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2004 EDC
Awards
April 15, 2004 - One hundred fifty people
joined host Kate Dillon for the 2004 EDC Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C. The
awards recognized leaders in research, policy, action, and service. The
awards are presented annually by the Eating Disorders Coalition for Research,
Policy & Action, a nonprofit organization based on Capitol Hill that advocates
for the federal recognition of eating disorders.
2004 Award
Recipients
 2004 Award for Research
Cynthia Bulik, Ph.D., (North Carolina) President of the Academy for Eating
Disorders, and a leading researcher in the eating disorders field.
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“Even after over 20 years I remain a student of
eating disorders, not an expert. I continue to feel astonished by the power
that anorexia nervosa has over people who have the disorder and their
families. We can’t be satisfied with the average length of treatment being
five years. We can’t be satisfied with 30-60% positive treatment outcomes
for bulimia. We have to strive to do better.
“If, in my lifetime, we manage to accomplish the perhaps grandiose goal
of figuring out the ways in which genes and environment interact to cause
these disorders, then we can use that information to help us develop more
effective prevention and treatment efforts.
“The EDC helps people with eating disorders and their family members
have a voice at times when they don’t have a voice of their own. I hope that
our research can contribute to that voice and help all of us be heard.”
- Cynthia Bulik
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 2004 Award for Policy
Senator Paul Wellstone and Family, who worked tirelessly in support of national
mental health issues and who now inspire others to continue the fight. (Accepted
by Ellen Gerrity, Ph.D.)
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Senator Paul Wellstone, (1944-2002), was raised in
Arlington, Virginia. He earned Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina,
and moved to Minnesota in 1969 to teach political science. While at Carleton
College, Wellstone taught such classes as, "Social Movements and Grassroots
Organizing."
His election to the U.S. Senate in 1990 was one of the major electoral
upsets of the decade. He traveled through Minnesota in a green bus that
became a campaign trademark, worked with a dedicated corps of volunteers,
and launched a low-budget but high-success ad campaign. Wellstone's approach
worked, and he became the only candidate in 1990 to unseat an incumbent.
Wellstone was known for his passionate support of health care rights,
fighting with Senator Pete Domenici to extend their 1996 mental health law
and requiring parity in treatment of mental illnesses.
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 2004 Award for Action
Joe Kelly (Minnesota), father, author, lecturer, and President of Dads and
Daughters, for his leadership in the mobilization of fathers in advocacy to
counter the sociocultural messages that contribute to body image distress and to
eating disorders.
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“Personally, this work is a legacy to other fathers,
the hundreds of girls I've worked with, my sisters, my wife, and especially
my daughters.
“We at Dads and Daughters understand how eating disorders are inevitable
outcomes of our culture's bigotry toward women and girls. We think Dads and
Daughters contributes to the field by wearing the hat of an "outsider." That
perspective has helped the eating disorders community to communicate with
other "outsiders" - including the policymakers and media who influence the
resources and perspectives allocated to the convoluted, torturous, and
stubborn problem of eating disorders and body image despair.
“Along with the warmth of friends, there is too much death with us
tonight, and that is bittersweet. But the lives of our lost loved ones prove
one unshakable certainty: people like Sheila and Paul Wellstone, Anna
Westin, and Heather Henderson care only that we get the right thing done,
and do it now. They don't give a rip who gets credit for awards and
accomplishments. Neither should we.”
- Joe Kelly
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 2004 Award for Service
Peggy Hanna (Washington, D.C.), the EDC's Capitol Hill volunteer who
organized events, recruited other volunteers and donors, and personally lobbied
in dozens of Congressional offices in 2003.
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“Having worked with clients suffering from eating
disorders and witnessing the obstacles they face to receiving adequate
treatment, I know it is imperative for Congress to pass mental health
parity. I know the EDC's mission has a powerful impact on achieving this
goal and I am thrilled to be a part of it!
Although a very close friend of mine remains very ill, I have hope that
she can recover from the devastating effects of anorexia like so many others
I have met through my volunteer work with the EDC. The stories shared in
briefings and meetings with individual congressmen have really shown me that
this work is so important and needs to continue, especially now that the
focus is on obesity.
I am so touched to receive this award. I feel honored to have met so
many people who have the strength and courage to share their painful
stories. They are the ones who really deserve this honor. Without them, I
would not know how important this work really is.” -
- Peggy Hanna
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 2004 Award for Service
Jeanine Cogan, Ph.D. (Washington, D.C.), a research psychologist and the
founding executive director of the EDC, for her vision in helping to
establish the coalition.
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 2004 Award for Service
Lara Insel (Maryland), the EDC Congressional Intern, for her leadership in
organizing two briefings and a lobby day, and for her extensive
behind-the-scenes support in 2003 and 2004.
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Tables were sponsored by the Academy for Eating Disorders, the Anna Westin
Foundation, the Eating Disorders Institute at Methodist Hospital, the Gail R.
Schoenbach/F.R.E.E.D. Foundation, Jane Fleming, the National Eating Disorders
Association, New York State Initiative, Ophelia's Place, Remuda Ranch, Renfrew
Center, and Scott + Yandura.
The awards dinner included a slide show and
video clips of the late Senator Wellstone. The centerpiece at each table was a
12-inch high white chocolate sculpture of the U.S. Capitol. The awards dinner
program booklet contained lengthy quotations from the recipients and those who
nominated them. Many in the audience were also on hand for the first national
policy conference on eating disorders, sponsored by the EDC earlier in the day.
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Academy for Eating Disorders
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Anna Westin/ Eating Disorders Institute
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Gail R. Schoenbach F.R.E.E.D. Foundation
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Jane Fleming / Scott + Yandura
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National Eating Disorders Association
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New York State Initiative
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Ophelia's Place
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Remuda Ranch
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Renfrew Center
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Invitation:
2004
EDC Awards Dinner
Honoring contributions in the areas of eating disorders
research, treatment,
action, and public policy.
April 15, 2004,
7:30-9:30 p.m.
Holiday Inn on the Hill
415 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
Tickets $50
Tickets for 2004 FAC Members, $40
Advance registration
is now CLOSED. A limited number of tickets will be available for sale
on-site. Please bring cash or check. We cannot accept credit cards on-site.
Program
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7:30 Registration and Social
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8:00 Dinner
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8:30 Awards Presentations
2004 EDC AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED
Join us in celebrating with work of these people, each of whom helped the
EDC to advance the federal recognition of eating disorders as a public health
priority:
2004 Award for Research
Cynthia Bulik, Ph.D., (North Carolina) President of the Academy for Eating
Disorders, and a leading researcher in the eating disorders field
2004 Award for Policy
Senator Paul Wellstone and Family, who worked tirelessly in support of national
mental health issues and who now inspire others to continue the fight
2004 Award for Action
Joe Kelly (Minnesota), father, author, lecturer, and President of Dads and
Daughters, for his leadership in the mobilization of fathers in advocacy to
counter the sociocultural messages that contribute to body image distress and to
eating disorders
2004 Award for Service
Peggy Hanna (Washington, D.C.), the Capitol Hill volunteer for the EDC who
organized events, recruited other volunteers and donors, and personally lobbied
in dozens of Congressional offices in 2003
Awards will be presented at the 2004 EDC Awards Dinner, April 15, at the
Holiday Inn on The Hill in Washington, D.C. Tickets for the dinner are still
available online or by mail.
2004 EDC Awards Committee
Kathleen
MacDonald
Laura Jaskierski
American University/
Scott+Yandura
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Previous EDC Awards
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