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    George Floyd Medal Named American Medal of the Year

    Apr 30, 2021 3 minutes
    (Images courtesy American Medallic Sculptors Association.)

    The American Medallic Sculptors Association (AMSA) has announced that Jeanne Stevens-Sollman has won the 2021 American Medal of the Year (AMY) award for her work honoring George Floyd.

    Following the deaths of Antwon Rose, Jr., Ahmaud Arbery, Elijah McClain, Breonna Taylor and other Black people at the hands of police, when George Floyd’s life was snuffed out by a white police officer in May 2020, Stevens-Sollman was overwhelmed, asking herself, “Why? What can I do?”

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