{"id":52376,"date":"2017-10-24T14:33:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T19:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=52376"},"modified":"2023-05-10T15:44:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T20:44:01","slug":"first-love-kindness-award-goes-jacarrie-carr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/first-love-kindness-award-goes-jacarrie-carr\/","title":{"rendered":"First \u2018Love Kindness\u2019 Award goes to Jacarrie Carr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Robertson saw a need for honoring kindness as part of a university education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou see awards for literacy, for athletics, for acting, but they don\u2019t have awards for kindness,\u201d said Robertson. He decided to change that by establishing the \u201cLove Kindness\u201d award, given to a School of Education student who exemplifies how to treat others and build a better community.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52380\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52380\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52380\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/10\/carr300x200-20171020_IMC_EH_0023-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Carr and Robertson stand in front of the UWM Panther.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacarrie Carr (left) stands with Mike Robertson, a minister who created an award that rewards people who act with kindness. Carr is the first recipient of the award. (UWM Photo\/Elora Hennessey)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Established in the fall of 2017, the first award of $1,000 went to Jacarrie Carr, a graduate student in cultural foundations of education. Carr established a shoe drive for children four years ago when he was a junior. In addition to running and expanding a nonprofit organization, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacarriekicksforkidsmke.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacarrie\u2019s Kicks for Kids<\/a>, Carr has organized other fundraisers, a toy drive for children and efforts to raise awareness of issues like breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson, is an ordained minister, and was a minister of community outreach at Community Baptist Church in Milwaukee. He is married to Emily Robertson, a UWM alumna, and both have become active supporters of the university and the School of Education since moving into the UWM neighborhood several years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The name \u201cLove Kindness\u201d comes from a passage in the Bible\u2019s Book of Micah, Robertson said, which advises that what the Lord requires of people is to \u201cdo justice, love kindness and walk humbly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of your life, when people speak about you at a memorial service, they will be talking about how you treated others,\u201d said Robertson.<\/p>\n<p>He sees the award, which he said he and Emily plan to make at least annually, as a positive approach to offset the need for anti-bullying campaigns. \u201cThose are all well and good, but developing kindness is also an important part of education.\u201d He established a similar award at Piedmont College in Georgia 10 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Carr, who plans to graduate in May 2018, said he was amazed and grateful to receive the first award. His eventual goal is to establish a center to help young people, and continue to help improve the community.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/education\/2016\/10\/15\/uwm-students-giveaway-spurs-nonprofit-help-kids\/92073624\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a> a year ago: \u201cI don\u2019t want to just help others once in a while and then I\u2019m gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe committee knew right away that Jacarrie was the perfect choice for this award,\u201d said Rob Longwell-Grice, recruitment and scholarship coordinator for the School of Education.\u00a0\u201cHis selfless behavior towards others in the community is commendable and deserving of recognition.\u00a0There is no doubt Jacarrie will be doing great things when he graduates from UWM.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cYou see awards for literacy, for athletics, for acting, but they don\u2019t have awards for kindness,\u201d said Mike Robertson. 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