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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.
The Access Project, New York, NY
Daniel Alejandrez, Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos, Santa Cruz, CA
Arnold Aprill, Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education, Chicago, IL
Israel Cason, I Can’t We Can Recovery Program, Baltimore, MD
Mary Lou Decossaux, William Byrd Community House/Richmond Coalition for a Living Wage, Richmond, VA
Joseph DiCara, Chicago Youth Programs, Inc., Chicago, IL
Ken Galdston, InterValley Project, Newton, MA
Maria S. Gomez, Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Care, Washington, DC
Lori Goodman, Diné CARE, Durango, CO
Illusion Theater, Minneapolis, MN
Make the Road by Walking, Brooklyn, NY
Nadia Moritz, Young Women’s Project, Washington, DC
Jacqueline Reed, Westside Health Authority, Chicago, IL
Michael G. Van Ness, New River Land Alliance, Blacksburg, VA
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