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Activist Kim Sport to receive 2017 Hannah G. Solomon Award 

The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) has selected Kim Sport to receive its top award – the 2017 Hannah G. Solomon  Award.  This award is given annually to a community leader who exemplifies the qualities of Hannah G. Solomon, NCJW founder, and has brought about significant change through their volunteer leadership.  Sport will be honored at the upcoming Hannah G. Solomon Luncheon on Monday, October 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Marriott Hotel, 555 Canal Street.

Kim Sport

“Sport exemplifies volunteer leadership that brings forth social change.  We are especially thrilled to be honoring Ms. Sport during the month of October as it is Breast Cancer and Domestic Violence Awareness month; two areas of focus that she has impacted greatly,” NCJW President Barbara Kaplinsky said. “She makes our city, state and country a better place for all.”

After retiring from an accomplished and renowned legal career in 2000, Sport started volunteering for many non-profits in the GNO area. Sport utilized her legal and persuasive skills to advocate and raise millions of dollars for a multitude of human service agencies. She has worked on ground-breaking women’s breast cancer health initiatives through her work with The American Cancer Society and the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, LA Cancer Research Consortium and the Ochsner/Baptist Medical Center. She co-founded Breastoration, an advocacy and financial assistance organization, to help women facing mastectomies. In the 2016 legislative session, Sport drafted a bill which passed unanimously to assure that health insurance providers cover every stage of a women’s breast reconstruction. has also impacted legislative change on domestic violence issues. While functioning as the first chair of the Louisiana Commission to Prevent Domestic Violence, and while still working as United Way’s Public Policy Chair, Kim worked to see over 70 provisions of law amended or enacted to provide greater protection and services to domestic violence victims and to appropriately treat and punish abusers. This work continues, not only on domestic

Sport has also impacted legislative change on domestic violence issues. While functioning as the first chair of the Louisiana Commission to Prevent Domestic Violence, and while still working as United Way’s Public Policy Chair, Kim worked to see over 70 provisions of law amended or enacted to provide greater protection and services to domestic violence victims and to appropriately treat and punish abusers. This work continues, not only on domestic violence, but also on EITC, equal pay and eradication of poverty.

Sport also made meaningful and impactful strides in the support for education and children’s rights including Jefferson Dollars for Scholars and United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council and its ‘Success by Six’ Program.

Tickets for the luncheon are $65 per person.  Reserved tables are for 8 to 10 people. Send your reservation check payable to NCJW, GNO by October 6, 2017 to Kathy Shepard, 3311 State Street Drive, New Orleans, LA  70125.  Valet parking available at $17 special event rate.  Tickets can also be purchased online here.

 

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