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Eleanor
Slater Award
This
award, established in 2001, recognizes a public figure that
has made a significant and sustained contribution toward the
provision of services for persons with mental illness, and
who has fought stigma by speaking out and supporting psychiatric
care and treatment. The award also seeks to encourage advocacy
for persons with mental illness. It is established in honor
of Eleanor Slater, a long-time friend to persons with psychiatric
disorders.
Eligibility
Any public
figure living or working in Rhode Island who fulfills the
above criteria.
2009 WINNER
Barbara Morse Silva, Health Check 10 Anchor/Reporter, WJAR
2008 WINNER
Reverend David Shire, Retired Full-time Volunteer Chaplain, Butler Hospital since 1991
Senior Minister Emeritus of the Newman Congregational Church in East Providence
Board Member, Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island
Recently Appointed to the Rhode Island Health Services Council by Governor Lincoln Almond
2007 WINNER
James P. McNulty, President Emeritus of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
2006 WINNER
Nicki Sahlin, PhD
2005 WINNER
Honorable Charles J. Fogarty, Lieutenant Governor, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
2004
WINNER
Charles E. Maynard
2003
WINNER
Associate Judge of the District Court Stephen P. Erickson
2002
WINNER
Representative
Patrick J. Kennedy, Representative to US Congress
2001
WINNERS
Honorable
J. Clement Cicilline, RI State Senator
Honorable Steven M. Costantino, RI State Representative
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