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhoda Jennings Distinguished Older Advocate Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2777\" class=\"elementor elementor-2777\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0d52a0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e0d52a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3109498 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" 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Massey<\/li><li>2022 &#8211; Brian LeBlanc<\/li><li>2021 &#8211; Rita Chow<\/li><li>2020 &#8211; Helen Mack<\/li><li>2019 &#8211; Bob Blancato<\/li><li>2018 &#8211; Althea Taylor-Jones<\/li><li>2017 &#8211; Mary Bethel<\/li><li>2016 &#8211; Richard W. Lindsay<\/li><li>2015 &#8211; Bill Lamb<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-456aebe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"456aebe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a2c0d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a2c0d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>2013 &#8211; Evelyn Newman<\/li><li>2010 &#8211; Betty H. Wiser<\/li><li>2009 &#8211; Austin Curry<\/li><li>2008 &#8211; Mary M. MacKinnon<\/li><li>2007 &#8211; Ann Johnson<\/li><li>2006 &#8211; Wilson Wong<\/li><li>2005 &#8211; Judy and Byron Thames<\/li><li>2004 \u2013 David Levine<\/li><li>2003 &#8211; Mary Ellen Cox<\/li><li>2002 &#8211; Mary Casey<\/li><li>2001 &#8211; Virginia Bell<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c645c0c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c645c0c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a668f45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a668f45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>2000 &#8211; Dorothy Rose Crawford<\/li><li>1999 &#8211; Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter<\/li><li>1998 &#8211; Pauline Gore<\/li><li>1997 &#8211; Stanley C. Walker<\/li><li>1996 &#8211; Daisy L. Bates<\/li><li>1995 &#8211; Florence L. Price<\/li><li>1994 &#8211; Betty Friedan<\/li><li>1993 &#8211; Georgia R. Duggins<\/li><li>1991 &#8211; C. Colburn Hardy<\/li><li>1990 &#8211; Margaret H. Jacks<\/li><li>1989 &#8211; Eleanor Richardson<\/li><li>1987 &#8211; Rhoda Jennings<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhoda Jennings Distinguished Older Advocate Award General Criteria (Must be completed for all nominations) Nominee must have demonstrated evidence of significant service to SGS. Nominee must have demonstrated effective advocacy for and\/or leadership among older adults in the Southern region. 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