National Black Sisters' Conference
Appearance
Abbreviation | NBSC |
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Formation | 1968 |
Founder | Martin de Porres Grey |
Founded at | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
Region | United States |
President | Addie Lorraine Walker |
Subsidiaries | National Black Catholic Women's Gathering |
Affiliations | Black Catholic Joint Conference |
Website | https://www.nbsc68.org/ |
The National Black Sisters' Conference (NBSC) is an association of Black Catholic religious sisters and nuns based in the United States. It was founded in Pittsburgh in 1968 by then-Mercy Sister Martin de Porres Grey, following her exclusion from the inaugural meeting of the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus earlier that same year.[1]
Grey led the conference until her departure from religious life in 1974.[1][2]
Harriet Tubman Award
[edit]Each year at the Black Catholic Joint Conference of Black sisters, priests and brothers, seminarians, and deacons and their wives, the NBSC awards the Harriet Tubman Award to a Black sister who "through her ministry is an advocate for Black people".[citation needed]
Awardees have included:
Award year | Recipient |
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1984 | Joel B. Clarke |
1985 | Thea Bowman |
1986 | Elizabeth Harris |
1987 | Calista Robinson |
1988 | Delores Harrall |
1989 | Mary Antona Ebo |
1990 | Louis Marie Bryan |
1991 | Cora M. Billings |
1992 | Roland Lagarde |
1993 | Patricia Haley |
1994 | Beatrice Jeffries |
1995 | Loretta T. Richards |
1996 | Lucy Williams |
1997 | Patricia J. Chappell |
1998 | Anita Baird |
1999 | Jamie T. Phelps |
2000 | Roberta Fulton |
2001 | Eva Marie Martin |
2002 | Jane Nesmith |
2003 | Josita Colbert |
2004 | Juanita Shealey |
2005 | Barbara Spears |
2006 | Magdala Marie Gilbert |
2007 | Rosetta M. Brown |
2008 | Donna Banfield |
2009 | Maria G. Mannix |
2010 | Mary Ann Henegan |
2011 | Rosella Marie Holloman |
2012 | Patricia Lucas |
2013 | Gayle Lwanga Crumbley |
2014 | Barbara Croom |
2015 | Ronnie Grier |
2016 | Patricia Rogers |
2017 | Beulah Martin |
2018 | Thelma Mitchell |
2019 | Patricia Ralph |
2020 | |
2021 | |
2022 | Addie Lorraine Walker |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "A sisters' community apologizes to one woman whose vocation was denied". Global Sisters Report. 2018-01-08. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
- ^ Copeland, M. Shawn (1996). "A Cadre of Women Religious Committed to Black Liberation: The National Black Sisters' Conference". U.S. Catholic Historian. 14 (1): 123–144. ISSN 0735-8318.