The 2026 Circle of Courage Nominees are as follows:
Pastor Christian Ballenger
Pastor Giannie H. Braafhart
Jenny DeHart
Barbara Douglass
Dexter Fairweather
Rev. Laphon Flood-Francis
Nicole Harris
Starla Heyward
Jamie Holmes-Ward
Leonard Holt
Reginald Holt
Lynne Denise Lennon
Christina Loeffert
Dr. Ashli Molinero
Darlene O’Laughlin
Isaiah Reeves
Cindy Rylands
Ikeya Sade
Lavaughn Samuel
Deborah Starling-Campbell
Tameika Taylor
Melita Hatley Terry
Aaron Thomas
Robert J. "RJ" Thompson
