NEW YORK– The National Federation of Community DevelopmentCredit Unions has named Ed Jacob, CEO of the North Side CommunityFederal Credit Union in Chicago and Dan Morrisey, manager of theQueen of Peace Arlington FCU,in Arlington Virginia, as winners ofthis year's Annie Vamper awards.

Annie Vamper was a pioneering leader of both African Americancredit unions and community development credit unions.

In his acceptance speech at the Federation's annual meeting inDallas on June 13, Jacob quoting a speech from Robert F. Kennedy inSouth Africa in 1966 about “tiny ripples of hope.”

“Tiny ripples of hope are being sent out every day from ASI FCUin New Orleans to Northwest Baptist FCU in Seattle, fromAlternatives FCU in upstate New York to Women's Southwest FCU herein Dallas and West Texas CU in El Paso, from Latino Community CU inNorth Carolina and Queen of Peace Arlington FCU in Virginia acrossto Northeast Community CU in San Francisco, and everywhere inbetween,” the Federation quoted Jacob in an announcement about theaward. “I am proud and honored to be part of a movement that doesthis work, and to be able to send out a few of these tiny ripplesof hope from Chicago.”