# 2022 Carter G. Woodson nominees announced

/ Published Feb. 10, 2022
COLUMBUS, Ohio, 
The Defense Supply Center Columbus named its 2022 Carter G. Woodson Award nominees this week. The annual award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the African American community in Central Ohio and the Defense Federal community. Past recipients include former Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty and Charles Tennant, the founder of Columbus’ Africentric School.

This year’s recipients will be announced during the Black History Month observance Feb. 16 live-streamed from the DSCC Operations Center Auditorium featuring remarks by keynote speaker DLA Land and Maritime Associate Alonzo Burris centered on the program’s theme “Soul Food and the African American Diet: From Slavery to Bondage.” The event begins at 1:30 p.m. and is sponsored by the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity’s African American Employment Program*(CAC-Enabled).*

#### **LANCE HUMPHREY**

2022 Carter G. Woodson Award nominee Lance Humphrey is the senior pastor for Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Mt. Zion has been part of Columbus’ historic American Addition community for more than 110 years and is a historically African-American body organized as Missionary Baptist with multiple ministries serving the needs of both its members and the community. Humphrey has been the spiritual leader for 19 years. Under his leadership, membership increased from 27 people to more than 600 and the church’s ministries saw significant expansion. Current ministries include Cancer, Erica Bell Scholarship, Intercessory Prayer, Benevolence, Hospitality, New Members, Missionary, Nurses, Men, Women, Youth, Security, Financial and Van ministries. Humphrey also hosts community meetings between the City of Columbus and residents of the American Addition to discuss renovations and infrastructure improvements to the area’s roads and sidewalks. Humphrey is credited for his commitment to building ministries on the foundation of African American community uplift as well as his personal commitment to Columbus on behalf of the African American community.

#### **BELVIA JACKSON**

2022 Carter G. Woodson Award nominee Belvia Jackson is a senior engineer working for the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, where she has repeatedly shown herself to be an excellent engineer, a dedicated member of the DLA Land and Maritime community, a strong member of the wider Central Ohio community and a role-model for those she works with. Jackson has routinely volunteered for increasingly complex work assignments and has extended herself into additional workplace programs to better herself and the organization. Jackson is a member of the DLA Land and Maritime Culture Council and has worked tirelessly to improve organizational culture and serve as a role model for younger engineers. Jackson is also very active as a community leader. In addition to volunteering with the Hilltop Community Worship Center’s Community Kitchen, she is a school board member for the Columbus Adventist Academy and a counselor with the Ephesus Panther Pathfinder Club. In her role as a counselor, Jackson mentors sixth grade children in all aspects of sound living. Jackson is also active in her church’s children’s programs and served as the children’s ministry leader for six years.

#### **SHATONNA MISSICK**

2022 Carter G. Woodson Award nominee Shatonna Missick was an accountant with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service – Columbus during the nomination period, and now works for DLA Finance. She is a proud member of several organizations supporting the local community. She currently serves as the 2nd Vice President of the Columbus Area Chapter of Blacks in Government and is the Ways and Means Chair for the Federally Employed Women’s Equalitarian Chapter. She’s involved in several mentoring and volunteer endeavors including assisting single mothers interested in attaining college degrees, coaching cheerleaders, volunteering as a Franklin County Board of Elections poll worker, serving meals to homeless and low-income families, and working with the deaf community through her knowledge of American Sign Language. In 2021, Missick was selected to serve on the Reynoldsburg Ward Boundary Commission and provide valuable community input to Reynoldsburg city officials. Missick is a 2021 recipient of the National Braxton Family Humanitarian Award for her selfless contributions in mentoring, advocacy, educational programs, and support of the disabled.

#### **ABOUT CARTER G. WOODSON**

Carter G. Woodson was an African American writer who penned many notable works including the influential book The Mis-Education of the Negro, and helped found the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. Woodson worked for the U.S. government as an education superintendent, and earned several degrees including a doctorate from Harvard University. He’s known for his work lobbying for schools and organizations to participate in a special program to encourage the study of African American history, which began in February 1926 with Negro History Week. The program was later expanded to what we know today as Black History Month. Learn more about Carter G. Woodson’s life here.

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#### **Black History Month Observance details**

In recognition of Black History Month and the Carter G. Woodson Award, the DLA Land & Maritime EEO African American Employment Program is hosting a VIRTUAL Observance Wednesday, February 16, 2022 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.  

This year’s theme: “Soul Food & the African American Diet: From Slavery to Bondage”.

The 2022 Black History Month Guest Speaker is:  Mr. Alonzo Burris, DLA Land & Maritime.

The Carter G. Woodson Community and Federal Award Recipients will be announced during the Carter G. Woodson Award program.

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