Press Releases:
- Urban men’s ministry leader named 2024 GIANT among Giants | Feb. 3 2024
- 2024 GIANT Award recipients include representatives from health care, ministry, business | Dec. 8, 2023
Award Recipients
![Rev. Jerry Bishop](/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed_small/public/2024-02/Rev.%20Jerry%20Bishop.jpg?itok=z5ekX-2p)
Rev. Jerry Bishop | Founder of LifeQuest Urban Outreach
GIANT Among Giants Award
![Valissa Armstead](/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed_small/public/2024-01/GIANTS_Portraits_12_2023_015.jpg?itok=q7aCxrWi)
Valissa Armstead | Senior director of diversity and inclusion at Corewell Health
The Raymond Tardy Community Service Award
![Debra Bates](/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed_small/public/2024-01/GIANTS_Portraits_12_2023_001_0.jpg?itok=Uniu_I6Y)
Debra Bates | Owner and administrator for Choice Business Systems Inc. and owner of MeMe’s Foundation Boutique
The Milo Brown Business Award
![George Bayard III](/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed_small/public/2024-01/GIANTS_Portraits_12_2023_011.jpg?itok=Loh1FLLj)
George Bayard III | Artist, owner of Bayard Gallery of Fine African American Art & Books, and executive director of the Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives
Ethel Coe Humanities Award
![Tasha Blackmon](/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed_small/public/2024-01/GIANTS_Portraits_12_2023_031.jpg?itok=5cR575wp)
Tasha Blackmon | President and CEO of Cherry Health
The Eugene Browning Medical Service Award
![Jimmy Carter](/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed_small/public/2024-01/GIANTS_Portraits_12_2023_004.jpg?itok=H6iWcyH1)
Jimmy Carter | Former head coach for East Kentwood High School’s girls basketball team
Walter Coe Public Service Award
![Jamie Gordon](/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed_small/public/2024-01/GIANTS_Portraits_12_2023_008.jpg?itok=oEIXJNcr)
Jamie Gordon | Executive director of human resources for Kentwood Public Schools
The Phyllis Scott Activist Award
![Kristian Grant](/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed_small/public/2024-01/GIANTS_Portraits_12_2023_045.jpg?itok=jG2qacne)
Kristian Grant | The first African American woman to represent Grand Rapids in the state House
William Glenn Trailblazer Award
![Rev. Charles Hudson III](/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed_small/public/2024-01/GIANTS_Portraits_12_2023_024.jpg?itok=Af6aSncT)
Bobby Springer | Associate director of Veterans Upward Bound at Grand Valley State University and director of MI GEAR UP
The W.W. Plummer Humanitarian Award
![Latesha Lipscomb](/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed_small/public/2024-01/GIANTS_Portraits_12_2023_029.jpg?itok=kXZNZODa)
Latesha Lipscomb | Director of engagement and relationships at Amplify GR
Floyd Skinner Justice Award
![Inez Smith](/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed_small/public/2024-01/GIANTS_Portraits_12_2023_018.jpg?itok=b_gbspyj)
Inez Smith | Retired teacher
Hattie Beverly Education Award
![Bobby Springer](/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed_small/public/2024-01/GIANTS_Portraits_12_2023_021.jpg?itok=AAOSZyeI)
The Rev. Charles Hudson III | President and CEO of C.H. Hudson Outreach Ministries
The H.C. Toliver Religious Life Award
![Caebre Baty](/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed_small/public/2024-01/GIANTS_Portraits_12_2023_046.jpg?itok=S09hihZm)
Caebre Baty | Cedric Ward Leadership Scholarship
![Nas Brooks](/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed_small/public/2024-01/GIANTS_Portraits_12_2023_041.jpg?itok=r_HzBdgk)
Nas Brooks | Cedric Ward Leadership Scholarship
![Rallah Cobbins](/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed_small/public/2024-01/IMG_0887%20%281%29.jpeg?itok=aki5Hmgg)
Rallah Cobbins | Dr. Patricia Pulliam College Leadership Scholarship
![Kyle Greer](/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed_small/public/2024-01/GIANTS_Portraits_12_2023_038.jpg?itok=gLwsx2F4)
Kyle Greer | Milo M. Brown Memorial Scholarship
![McKenzye Sterk](/sites/default/files/styles/media_embed_small/public/2024-01/GIANTS_Portraits_12_2023_034.jpg?itok=UGIzsoNV)
McKenzye Sterk | Milo M. Brown Memorial Scholarship