From the Philadelphia Award Records [3081, box 23, folder 11]. 

From the Black Panthers to gay rights, Washington was an activist who was no stranger to controversial causes.  He was an ordained Episcopal priest.  Washington was, in many minds, synonymous with the Church of the Advocate, a predominately Black, Episcopal congregation in North Philadelphia.  But the influence of that church had implications beyond those borders.  He was assigned to the struggling parish in 1962.   By the time he retired in 1987 the church was not only thriving, but also had a $3.2 million community center named after Washington and his wife Christine.