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The 2004 Mortensen Award 2004 Affirmation Conference, San Francisco
October 2004
The selection committee for the award is composed of past recipients. Each year, around July, a call is sent out to all Affirmation leaders, chapters and groups asking for nominations. Anyone may nominate any individual or you may even nominate yourself. The receipt of nomination letters constitutes the only people considered for the award. The award was established and intended to always be an award for service to Affirmation. This is the only consideration in the selection of the recipient. We greatly applaud those wonderful souls in our midst who also make great contributions to the gay and lesbian community at large. We especially applaud those people who have made outstanding efforts in the Mormon community through related groups such as Family Fellowship, Gamofites and others in increasing the understanding of the gay and lesbian Mormon community. But because the Mortensen Award is intended to honor only service and leadership to Affirmation, the winner is decided totally on the merits of the nomination letters received and the contributions to Affirmation as spelled out in those letters. And now on to this year's recipient. Presented by last year's winner, Ben Jarvis:
This year's Mortensen Award goes to a person who knows all about perseverance, endurance, and carrying on when there is no one else around to shoulder the load. I don't know if he remembers the first Affirmation meeting I attended in Orange County back in 1994 when I was still active in the church and trying to figure out what it meant to be a gay Mormon. I remember looking at him, hearing his stories, and realizing that there was hope for me, and that I should look forward to my emerging gay identity and embrace it; not fear it or run from it as my church leaders had told me to. For his good counsel, I will always be grateful. This year's Mortensen Award goes to a person who has taken an active role in three Affirmation Chapters across two states. Be it in Los Angeles, Orange County, or Las Vegas, he was there to serve on the Board of Directors, to publish newsletters, and handle financial matters. He has been involved in the National Affirmation organization for years; his service predates my days in Affirmation-and probably predates most of yours. He has served in every local capacity there is, and despite his personal health issues, he has always been willing to volunteer his time to make sure that things not only get done, but get done right. This year's honoree has served on the National Affirmation Executive committee and currently serves as our national treasurer. He has been a visible ambassador for the GLDS community by serving on other community organizations, both civic and gay, in his home town of Long Beach, California. I want to further add, that he has opened his home numerous times for National and local Affirmation meetings and activities. For his years of dedicated service to Affirmation; for his willingness to step up to the plate when there was no one else to do the job, and for his ability to reach out and welcome new members; it gives me great pleasure--and I am, in deed, personally honored--to present the 2004 Mortensen Award to Brother Mike Miner. |
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