The NASS Awards Timeline gives an overview of timing and frequency of each NASS Award - Medallion, John Lewis Youth Leadership, IDEAS and Margaret Chase Smith Award.
Awards
Honoring the accomplishments of the late Congressman John Lewis by recognizing gifted, civic-minded youth.
This award allows individual Members to recognize outstanding service and dedication to furthering the mission of NASS within the states.
Recognizes state contributions to the mission of the association, through programs and achievements of Member offices.
Established in 1992, the Margaret Chase Smith American Democracy Award is named after the former U.S. Senator from Maine, who jeopardized her career by speaking out against the red-baiting tactics of Senator Joseph P. McCarthy in the 1950s.
