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Youth advocate and former foster child Deutron Kebebew to receive 2012 Tony Hill Award

Deutron Kebebew (Kresge, ’03, electrical engineering), former foster child and tireless advocate for teens and children, is this year’s winner of the fourth annual Tony Hill Memorial Award.

Kebebew will receive the award as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation on Feb. 2 – which happens to be Kebebew’s 35^th birthday.

This special honor recognizes individuals whose lives and actions exemplify the late Tony Hill’s work and legacy. Hill, a longtime advocate for social and economic justice in Santa Cruz County, was known for his skills as a community bridge-builder and mediator. He died in 2007 at age 62.

"I am really honored and humbled that I am being recognized but I have a long way to go toward really earning it,” Kebebew said. “I will continue to do what I do until there is no foster youth in the system."

Tony Hill’s widow, Melanie Stern, part of the Tony Hill Award selection committee, praised Kebebew’s passion, commitment and tenacity, and his ability to move within different groups and populations.

Jan 26, 2012
Legendary oceanographer Sylvia Earle presents 6th Keeley Lecture
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Jan 26, 2012
NASA's Kepler mission announces 11 planetary systems hosting 26 planets
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Jan 23, 2012
UCSC to host ‘What is a Reader?’ day of events, Jan. 26
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Jan 20, 2012
UCSC's Paul Lubeck provides analysis on insurgency in Nigeria's north
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Jan 19, 2012
9th annual Scholarship Benefit Dinner to support UCSC students
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Jan 17, 2012
CruzAlert - Two mountain lions sighted near campus
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Conference focuses attention on Labor Across the Food System
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UCSC in the News

Earth sciences graduate student Ken Mankoff was featured in a Wired News story about scientists adapting the Kinect videogame device to record 3-dimensional scans of glaciers and other geologic features.

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Awards & Honors

Catherine Cooper wins 2012 Social Policy Book Award. More »
Youth advocate and former foster child Deutron Kebebew to receive 2012 Tony Hill Award. More »
Joel Primack and Nancy Abrams honored by Chopra Foundation. More »

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News Briefs

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