At the start of every academic year, the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement celebrates and acknowledges students, faculty, staff, and community leaders working together to make an impact in our communities.
Awards honor service, community-engaged teaching, community-engaged research, collaborative projects, advocacy, and activism from the previous academic year.
Awards have been presented since 2014. Programs from the award ceremonies from 2024 to the present are included here.
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2026 Engage for Change Awards Program
Bonner Center for Civic Engagement
2026 Award Print: Hamilton Glass
Keynote Speaker: Hamilton Glass
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2025 Engage for Change Awards Program
Bonner Center for Civic Engagement
2025 Award Print: Alfonso Pérez Acosta
Keynote Address: Taylor Scott, Founder, RVA Community Fridges
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2024 Engage for Change Awards Program
Bonner Center for Civic Engagement
Award Print
This year’s inspiring Engage for Change print was designed by Richmond artist Niyah McGee, alumni of ART 180's 2023 Atlas Artist Residency and 2024 resident artist of The Art Seen.
Keynote Speaker
Artist and emcee, youth empowerment coach, and visionary leader of The Hive, Gina Lyles leverages her lived experience to champion justice transformation. She is from Richmond and has been a fierce youth advocate locally and nationally for almost a decade. Gina previously co-directed the national cultural organizing project Performing Statistics.
