Realizing the Dream Award Videos (Page 2)

Throughout his adult life, Rev. Wendell Paris, Sr. has been involved in a leadership capacity in a variety of organizations that promote civil rights and economic development designed to sustain communities that are typically comprised of lower-income minorities. Working with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Tuskegee, he helped to register voters and participated in direct action campaigns in Alabama and Mississippi.SHOW ME NOW

Isabel Rubio serves as executive director of the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama (¡HICA!), a nonprofit organization that facilitates the social, civic and economic integration of Hispanic individuals and families through its educational, leadership-development programs. Greatly influenced by the changes brought to her home state of Mississippi as a result of the struggle for civil rights, Rubio founded the coalition she now serves.SHOW ME NOW

Tyler Merriweather, a Holt native, is a junior in elementary education and a staff member at the Boys & Girls Club of West Alabama Inc. Merriweather’s passion is in encouraging youth not to be victims of their circumstances but to discover victories within those circumstances. SHOW ME NOW