These 19 impact pros won big at the second annual Social Innovations Awards

Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal hosted its second annual awards event on Wednesday night.

The Social Innovations Awards honored social impact leaders in the region across 19 categories. The public was invited to nominate and vote for honorees in the weeks leading up to the event.

Here are the first-place winners:

• Anti-Violence — Lawanda Horton-Sauter, Mission Incorporated
• Arts and Culture — Hal Real, Live Connections
• Civic Engagement — Kathleen Brown McHale, SPIN
• Community and Behavioral Health — Thea Taimanglo, Woods Services, Inc.
• Corporate — Julie Hancher, Green Philly
• Education — Jenny Bogoni, Free Library of Philadelphia (Read by 4th)
• Environment — Anna Shipp, Sustainable Business Network
• Foundation — Aarati Kasturirangan, Bread & Roses Community Fund
• Government — Aletha Akers, PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• Healthy Communities — Dr. Tyra Bryant-Stephens, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• Healthy Food and Food Access — Linda Samost, Sunday Suppers
• Higher Education — Uva C. Coles, Peirce College
• Housing and Community Development — Tina Pagotto, Bethesda Project
• Human Rights and Dignity — Oni Richard, African Family Health Organization
• Not-for-Profit— Sara L. Woods, Philadelphia Futures
• Public Policy — Karin Annerhed-Harris, The Alliance of Community Service Providers
• Race and Gender — Colleen Kelly Howard, Girls on the Run Philadelphia
• Social Enterprise — Rachel Ehrgood, Project HOME’s Art Program
• Social Mobility — Lisa Miccolis, The Monkey & The Elephant

See last year’s winners here.

2nd place in the corporate category but first in our hearts! Congrats to our fearless leader @CJacobs_BritAm on his @PSIJ award tonight! pic.twitter.com/vkXBd9eVvW

— Communally (@Communallytech) January 25, 2018