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GREENSBORO –  Former Greensboro mayor Jim Melvin and High Point lawyer Jim Morgan have been named this year’s recipients of the 2010 Brotherhood/Sisterhood Citation Award for their longtime community service.

The National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) of the Piedmont Triad will present the award during a special dinner on Nov. 17 at the Koury Convention Center.

“These two men, one from Greensboro and the other from High Point, have spent decades making Guilford County a place of opportunity and promise,” said Susan Feit, executive director of NCCJ, in a statement.

Melvin is the president and CEO of the Joseph M. Bryan Foundation of Greater Greensboro. Melvin served as mayor of Greensboro from 1971 to 1981, chaired more than a dozen nonprofit and university boards, and currently chairs Action Greensboro and the Greensboro Partnership. His work spans six decades of service to the Triad community.

Morgan, managing partner and attorney with Morgan Herring, spent three terms in the N.C. House of Representatives and provided leadership for more than 60 community organizations.

The Citation Award winners are selected based on their service and commitment to a just and inclusive Piedmont Triad community.