Celebrate the achievements of exceptional immigrants and refugees, native community individuals, organizations, and companies that have demonstrated a strong commitment to multiculturalism, and others who have shown dedication to creating a welcoming Fort Wayne community.

The 2021 event will be the third for the Diversity Awards, which started in 2018, continued in 2019, and were paused in 2020 due to the pandemic. This year the event will take place on

Friday, October 22, 2021, at Ivy Tech Coliseum Campus (Room 1640), 3800 N. Anthony Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN 46805

Doors open at 8:30 a.m. and the program begins at 9 a.m.

Registrations for the Diversity Awards are now closed – we have reached the capacity for our room at Ivy Tech.

The 2021 Diversity Awards is hosted by Welcoming Fort Wayne, a chapter of Welcoming America and an initiative of Amani Family Services.

The Title Sponsor for the event is the St. Joseph Community Health Foundation and the Presenting Sponsor is Ivy Tech Community College – Fort Wayne/Warsaw. Supporting sponsors include Greater Fort Wayne Inc. and Associated Churches of Fort Wayne and Allen County.

Committee members representing the following partner organizations are helping to organize the awards: St. Joseph Community Health Foundation, YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne, Wellspring, Purdue Fort Wayne, Metropolitan Human Relations Commission, Parkview Health, the Multicultural Council of Greater Fort Wayne, Language Services Network, Friends of the Third World, Fort Wayne Community Schools, East Allen County Schools, the City of Fort Wayne, and Associated Churches of Fort Wayne and Allen County.