Boulder Weekly editor Pamela White has received one of the top honors given by the Colorado chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), a lifetime achievement award called “Keeper of the Flame.”

She accepted the honor at the annual “Top of the Rockies” award ceremony, held April 15 at the Denver Press Club.

“Well-behaved women seldom make history,” Colorado SPJ president (and former Colorado Springs Independent staffer) Cara DeGette said of White, lauding her for a career built on championing the poor and disenfranchised, from Native Americans to women in prison.

Check out White’s acceptance speech below: