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Awards/Press
The Love life Foundation has garnered widespread recognition, including:
Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon 2025
Community Service Award, Monarch Lodge 73 2025
Lifetime Community Leadership Award 2025
Brother of the Year, Brother to Brother 2024
Multi-Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame Inductee 2024
The Studio City Film Festival, Donald E. Lacy, Jr. Social Justice Award 2018
Theatre Bay Area Legacy Award 2017
East Bay Times: The meaning behind Oakland's new motto "Love Life" 2017
Entering Oakland signs bearing ; “LoveLife” on them unveiled
City of Oakland adopts the motto “LoveLife” 2016
Champion of Community Award Bayview Newspaper 2012
Artist By Design Broadcast Journalism Award 2010
Community Service Award, The American Red Cross, 2007
101 Black Men making a Difference, Black Business Listings,2007
Angel Award, Take Wings Foundation 2006
Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, Barbara Lee, U. S. Congress, 2006
Certificate of Honor, Mayor Gavin Newsom, City and County of San Francisco 2006
Certificate of Recognition, Assemblyman Mark Leno, California Legislature, 2006
Best of the Bay Community Organization, City Flight Magazine 2006
Best Community Support Award, Lowell Middle School, 2006
L A Stage Alliance Award Nominee, 2006
Dean Goodman Best Actor Award 2004
Avanti Foundation 2003 MAGIC Award recipient
Best Talk Show Host Award 2003, East Bay Express Newspaper
10 Most Influential African Americans in the Bay Area Nominee 2003
Healthy Oakland, Father of the Year recipient 2003
Martin Luther King, Jr. Peacemakers Award 2001
Proclamation from Congress by Congresswoman Barbara Lee, 2000
New American Community Award, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, 2000
Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Award 1999
Bay Area Cable Ace Award 1999
National Public Television Award 1999
