Robin Lynn Young
Spirit Award Criteria
Prior to each Cluster II Conference, Nu Iota Omega sends notification to each chapter to submit an eligible candidate for the Robin Lynn Young Spirit Award. The criteria is as follows:
- Have outstanding leadership qualities
- Be reliable and dependable
- Have real vision and a sense of value
- Promote and demonstrate sisterly relations
- Exemplify and cultivate a spiritual sight
- Be involved in and committed to other civic organizations
- Be creative and talented
- Display a winning attitude
- Be an effective communicator
- Go above and beyond the call of duty
Robin Lynn Young Spirit Award
November 17, 1965 - July 3, 1999
The Robin Lynn Young Spirit Award is dedicated in remembrance of Robin Lynn Young. Robin was a dedicated and loyal member of Nu Iota Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.® She exemplified all the characteristics of a true Alpha Kappa Alpha woman. She had an enormous spirit. Her spirit was so illuminating and real; she inspired everyone she touched. She was a tremendous leader with vision and a sense of value. Robin modeled and promoted sisterly relations with vigor. She was creative, talented, committed to community service and possessed a win-win attitude.
Nu Iota Omega has vowed to continue the legacy that Robin left behind. We will spread her love and model her dedication to be of service to all mankind. We will take her drive and demeanor to fulfill our dreams, while making this world a better place one butterfly at a time.
Every chapter in Cluster II has someone who exudes these very special qualities and Nu Iota Omega acknowledges that special "Soror" each year during the Cluster II Conference.
Robin Lynn Young Year 2001 Recipient
Jewel Byrd Warren
Soror Michelle Taylor of Nu Iota Omega
awarding Soror Jewel Byrd Warren of Gamma Theta Omega
As an outstanding leader, everything she does hinges on her vision and winning attitude. To capture a vision fair, she sees the future leader within that person. She promotes and demonstrates sisterly relations by exemplifying and cultivating healthy spirituality by living the Christian life in response to the spirit and her relationship with God and others.
Serving admirably in various leadership levels in the community and in Alpha Kappa Alpha, Soror Jewel developed and implemented the highly successful Florida Disproportionate Minority Confinement (DMC) Initiative, a community based program designed to reduce the high level of contact between minority youth and the courts, which has been replicated in eleven (11) juvenile justice service areas in Florida. She formed a dream team of community leaders to address the issue of minority-over representation in Hillsborough County which has been presented on a national level in Lessons Learned.
