Sponsored by Julie Chao

Well-liked and respected by his peers, Justin Carl Holman was a passionate advocate for the environment and a four-year student participant of the College Bound's Academic Mentoring program. His death in November 2008 marked a sad loss to both the District of Columbia’s environmental community and to the College Bound family.

​The Justin Carl Holman Memorial Award for Youth Environmental Leadership (JCH Memorial Award) serves to honor Justin’s memory and preserve his legacy of conservation and environmental justice by recognizing a current College Bound senior who is engaged in environmental studies and activism and who shows promise as a future environmental leader.

Scholars 

Former Scholars 

Class of 2016
Jada M. - Dean College 
Business

Class of 2015:
Elihu K.- Montgomery College Takoma Park
Aerospace Enginngering

Khadijah A.- Lafayette College
Africana Studies and History

Imani H.- North Carolina Central University
Physical Education

​Class of 2014:
Alyia H.- Kent State University 
Exercise Science

Jessica Smoot- Rutgers University­ Newark
Anthropology​

Class of 2013:
Jennifer H. - American University
Film and Media Arts
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Class of 2012:
Vondae D.- North Carolina A&T State University
Business Management (Entrepreneurship)

Kristin E. - North Carolina Central University

Class of 2011:
Ciara R. -Virginia Commonwealth University
Liberal Studies & Early Education 

Class of 2010:
Alena S. - Virginia Commonwealth University
Broadcast Journalism