Diversity Award

Purpose and Criteria for Selection:

Established in 2011 and intended to address SAA’s Strategic Priority on Diversity, this award recognizes an individual, group, or institution for outstanding contributions in advancing diversity within the archives profession, SAA, or the archival record. Nominees will have demonstrated significant achievement in the form of activism, education, outreach, publication, service, or other initiatives in the archives field. The award is given based on the long-term impact on improving and promoting diversity as defined in the SAA Statement on Diversity.

Eligibility:

Open to an individual, group, or organization. To encourage SAA member participation, preference may be given to SAA individual and/or institutional members.

Nomination Requirements:

In addition to a completed nomination form, each nomination must include two letters of support. Nominations will be accepted from any individual, group, or institution. 

Sponsor and Funding:

Society of American Archivists Foundation.

Prize

A certificate and complimentary registration for the awardee (one individual or one representative of the group or institution) to the SAA Annual Meeting occurring in the year in which the award is presented.

First Awarded:

2012

Selection Committee:

The Diversity Award Subcommittee of the SAA Awards Committee is composed of four members of the Society of American Archivists (one of whom shall be the current chair of the Diversity Committee) and one of the co-chairs of the Awards Committee (ex officio). Of the three remaining members, one shall be appointed each year by the SAA President-elect to serve a three-year term.  The senior member of the subcommittee in years of service shall serve as its chair and shall present the award during the Awards Ceremony at the SAA Annual Meeting.

Submission Deadline and Nomination Form:

All nominations shall be submitted to SAA by February 28 of each year. Download the nomination form as a PDF or RTF. Send 6 copies of completed form and supplementary documentation to:

Diversity Award Subcommittee
Society of American Archivists
17 North State Street, Suite 1425
Chicago, IL 60602-4061

Electronic submissions also are acceptable and should be sent to awards[at]archivists.org. Please indicate "Diversity Award" in the email subject line. Use standard file applications such as Word, Excel, or Adobe; attachments should not exceed 5MB.

Questions should be directed to the Chair of the Diversity Award Subcommittee.