Betsy and Danya are all smiles after receiving the MLK Award for founding and developing WTB.
Celebrating at the Jewish Community Foundation dinner!
The Jewish Community Center honored WTB at its gala dinner in March, 2010, with a prestigious award, citing WTB for its great community work. Many from the WTB Council were there to receive it.
WTB co-founders, Danya Wellmon and Betsy Wiggins, are recipients of the Martin Luther King Jr. Unsung Hero Award given annual at the community-wide MLK Celebration, hosted at Syracuse University’s Carrier Dome. It is one of, if not the, largest MLK Dinner in the nation. Council member Helen Hudson received the same award another year for her work with Mothers Against Gun Violence, which WTB supports.
WTB received a distinguished award from the metro Syracuse non-profit and social justice organization, Peace Action. At that time, Syracuse Mayor Matt Driscoll lauded WTB with a proclamation, commending WTB for showing that “concerned, committed citizens can build international bridges of peace from any location.”
Groups with which WTB has partnered have also received awards. See the pictures on this page related to Mothers Against Gun Violence and ProLiteracy work.
WTB members gather around Council Member Helen Hudson (back row, 3rd from right) who received a Martin Luther King, Jr. Unsung Hero Award for her work with Mothers Against Gun Violence.
Former Council member Ruth Colvin was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her pioneering work in literacy. One of WTB's early project was literacy education. White House photo by Eric Draper
