Nominate your Seattle Globalist of the Year!

Do you know someone doing great work connecting the Seattle to the rest of the world?

Someone whose tireless efforts embody the values of the Seattle Globalist: creativity, diversity, open-mindedness, social & economic justice, humanitarianism and community development?

Help us choose the 2015 Globalist of the Year by nominating the change-maker in your community. It’s as simple as filling out this quick nomination form. (Seriously, it should take less than five minutes to fill out!)

Last year, we honored Era Schrepfer for her work with international students at the University of Washington. In 2013, Rita Zawaideh won the honor for her work serving Syrian refugees.

Who will be next? We want YOUR vote. Please help us choose the 2015 Globalist of the Year! We are accepting nominations until June 15th – make yours today!

The winner will be honored at the Globie Awards, September 26th at Club Sur. Click here to buy tickets for the most-fun fundraiser in town.

Jessica Partnow

Jessica was the founding executive director of The Seattle Globalist. She is an international radio journalist whose work has been broadcast by dozens of public radio stations, networks and programs. She has received two Edward R. Murrow Awards, regionally for her radio series Life on the Duwamish and nationally for Generation Putin, an hour-long public radio special on young people and political change in the former Soviet Union. She won a 2015 Gracie Award for her radio series on humanitarian drug trafficking. Jessica teaches journalism at the University of Washington.