Difference Maker Awards
Duke Energy Children’s Museum’s Difference Maker Awards honor youth, adults, businesses and agencies that share Cincinnati Museum Center’s mission to better the lives of children in our community.
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Difference Makers by Year
2012 Community Honoree
Darlene Green Kamine
Kamine serves as Executive Director of the Community Learning Center Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming schools into community learning centers. Her leadership has been recognized by the Coalition of Community Schools, National Governor’s Association Center for Best Practices, National Center for Community Schools and American Federation of Teachers.
As Magistrate for the Hamilton County Juvenile Court for 17 years, Kamine organized the Court’s first dependency, neglect and abuse unit and was the model for dependency law in Ohio. This initiative earned her the Gold Medal Award from the Foundation for the Improvement of Justice. In 1981, Kamine founded ProKids, a nationally recognized child advocacy organization.
She served as President of both the American Bar Association Institute for Child Advocacy and the Junior League of Cincinnati, and co-founded the Cincinnati Children’s Museum, serving as President of its Board before it became the Duke Energy Children’s Museum. The recipient of numerous awards and honors, Darlene Kamine has dedicated her life to bettering the lives of children through both her professional and volunteer efforts.