Featured Speaker at the Essence Award Ceremonies at Madison Square Garden 
in New York in July, 2000.

Appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show on November 7, 1991

Awarded the 908th Point of Light on September 30, 1992 by former
President George  H. Bush

Awarded on May 4, 1994,  The Tribute to Black Women from the National Council of Negro Women.

Awarded the  FBI's Directors Community Leadership  Award  on April 19, 1993

• Founder of Positive Plus  -  Women's support group

• Co-Founder of P.A.C.K.   -    Parents Against Child Killing 

• Founder of The Gloria Pointer Scholarship Fund

• Founder of the Gloria Pointer Scholarship Philanthropic Fund - Held with the United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc

• 1994 Ohio's Crime Prevention Volunteer of the Year Award