Our greatest accomplishments are evident in the achievements of the young people served through our program, but we are also proud to share a sampling of the various awards and recognitions Raising Expectations has received over the years by several community sources.

Ms. Armstrong was featured in As I Am: African American Women in a Critical Age and was
an MTV Brick Community Service Award Finalists. Both Raising Expectations Co-Founders
were also awarded the Community Champion Award from the Villages of East Lake.

Raising Expectations co-founders, Maria Armstrong and Tangee Allen, were honored with
Sisters Who Serve Awards from Spelman College.

Ms. Armstrong and Ms. Allen received Unsung Hero Awards from Atlanta’s WB-36.

Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health honored Raising Expectations with
a Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Award for the organizations commitment to improving
the lives of Atlanta’s youth.

Raising Expectations was honored by the Emma & Joe Adams Public Service Institute at
Morehouse College as an Outstanding Service Provider.

Jamal Miller, a Morehouse volunteer, was honored with an 11Alive Community Service Award
for his 4-year commitment to the children and youth of Raising Expectations.

Co-founder Maria Armstrong honored with an Outstanding Heroine Award by the Coalition
of 100 Black Women.

Inaugural recipient of the Shirley Franklin Legacy Fund.