2020 Melvin Lurie Award Ceremony

This fall our annual Lurie Ceremony was unlike all previous years.  First, it was a virtual ceremony.  While the format denied us the opportunity to connect in person, it did allow many of our far flung supporters to attend.  We were delighted by how many of you tuned in.  Second, it was the first ceremony without Lois Lurie.  Meeting and connecting with Lois was a highlight of the ceremony for all winners.  We miss her deeply.

Here’s our Director John Heywood’s Welcome address:

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.