This award is set up in collaboration with the School of Education in memory of Dr Grasty Gaines (co-founder of Frederick Douglass Institute) to enhance opportunity for learning about our diverse intellectual heritage. The event is marked by a highly visible multicultural lecture and a fundraising activity for a Dr Patricia Grasty Gaines endowment fund. Previous speakers include Dr Madeleine Wing Adler (Former President of WCU), Dr Francine G. McNairy (President, Millersville), and Dr Walter J Tumbull (The Harlem Boys).