The Southern Education Foundation has honored two outstanding participants from its 2024 Southern Education Leadership Initiative with the Ginny Looney Servant Leader Award. This accolade recognizes fellows who exhibit exceptional dedication, performance, and service during their summer placements, embodying the late Ginny Looney's commitment to ethics, community service, and advancing racial equity in Southern education systems.
Blake Benton 2024 Ginny Looney Award Recipiant
As a third-year student at Eastern Kentucky University, Blake Benton spent his summer with the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence. His efforts focused on promoting enhanced educational opportunities for all Kentuckians. Benton's dedication to educational improvement and community engagement exemplifies the servant leadership qualities that the award seeks to honor. The Ginny Looney Servant Leader Award, co-founded and endowed by Looney's husband, Steve Suitts, former vice president of SEF, commemorates emerging leaders who demonstrate a steadfast commitment to ethics, community service, and the pursuit of equitable education systems in the South.
Bryan Sorto Hernández 2024 Ginny Looney Award Recipiant
A third-year student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bryan Sorto Hernández dedicated his summer to working with Every Texan in Austin, Texas. His contributions supported the organization's mission to create a state where race and ethnicity no longer determine residents' well-being, opportunities, and outcomes. Sorto Hernández's commitment to social justice and equity reflects the core values celebrated by the Ginny Looney Servant Leader Award.
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