Year 2001 Recipient

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 an 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.

It was with extreme pleasure that we, the sorors of Nu Iota Omega present Soror Jewel Byrd Warren, Chaplain of Gamma Theta Omega, Tampa, Florida as the year 2001 recipient of the Robin Lynn Young Spirit Award.