The Long Island Chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, and President/Local 830 member Rudy Bruce, held its annual Gala and Awards Dinner on Oct. 22 at the Chateau Briand. This year, two of the award winners were Delores Smalls of Nassau Community College, and CSEA Local 882 President John Shepherd. Local 830 President Jerry Laricchiuta was honored a year ago.

 

Smalls has a long and distinguished history of service and volunteerism locally, nationally, and internationally. Currently, she serves as Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Family and Children’s Association- the largest private social service agency on Long Island. For over 30 years she has been involved with community service, social action and social change with organizations, including leading a delegation of 6 women to the United Nations NGO Forum on Women in 1995, being founding president of the L.I. Chapter of the Association of Black Women in Higher Education, and several more affiliations with organizations. 

 

She is a Full Professor and Coordinator of Educational Counseling in the Department of Student Personnel Services at Nassau Community College. There she is active with Nassau CC’s Women’s Studies Project, the Women’s Faculty Association, Women’s Center, and the college-wide Affirmative Action Committee.