past atta girl award recipients
Read about the 2006 Atta Girl Award Winners.
The 2007 Atta Girl Awards took place March 1st in Laramie, Wyoming, with a full-house crowd that included award presenter Nancy Freudenthal, First Lady of Wyoming, and Marie C. Wilson, founder and president of The White House Project.
2007 Vision Award:
Nicolette D. Brown, a high school student on the Wind River Reservation, was honored as an Atta Girl for continually challenging herself to expand her world. In eighth grade, Nikki qualified for the Indians Into Medicine academic medical prep program on the University of North Dakota campus, and her experience there led her to encourage others to apply. The following year, there were more applicants from the Wind River Reservation than ever before. As a sophomore, Nikki participated in the TRIO National Student Leadership Congress, traveling with other students to Washington D.C. She has also participated in Upward Bound, Eagle Whistle Youth Council, and still finds time to manage her high school girl’s basketball team. But it is her generosity in sharing all that she learns with others, encouraging them to reach high, that makes Nikki a standout.
2007 Voice Award:
Jean Jorgensen, a resident of Teton County since the late 1960’s, was honored for her unwavering contribution to community. She served on the Teton County School Board from 1978 – 1984, has been a pollster for the League of Women Voters, a Hospice Caregiver, and is a teacher of the natural world through her classes at Teton Science Schools, where she serves as an Emeritus Board member. Jean has participated in the National Geographic Genographic Project, and she also keeps track of her own four children and four grandchildren in a family that spans the Teton Range. Jean’s quiet, unwavering voice supports all people to find their own greatest nature through reflection, sharing of knowledge, commitment and mutual support.
2007 Visibility Award:
Presented to Sarah Gorin of Laramie for her longtime commitment to protecting and expanding the rights of Wyoming women and children through her writing and political advocacy. Sarah is currently the Board Chair of the Equality State Policy Center, which she helped start thirteen years ago. Sarah is an advocate for women’s and children’s rights and frequently speaks on proposed legislation affecting women and children. As Sarah herself wrote, "Change happens when people work together to achieve it."
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