The Long Haul Awards Celebration on Saturday, May 22, 2010 featured food and award-winning California wine provided by LeVin Cellars (www.levinvineyards.com) and a silent auction.  Renowned writer/activist/speaker Tim Wise (www.timwise.org) was our Keynote Speaker and internationally acclaimed folk/bluegrass diva Kathy Chiavola (www.kathychiavola.com) provided music.

2010 Long Haul and Young Leader Awardees. Our decisions this year were especially challenging because we had so many excellent candidates -- 39 in all. We wish we could give them all an award! We decided that we needed to give out four Lifetime Achievement and four Young Leader Awards, instead of three as planned, because the votes were so close and the candidates so deserving.

2010 TAP Lifetime Achievement Long Haul Awardees
Don Beisswenger, peace activist
Gordon Bonnyman, Tennessee Justice Center
Jeannine Honicker, environmental activist
Bonnie Spear, Blakemore Children's Center

2010 TAP Long Haul Awardees
Katherine Esquivel, Justice for Our Neighbors
Sizwe Herring, EarthMatters Tennessee
Ralph Hutchison, Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance (OREPA)
Chris Sanders, Tennessee Equality Project
Carol Westlake, Tennessee Disability Coalition
Jennifer Willard, Community School of the Arts of Knoxville

2010 TAP Young Leader Awardees
Shavaun Evans, Manna/Food Security Partners of Middle Tennessee
Elias Feghali, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition
Allison Glass, Mid-South Peace and Justice Center
and a special TAP Youngest Leader Award to Cyrus Shick, Tennessee Young Democrats