Marie Marx Strohm Memorial Award

After a varied career in education, radio and TV, Marie Marx Strohm founded Hummingbird Productions and became one of the premier producers of short documentary films for major environmental campaigns. Her work has featured the International Mitsubishi Boycott, the Great Bear Rainforest Campaign and the International Tar Sands Campaign, among other efforts. Marie received 10 Telly Awards for her video production excellence, the Gold Special Jury Award at Worldfest Houston in 2000 for the Great Bear Rainforest Video and an L.A. Independent Filmmakers Festival Best Short Documentary Award in 2016 for her Napa Valley Campaign video. Marie died unexpectedly of a congenital heart disease in November of 2020. A close friend of Marie's made a generous gift to Green Corps to be spent recruiting new organizers and establishing an annual memorial award in her honor. With this award, we celebrate the achievements of a graduate who demonstrates exceptional skill in the use of media in their advocacy work.

Sarah Forslund Memorial Scholarship

Sarah was a member of the Green Corps Class of 1993. The Sarah Forslund Fund for Environmental Leadership betters the world by advancing the values by which Sarah lived her life: developing effective environmental leadership, supporting strong communities and preserving our natural resources. The Sarah Forslund Memorial Fellowship may be awarded each year to a Green Corps graduate who embodies the values of Sarah’s work during their Green Corps year and continues their career with an organization within The Public Interest Network.

The Sedgwick/Torelli Family Scholarship

We are honored to announce that Robert M. Sedgwick and Helen Toreilli have graciously endowed a fellowship for an organizer in each Green Corps Class who demonstrates an outstanding commitment  and talent for solving our most pressing environmental problems. This gift was made in honor of Green Corps graduates from the Class of 2013 who, ten years after completing the Green Corps program, have made a profound impact for our planet, its people and our democracy.