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title: "Judy Norsigian, Our Bodies Ourselves Founder, Receives the Robert Coles \"Call of Service\" Award"
date: 2024-11-26T12:12:00-05:00
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[Media Coverage](/media-coverage)# Judy Norsigian, Our Bodies Ourselves Founder, Receives the Robert Coles "Call of Service" Award

By Stephen O. Gwon, Julia A. Karabolli • The Harvard Crimson • November 11, 2024

![Coles award Crimson](data:image/png;base64,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)

The Phillips Brooks House Association at Harvard University named Our Bodies Ourselves founder [Judy Norsigian](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/people/judy-norsigian) the recipient of the Robert Coles "Call of Service" Award for 2024. Massachusetts State Senator Elizabeth “Liz” Miranda, Our Bodies Ourselves Board president Diana Namumbejja Abwoye, Harvard dean Alta Mauro, and PBHA president Cody A. Vasquez all praised Norsigian for a lifetime of public service and social advocacy.

"This is a moment when being in community with others who share our values can be healing, inspiring, and fortifying," Judy noted in her acceptance speech.

> “It’s not always easy, but finding good allies along the way can make a huge difference. . . . One of the reasons Our Bodies, Ourselves had such staying power over the past 55 years was because the founders as well as the staff and board members who joined the organization along the way recognize the value of such collaborations and collective effort.”

[Read the full article ](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/11/11/judy-norsigian-pbha-service-award/)

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