Each year the Berger-Marks Foundation recognizes outstanding young women for significant contributions to social justice and workers’ rights.

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$10,000 EDNA AWARD FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

We are now accepting nominations through 11:59 PM EDT on September 16, 2016.
Click here for the Edna Award nomination form

The Edna Award honors an outstanding young woman who has made significant contributions to social justice early in her career and whose leadership is creating and inspiring social change. The Award is named after Foundation namesake and organizing pioneer Edna Berger. The Award is open to women age 35 and under from labor unions, women’s groups, workers’ rights organizations, immigrants’ rights groups, and other areas of social justice. Each year, the Foundation awards other exceptional nominees with a $1,000 Award of Note.

$1,000 KATE MULLANY COURAGEOUS YOUNG WORKER AWARD

We are now accepting nominations through 11:59 PM EDT on September 16, 2016.
Click here for the Kate Mullany Award nomination form

In 2014, the Foundation launched the Kate Mullany Courageous Young Worker Award to honor young women, age 35 or younger, who have stood up for workers’ rights and organized their own workplaces in the face of overwhelming opposition. The award is named for Kate Mullany, an inspiring young laundry worker who, more 150 years ago, organized one of the first women’s unions when she was just 19 years old.