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Jallow Award Recipients
Posted on Thursday May 11, 2006
The Raymond Jallow Awards for Public Service are presented to two deserving candidates whose commitment to public service reflects the life of the Awards’ namesake. Two $500 grants are given annually to students and adults who are actively involved in or plan to participate in public service. Examples of activities include preparing for foreign service, clerking for a judge, running for office, and specializing in public administration.
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2006 Awards Recipients
Cherine Foty
Cherine Foty from the University of Michigan is a student of Political Science, Anthropology and Spanish. Cherine hopes to attend Law school when she graduates and complete a joint law degree and PhD in Public Health. She works at the Center for Political Studies at the University.
Toufic Zakharia
Toufic Zakharia works in the Florida State Attorney’s office in the Domestic Violence Unit as a Victim Witness Counselor. As a student of sociology and political science at the Florida International University, Toufic hopes to pursue a career in public service and in the legal field allowing him to contribute to the community of Miami-Dade.
2005 Awards Recipients
Sarah Ihmoud
Sarah Ihmoud’s dedication to the Arab-American and Hispanic American communities is evident through her countless achievements, recognitions and positions held within various public service organizations. Her enthusiasm for societal unification and racial tolerance proves that her future contributions to society will be meaningful and relevant. Sarah’s principles of hard work through public service and the importance of transcending racial prejudices seem to be an embodiment of Jallow’s own principles. Sarah is currently studying for her B.A. at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville New York. Her academic success is exceptional and covers various awards. She has served as a volunteer on various community service trips to the U.S./Mexico Border, as a participant of the Community Service and Social Justice Trip to Nicaragua.
2004 Awards Recipients
Moose Scheib
Moose Scheib grew up in Beirut, Lebanon during the height of the nation’s civil war and immigrated to the U.S. as a child, an experience that he cited as having had a profound effect on his professional, academic and personal experiences. He hoped to use his education and career to contribute to and spread awareness of the Arab-American community in the United States. Moose planned to use his law degree to combat injustices and misconceptions, both locally and abroad. Moose’s determination to serve others by protecting their lawful rights made him a clear reflection of the teachings and achievements of Raymond Jallow. Moose received his B.A. in economics and management from Albion College in Albion, MI, where he graduated cum laude. He then attended Columbia Law School in New York, New York. Moose has also served as an intern for Justice Michael J. Obus on the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
2002 Awards Recipients
Jennifer Behnam
Jennifer Behnam dedicated countless hours to her passion for public service. She served as a volunteer for the Foster Care Review Board in Jacksonville, Florida where she studied cases surrounding abused children in the foster care system. She also mentored children on a weekly basis for the BIGS in School Program and planned and organized events and funding for the Big K.I.D.S. Club. Jennifer demonstrated her belief that it was important to improve society by nurturing its children, and her personal contribution to her community’s children reflected that ideal. Her commitment to public service, especially children, echoed the lifetime service of Raymond Jallow. Jennifer received her BA in Psychology from the University of North Florida where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. She also attended the School of Social Work at Florida State University. Jennifer has also worked as an investigative intern at the Public Defender’s Office, as a Mental Health Associate at the Behavioral Health Center and as a Case Manager for the I.M. Schulzbacher Center for the Homeless.
Charles Edward Kiamie, III
Charles Edward Kiamie III hoped to neutralize tensions between the Middle East and the United States and demonstrated his ability to contribute to that desire through his education and volunteer efforts, and personal publications. Charles’ dedication to the enrichment of society through political understanding, honest governmental policy and public service demonstrated that he was a qualified recipient of the Raymond Jallow award for public service. Charles received his B.A. in Middle Eastern Studies, M.A. in Arab Studies with a concentration in politics, and a Ph.D. in Government from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He conducted extensive research during his education process. Examples of his research include working as an intern in the Public Relations and Information Departments of the Embassy of Lebanon and as an honors intern for the Federal Trade Commission of the Bureau of Competition. Charles boasted fluency in Arabic and worked both for the Arab American Institute and the Arab American Institute Foundation. Charles had also been published in Columbia’s newspaper and wrote, Personal Philosophy as Public Policy: Charles Malik’s Ideology and the 1958 Crisis in Lebanon.
2001 Awards Recipients
Angela Farida Migally
Angela’s commitment to the improvement of society through her public service work in America and the Middle East immediately set her apart from other leaders. Her work experience and career goals clearly reflected her firm commitment to public service. Angela received her BA in Politics and Economics from Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. She worked as a marketing director for a structure and develop affiliate program for Majisa Inc., and as an author of executive summaries for the Social Planning Analysis and Administrative Consulting in Cairo, Egypt. Angela also interned at the National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives and as a Press Relations intern at the Arab American institute. Furthermore, she worked in the equal housing department of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission.
