Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza Sponsors

We would like to recognize the following sponsors for their support of the Sojourner Truth Statue efforts.

Sponsoring Organizations

Million-Dollar Sponsors ($1M and Above)

United Way of Summit & Medina

Visionary Sponsors ($250,000 – $999,999)

Akron Community Foundation
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
County of Summit
City of Akron

Trailblazer Sponsors ($100,000 – $249,999)

GAR Foundation

Presenting Sponsors ($25,000 – $99,999)

The Ruhlin Company
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
League of Women Voters of Akron and Hudson
Zeta Theta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Akron Children’s Hospital
Alpha Phi Alpha Foundation of Akron
Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
FirstEnergy Foundation
First Congregational Church of Akron
The Burton D. Morgan Foundation
Lisle M. Buckingham Fund & Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs Fund
Community Action Akron Summit
Synthomer Foundation
Westfield Insurance
Akron Urban League

Foundational Sponsors ($10,000 – $24,999)

Akron Summit Community Action Inc.
Huntington National Bank
PNC Foundation
Akron Summit County Public Library
Summit County Historical Society of Akron, Ohio
Women’s Interfaith Spirtual Heritage (WISH)
Akron Public Schools
AMP Strategy
State & Federal Communications, Inc.
The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation
GOJO Industries
Energy Harbor Corp.

Supporting Sponsors ($5,000 – $9,999)

The Glauberman Family and Malco Products, Inc.
Community Response Fund for Nonprofits Fund of Akron Community Foundation
Advocating Sponsors ($1,000 – $4,999)
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Akron Alumnae Chapter
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland Clinic Health System
Minerva Fund Akron
Lake Erie Women’s Huddle
from Charles Schwab, IRA
Kent Area Chapter of Links, Incorporated
Akron NAACP
Stewart & Calhoun Funeral Home Inc.
S&T Bank
KeyBank
Sikich LLP
Vernon L. Odom Fund of Akron Community Foundation
EarthQuaker Devices
Ready To Work Services, Inc.

Sponsors ($1 – $999)

XI CHI Chapter of OMEGA PSI PHI
The Pearl Foundation
Mercedes Neighborhood Tavern
The Wilson Fund and Womens Association of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron
Stifel
Unitarian Universalist Women’s Association of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron
UWOW United Baptist Church, Women’s Ministry
Kent League of Women Voters
Charles Schwab
Buchtel High School, class of ’55
Hudson Heritage Assn.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Zeta Alpha Chapter
Summit County Progressive DEM PAC
Saint John Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron
Excel HR Consulting, LLC
Serve the People Akron
Kindness Charitable Giving Fund
Margaret’s Massages And More

Sponsoring Individuals

Presenting Sponsors ($25,000 – $99,999)

Anonymous
Karen and Glenn Leppo

Foundational Sponsors ($10,000 – $24,999)

Holly & Steve Wilt
Anonymous
Anonymous

Sponsors ($1 – $999)

Marissa Norwood
Charles Wright
Mary L. Wright
Morell Mendiola
Ms. Lisa King
Jessie & Sean Coffey
Arrye Rosser & John Fitzpatrick
Susan Locke and Bob Kerper
In honor of Cheryl King
Sandra F. Selby Fund
Ms. Sarah Vradenburg
Arrye Rosser & John Fitzpatrick
In honor of The Great Women of the Marquee 33
Dawn Stiggers-Ferguson
Lisa Wheeler-Cooper
Chatman-Mullins Family (OH, NC, TX)
Tracy L. Carter
Tracy Carter
Phyllis Knepper
Susan Locke
Rosanne Winter
Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. King
Dana K. Lagarde
Phyllis Lewis
Tracey Lane
Gloria Irwin
Mary & Richard King
Torey Tolson
Ms. Carol O’Connell
Carol O’Connell
Margaret Olds
Ms. Gloria J. Irwin
In memory of Eleanor Rose Simon
Judge Linda Tucci Teodosio
Hazel Malone
Dr. Danielle Renee Thomas
Angela Vauss
Margaret Olds
Charles & Jacqueline De Bose
Adrian Roberts, Barbara Allen, Chintere Ekechi, Simona Hall, Stacey Rice & Bethany Lee
Mr. and Mrs. David A. McCaughey
Ms. Nancy S. McGrath
Ms. Amy Milsted
Ms. Julia R. Bianchi
Sandy & Jeff Naragon
Ray & Tanya Dunkle
William and Angela Lowery Family Fund
Mrs. Pamela Hickson-Stevenson
Mr. James Borchert
Ms. Corliss Whitaker
Mr. Brian Harte
Dr. LaToya and Michael Coffey
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony King
Bernett Williams
Lisa Bennett
Maura McCaughey
Nancy McGrath
Amy Milstead
Ms. Constance Rubin
Traci Buckner
Pamela Valentine
in honor of Maxine Blake
Terry & Catherine Hunt
Ms. Christine A. Driver
Ms. Sara Finan
Mr. Jeff Fusco
Ms. Kathleen Gerrard
Ms. Mary K. Grau
Ms. Paula Christ
John & Beth Boggins
Ms. Linda Moll-Bergstrom
Jill Bacon Madden and Finn Bacon Madden
Ms. Caroline Massie
Mr. John F. Hill
Angela Carter
Angela Malone
Anita Davis
Annalisa Williams
Joyce Finley-Johnson
Cara Ford
Carla Jackson
Carolyn Felton
Charla Martin-Bloodsaw
Claudester Stephens
Colleen Curry
Cynthia Bell
Cynthia Blake
DaNelle Dent
Deborah Grimes
Debra Sommerville
Diane Miller Dawson
Ericka Burney-Hawkins
Eudora Graffaree-Robinson
Evelyn Stewart
Felicia McMiller
Gwen Moss
Harriet Smith
Horace St. John Stewart
Jacqueline Jackson
Jacqueline Silas-Butler
Janie Foshee
Jeannie Cochran
Jessyca Blake
JoCarol S Franklin
Johnnette Curry
Joyce Anderson
Kendra Wilson
Lateesha Black
Lee G. Reasor
Linda F. R. Omobien
Lisa Milbry
Lori Alamin
Marcia Evans
Margaret Roberts
Marilyn Paulk
Mary Outley
Morgan C. Greene
In honor of Gladys Henderson
Nechelle Grant
Patricia Wicks
Quinnie Lane
Robbie Connelly
Rochelle Brown Hall
Rose Skinner
Rosie Chatman
Rownia Watson
Sandra Shaw
Shalonda R. Lewis
Sharon Boykin
Sheba Marshall
Simona Hall
Stacy Haslam-Price
Stacy Rice-Buckley
Sylvia Thompson
Tanya Lundy
Tavia Galonski
Teri Shavers
Traci & Cecelia Lewis
Vanessa Nichols
Veronica Suber
Wilma C. Reasor
Ceteria Williams, Tonya Block, Towanda Mullins, Tanya Watson, Connie McNeil & Carla Pleasant
Christine A. Driver
Kathleen M. Gerrard
Mary K. Grau
Cathy & Terry Hunt
Ardith & Bill Keck
Kimberly B. Wilson
Sarah DeBolt Badawi
Ms. Barbara Massie
Ms. Sarah A. Sawaya
Mr. and Mrs. Don Cybulski
Ms. Nancy Walker Gerbetz
Isaiah Allison
Ms. Felisha Gould
Kimberly Huff
Candace Jones
Tiffani Nevels
Dayna Stewart
Stancy Sykes
In memory of Monique Bradley (Donation in support of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Zeta Theta Omega Chapter)
Cindy Christman
Don & Kathy Cybulski
Mr. and Ms. Sean M. Miller
Dr. Leah Shaw
Ms. Becky Giles
Vera Johnson
Drs. Sandy & Mark Auburn
Joyce Dyer
Rose Zwolinski
Louise Kuhns Harvey
Jean Hansen
Kathy D Chuparkoff
Judge Jennifer D. Towell
Ms. Teresa E. Peake
Mr. Jon Fiume
Ms. Paula Merrell
Ms. Kathy Dubose
Ms. Alicia Townes
Ms. April Jefferson
Mr. Jeffrey Yatsu
In memory of Geneva Lewis
Ms. Brandi Davis
Ms. Kathy Ress
Mr. William Hergenrother
In honor of Meighan, Fiona and Amelia
Ms. Carol DiMauro
Ms. Laura Jaques
Maurus & Susan Kosco
Ms. Mary Baldwin
In honor of my family: Luise Schwabe, Linda Starberfield, Nancy Miller, Vicki Roher, Angela Fluray
Ms. Laura Walker
Mr. and Mrs. William Melver
John Christy Ramsey
Rita Coriell & Linda Jane
Mr. Robert M. Gippin
Mr. James Lemons
Mr. and Mrs. David Dorson
Mr. and Mrs. John Kralik
Steve & Conni Wagner
Mrs. Laura Hunsicker
Ardith Keck
Ms. Arrye Rosser
Ms. Kathleen R. Battaglia
Ms. Laurel Winters
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Jopperi
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Selden
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Duncan
Ms. Kathryn J. Brown
Nellie & Bill Booth
Todd & Nina Lane
Mrs. Valerie McKitrick
Mrs. Louise Kuhns Harvey
Nick & Ruthie George
Ms. Heather Lanfranchi
Ms. Lori Behrendsen
Ms. Brenda Hite
Mr. Bertsch Slocums
in honor of Theresa Carter
Norma J. Rist, CEO Consulting Inc.
Steve & Jane Schloenbach
Ms. Margaret Williams
Michelle Wilhelm Gasser
Bruce & Ann Rowland
Ms. Mary Ellen Wynn
Ms. Laurie A. Curfman
In honor of Ann Duff.
Ms. Pauline J. Persons
Ms. Elizabeth Bartlett
Mrs. Mary A. Armbruster
Mr. Michael Stocker
Mrs. Susan L. Golden
Ms. Sherrie Weitzenhof
Mr. Alan Carson
Mrs. Margaret R. Payne
Ms. Gloria J. Irwin
Ms. Jane Hudak
Ms. Danielle Powell
Ms. Victoria L. Myers
Judges Thomas & Linda Teodosio
Mr. Robert Buerglener
Ms. Cynthia M. Mullins
Ms. Devyani Cox
In memory of Rose Jeannette Ryan Foye
Ms. Sally Gutierrez
Ruth Benson Scott
Catherine S. Bentley
Dr. Tami Bolder
Yolanda Bradford
Dr. Cynthia F. Capers
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Caywood
Ayesha Cotton
Glenn Daniels
Dr. Flora N. Dees
Angela Dinkins
Ms. Felecia Douglas
Wilma G. Fenner
Crystal Gary
Mary Gary-Stephens
Deborah Gordon
Willie Belle Hamilton-Pearson
Lynette Haslam Haslam
Carol A. Hill
Katrina Jackson
Michele Y. Jackson
Cassandra Johnson
Constance Jones
Courtney Jones-Hunter
Annette Renee King
Billi Copeland King
Lannetta Knotts
Demetrius Lambert-Falconer
Renee Le Grair
Tayler Le Grair
Tristyn Matthews
Lula Pittman
Anita A. Rankin
Carletta Ray
Loucelia Roy
Ruth Benson Scott
Stephen C. Shaw
Cathy Stephens
Tonya Thomas
Dionna Walling
Kimberly A. Wheeler
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip G. White
Camille Davis
Carman Evans
In Loving Memory of Shawnique Moore’s mother
Franchell Riley
Francine Blake
Ingrid Owusu, ZA Soror
Joann Harper
Ingrid Owusu
Brenda Sims
Myra Snipes
Patrice Henderson
Shawnique Moore
Towanda & Marilyn Mullins family
Kathleen R. Battaglia
Nellie Booth
Kathryn Brown & Richard Klosterman
Cindy Christman
Laurie Curfman
Beverly A. Dorson
Kathryn B. Duncan
Laura Jaques
Melanie Johnson
Mary Ann Jopperi
William S. Jordan
Nancy Kralick
Nina Lane
Ginny Melver
Towanda Mullins
La Sonya Myers
Joan H. Seldon
Linda Tucci Teodosio
Sherrie Weitzenhof
Laurel Winters
Erma Albergottie
Patricia Bouch
Doris Walker
Debra Shutts
Patti Verde and Linda Krasienko
Ms. India A. Kaczmarek
Nancy Weiner
In honor of Claire Doran Stancik, Patricia Hargrave, Kay Stancik, Katie Hanson and Charlotte Hanson.
Ms. Barbara Besuner and Ms. Barbara Prociak
Erika & Fred May
Judith Harrison
Sandra J. McClain
Debra Hirshberg
Selma Keener
Jean Hanson
Ms. Erica Bronner
In memory of Annie Payne
Erica Bronner
Tiffany Collins
Christine R. Curry
Keli Greene
Dreajean Washington-Brown
Veeda Edwards
Jeanine Racano
Michele Sandridge
Rachelle Yarbrough
Kathryn Wills
Kurt Weitendorf
Deborah Belintani Rosa
Shelley & David Koch
Towanda Mullins
Laura Biddle Clarke
Marcie Ebright
Emily Snyder
Dr. Kimberly Salter
In memory of Amy Price Isaacson
Ms. Joy Wendzicki
Mr. Joe Toris
Mr. Sean Roberts
in memory of Maxine Blake
Ms. Tina Stinson-DaCruz
Dr. Andre Harper
Ms. Sharon Horwitz
Ms. Karen Kea
Mr. Dave Fulton
Mr. Mark Biris and Ms. Rosanne Thomas
Ms. Jerni Edlen
Chuck & Pam Reitz
Mrs. and Mrs. Amy Tatnall
In memory of Annie Payne
Ms. Marguerite Erme
Ms. Nancy Treichler
Mrs. Jody Konstand
Ms. Jan Weaver
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Swedenborg
Ms. Barbara Ague
Richard & Jeanne Bardoulas
Ms. Susan Babb
Judge Kelly McLaughlin
Ms. Carla Chapman
Ms. Thenice Gall
In memory of Kathryn Zahniser
In honor of Zoe Orcutt
Mr. Dominic Morber
Ms. Tennille Craig
Ms. Marta J. Hansson
Brice & Christine Harris
Mrs. Lisa Woods
Ms. Susan Wolak
In honor of Barbara Feinberg
In honor of Nancy Brower
Dr. Kathleen L. Endres
Ms. Lynne Van Nostran
Ms. Sherry Wilson
Ms. Meredith May
Brian & Karen Eckart
Ms. Pamela Gaylord
Ms. Jill Cabe
Ms. Shana Nys Dambrot
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Meeker
Mr. William L. Libby
Mrs. Lisa Steigmann-Gall
Ms. Carol Titus
Cuyahoga Falls Councilwoman Mary Nichols-Rhodes
Ms. Alexia Vlosky
Ms. Ann L. Manby and September Howat
Ms. Jill Kolesar
Ms. Kellie Copeland
Margaret & Jeffrey Maurer
In memory of Christopher Kenney
In memory of Lois Lippitt
Mr. Steven Morus
Stacey Sanders Anderson
Gabrielle Barnes
Sharon Butler-McCray
Halle Jones Capers
Dr. Bridgie A. Ford
Dr. Peggy Honaker
Tracy Honaker
Yolanda Jackson
Shauna Jones
Marian and Karen Kea
Daphine Evege Painter
Lenda Smith
Tracey Starks
Sharon Wilson
Angela Cooper
Chelsea Blake
Laura Purdy
Shelia Primas
Shirley Washington
Barbara Ague
Richard L. Bardoulas
Mark Biris & Rosanne Thomas
Jill Cabe
Kelly McLaughlin
Karen & Robert Swedenborg
Nancy Treichler
Marc Goldstein
Susan Ballard and Judy Maruszan
Brenda Hoskins
Mr. Andrew Zupcsan
Mrs. Patricia R. Basile
Ms. Sandra Shumway and Winifred Walter
Ms. Suzanne Knauerhase
Jon Miller
GinaKaye Maddox
Patti Verde and Linda Krasienko
Ms. Janet Wertz
Molly Kopan
Sherylynn Chapman-Thomas
Ms. Inge Orendt
Inge Orendt
Ms. Joan Shields
Mr. and Mrs. Dayne Sammartino
In memory of Silver Estell Jackson
Ms. Elizabeth K. Darago
SaNesa Gordon
Aiesha Motley
Rene Butler
John Clement
Scott Swearingen
Jessica Calcagno
Betty Richard
John Brock
Dawn Headland
Patrick McCuan
Indra Raitumbapoo
Anthony Gomez
Jaylene Gable
Martha Wisbey
Mary Walters
Jalessa Little
Matthew Diekmann
Richard Zeffer
Jerry Myers
Erika Piekarski
Suzy Schaffer
Karla Simpson
Amanda Fogler
Darrian Kellis
Sam Doria
Lindsay Speelman
Janice Nance
Ilona Feinstein
Charles Weber
Tavia Galonski
Nancy Weiner
Jennifer Maglothin
Deena Bell
David Walters
Megan Ledlow
Kendra Ashley
James Douvikas
Ashanti Parker
Megan Barnes
LaToya Jones
Paula Hall
Allyson Diaz
Marissa Suttles
Carolyn King
Jessica Starr
Nancy Jenkins
Kathy Wilson
Cara Durbin
Wendy Vargas
Kristy Biasella
Michelle Smith
Tavia Galonski
Hope Young
Margaret Maurer
Sandra Gertz
Sue, Ted and Carl Esker & Families
Ms. Tanya Lundy
Ms. Willette D. Riley
Ms. Yulia Gray
Ms. Laura R. Hnat
Ms. Robyn Herr
Ms. Patricia O’Malley
Mrs. Leo J. Futia
Ms. Ann Brooks Duff
Mrs. Susan Colville-Hall
Ms. Hillary Sullivan
Ms. Theresa Stefanko
Mr. Martin Belsky
Ms. Patrice Simms
Ms. Janet Dillon
Ms. Kimberly Rausch
In memory of Breonna Taylor
Ms. Mary Krupa
Mr. Christopher Dore
Ms. Annette Shaughnessy
Ms. Susan R. Yovichin
Ms. Diane Davis
In honor of Lana Ewing
In honor of Jackie Derrow
In memory of Faye Dambrot
Mr. Laurence Prezioso
Kasondra Haynes
Starlett Mitchell
Monique and Wendell Scott
Qyra Sims
Marilyn White
Catherine Strain
Constance Rudolph
Susan Colville-Hall
Jodie DeLamater
Ann B. Duff
June Futia
Hillary Sullivan
Laura Irvin
Susan Woodworth
Ms. Marie M. Kane
Mr. William R. Kollman
Ms. Julie Skinner
Brecken Blackburn
Ms. Chelsea Kennedy Grega
Ms. Barbara A. Schwartz
In memory of Pulcheria Kress from Sue Ann Kress
Liberty Manos
Ms. Deidre McPherson
Ms. Molly Hinshaw
Ms. Laura Irvin
Ned & Jodie DeLamatre
Ms. Kelly Urbano
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Shelito
Ms. Christine Parker
Mr. John Walters
Ms. Elena Rager
Chelsea Grega
Ms. LeAnne Kitts
Leah Smith
Kayla Metzger
Leah Davis
Cherith Brooks
Hannah Glauberman
Alessia Abbott
Jameson Abbott
Ms. Katherine Blazick
In honor of Emily Rich
In honor of Grace Vila
In honor of Lynn Knauer
Mr. Andrew DeFratis
In memory of Maple Ruggs
Mr. Chris P. Trunko
Thelma Allen
Audrey and Philip White Allison-White
Eleanor Bozeman
Catherine S. Brown
Betty B. Campbell
Louetta Daniels
Brandi M. Davis
Evelyn Evans
Leona Farris
Monique Harris
Andria Hawkins
Louise Hawkins
Horace Highland
Raymond W. Hinton
Mary B. Hogan Smith
Renishia Houchins
April Jefferson
Marguetrite Jetton
India A. Kaczmarek
Rosalyn and Patricia A. Lee
Tracy R. Lee
Alicia Lytle
Golda Mayson
Margaret McClain
Agnes McCombs
Lillian R. McGruder
Paula Merrell
Madge Mapp Montgomery
Mary Kate Moore Nelson
Angela Nixon
Teresa E. Peake
Willa B. Player
Evelyn Primes
Doris Collins Pryear
Carolyn Stokes Reed
Jacqueline A. Ricks
Willette D. Riley
Edith Ritchie
Hunter Roberts
Laurita Sharppe
Albert and Mary Shelton
Shayla Smith
Beatrice Stevens
Patricia A. Stokes
Juelia Thompson
Virginia Threatt
Alicia Townes
Ashley Ware
Judith E. Williams
Jessica Russel Woods
Shirlee Wright Smith