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After an extensive national search, 34 leaders were named national finalists in the Leadership for a Changing World awards program.
Leadership for a Changing World is a program of the Ford Foundation in partnership with the Advocacy Institute and the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University. The program recognizes extraordinary leaders or leadership teams across the United States who are changing lives and transforming communities — often against great odds.
CAAAV – Organizing Asian Communities, Bronx, NY
Tunica County Housing Project, Inc., Tunica, MS
Regional AIDS Interfaith Network, Charlotte, NC
21st Century Youth Leadership Movement, Selma, AL
Andrea Cruz, Southeast Georgia Communities Project, Lyons, GA
Sacramento Valley Organizing Committee, Sacramento, CA
Chris Fitzsimon, Common Sense Foundation, Raleigh, NC
Maria Moya and Paula Forbis, Environmental Health Coalition, San Diego, CA
Gayle Isa, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA
Women’s Cancer Resource Center, Minneapolis, MN
Victoria Kovari, Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength, Detroit, MI
Jose J. Montenegro, Centro Internationacional para el Desarrollo Rural Sustenable, Salinas CA
Calvin Pearce, Time Dollar Tutoring, Chicago, IL
Alexie Torres-Fleming, Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, Bronx, NY
Mary Verdi-Fletcher, Professional Flair/Dancing Wheels, Cleveland, OH
Sharon Yates, Stop Abusive Family Environments, Welch, WV
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