NBU Awards

The NBU Awards seek to celebrate and acknowledge the amazing work our NBU contributors have been producing over the past year and the former members and allies as part of our adventure. Awards will be selected in the following categories: NBU Blog Post of the Year, NBU Blogger of the Year and NBU Honorary Member Award.

NBU Blog Post of the Year. This award is given to our favorite posts shared on our website over the past year. Selection includes feedback from each NBU contributor and the main editor.

NBU Blogger of the Year. This award is given to the blogger selected by their peers as well as the number of posts written.

NBU Honorary Member Award. This award is given to NBU contributors who have left our blog over the past year.

2023

NBU Blog Posts of the Year (in no particular order):

Deferring A Dream and Deferring a Dream – Part II by Marlena Okechukwu (Minneapolis, MN)

An Ode to My Elders: On The Value of Intergenerational Connections by Lynie Awywen (Toronto, ON)

“Missing White Women Syndrome” and Invisibility by Zanada Joyner (Baltimore, MD)

We Are Not History by Mikayla Redden (Toronto, ON)

NBU Blogger of the Year: Jenny Silbiger (Honolulu, HI)

NBU Honorary Member Award:

Clanitra Stewart Nejdl (Nashville, TN)

Elizabeth Graham (Baltimore, MD)