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Creating Supportive Housing for People Living with HIV/AIDS: Local Lessons, National Strategies
AIDS Housing of Washington
Award Recipient Profile: Betsy Lieberman
Leadership Story: A Place Called Home
Fighting for Pollution Cleanup in a Company Town
Silver Valley People's Action Coalition
Award Recipient Profile: Barbara Miller
Leadership Story: Leveling the Playing Field
How Theater is Building Bridges in Diverse Communities
Cornerstone Theater Co.
Award Recipient Profile: Bill Rauch
Leadership Story: To Challenge and To Be Challenged
How Welfare Recipients are Building Their Power and Changing the Welfare System
Community Voices Heard (CVH)
Award Recipient Profile: Gail Aska, Paul Gestos, LaDon James, Joan Minieri, Dianne Rees, and Tyletha Samuels
Leadership Story: I Got the Tools To Fight for Myself
Across Immigrant Communities: Serving Diverse Needs and Advocating for Political Change
Coalition of African, Asian, European and Latino Immigrants of Illinois
Award Recipient Profile: Dale Asis
Leadership Story: One Goal, One Voice
Engaging a New Generation of Native Americans in Cultural and Social Change
American Friends Service Committee, Wabanaki Youth Program
Award Recipient Profile: Denise Altvater
Leadership Story: We Have to Reach Back
From Services to Activism: How Latino Day Laborers and Domestic Workers are Advocating for Themselves
Casa of Maryland, Inc.
Award Recipient Profile: Gustavo Torres
Leadership Story: Creating “Co-Authors in Justice”
Justice for Janitors: How Immigrants are Organizing for Worker Rights
Justice For Janitors, Local 1877, SEIU
Award Recipient Profile: Kamilo Rivera, Rafael Ventura, Dolores Martínez, Marisela Salinas
Leadership Story: Your Hands Make Them Rich
A World without Prisons: Improving Prisoners’ Lives and Transforming the Justice System
Justice Now
Award Recipient Profile: Cassandra Shaylor and Cynthia Chandler
Leadership Story: Important Things to Tell
Using a Social Entrepreneurial Model to Treat Substance Abuse
Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc. (TROSA)
Award Recipient Profile: Kevin McDonald
Leadership Story: Building Citizens, Not Just Sober Individuals
How Young Women Offenders are Transforming Themselves
Center for Young Women's Development
Award Recipient Profile: Lateefah Simon
Leadership Story: Turning Pain into Power
How a Coalition of Immigration Groups is Advocating for Broad Social and Political Change
New York Immigration Coalition
Award Recipient Profile: Margie McHugh
Leadership Story: Power in Diversity
Using Sensible Legal Strategies and Unlikely Alliances to Achieve Fairness for Immigrants in Nebraska
Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest
Award Recipient Profile: Milo Mumgaard
Leadership Story: A Reasoned Voice Will Take You Far
Organizing Communities to Protect West Virginia's Environment
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC)
Award Recipient Profile: Dianne Bady, Laura Forman, Janet Fout
Leadership Story: A Different Power Source
Building Black Leadership on HIV/AIDS Issues: Unleashing the Power of Existing Communities and Organizations
Black AIDS Institute
Award Recipient Profile: Phill Wilson
Leadership Story: Saving Our Own Lives
Cultural Roots as a Source of Strength: Educating and Organizing a Fragmented Immigrant Community
Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno, Inc.
Award Recipient Profile: Rufino Dominguez
Leadership Story: Rediscovering Pride
Revitalizing a Community Through Property Ownership
New Road Community Development Group of Exmore, Inc.
Award Recipient Profile: Ruth Wise
Leadership Story: A Place Worth Saving
Building a Campaign for Workers’ Rights and Rekindling a Culture
Tonatierra
Award Recipient Profile: Salvador Reza
Leadership Story: Sun of Justice Rising
Preventing Drilling in the Artic Wildlife Refuge: The Gwich’in Tribes and their Role in the National Policy Debate
Gwich'in Steering Committee
Award Recipient Profile: Sarah James
Leadership Story: Rebirth of a Nation
Enabling Low-Income Families to Buy Their Own Homes While Holding the Land in Trust for the Community
Burlington Community Land Trust
Award Recipient Profile: Burlington Community Land Trust
Leadership Story: The Power of Balance
How North Carolina's Religious Congregations Are Building A Volunteer Network To Sustain People With HIV/AIDS
Regional AIDS Interfaith Network
Award Recipient Profile: Regional AIDS Interfaith Network
Leadership Story: Getting to Know You; the Power of Personal Relationship
Changing Mandatory Drug Sentencing Laws on the Federal and State Levels
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
Award Recipient Profile: Julie Stewart
Leadership Story: Putting a Human Face on Injustice; Reversing a Political Juggernaut
Creating a Regional Transportation Authority in Detroit by Connecting City and Suburban Interests
Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength (MOSES)
Award Recipient Profile: Victoria Kovari
Leadership Story: A Different Kind of Stew: Magnifying the Power of the Pulpit
Promoting Self-Sufficiency Among Homeless People: A Continuum of Care And Social Policy Alternatives
Project H.O.M.E.
Award Recipient Profile: Project H.O.M.E.
Leadership Story: Reframing the Problem of Homelessness
Building Justice for Immigrants and Refugees by Supporting Local Institutions and Magnifying their Impact
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
Award Recipient Profile: KaYing Yang
Leadership Story: The Power of Diverse Voices
Serving Connected Needs in Appalachia
Hazard Perry County Community Ministries
Award Recipient Profile: Gerry Roll
Leadership Story: Homegrown Help in Appalachia: Collaborating with the Enemy
Preventing Homelessness and Creating Lasting Solutions Through Housing Development, Service Provision and Advocacy
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Award Recipient Profile: John Parvensky
Leadership Story: Staying the Course for the Right Cause
Meeting the Challenges Faced by Miami's Haitian Community Through Partnership and Consistency
Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami (FANM)
Award Recipient Profile: Marleine Bastien
Leadership Story: Magnifying the Impact; Focusing on a Common Cause
Building Community Power by Building Grassroots Leaders
Sacramento Valley Organizing Community
Award Recipient Profile: Sacramento Valley Organizing Community
Leadership Story: Building Communities on Self-Reliance
Developing Leadership and Political Capacity Among Laotian Refugees
Laotian Organizing Project
Award Recipient Profile: Laotian Organizing Project
Leadership Story: Healing a Culture, Building a Community
Bringing Salmon Back to the Columbia River: How Native American Tribes are Implementing a Watershed-Wide Plan
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Award Recipient Profile: The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Leadership Story: "Putting the Salmon Back": Power Meets Persistence
Engaging Traditionally Disenfranchised Residents In Community Development
Fifth Avenue Committee, Inc. (FAC)
Award Recipient Profile: Fifth Avenue Committee, Inc.
Leadership Story: Changing the Terms of the Struggle
Using Art and Theater to Support Organizing for Justice
Junebug Productions, Inc.
Award Recipient Profile: Junebug Productions, Inc.
Leadership Story: Storytelling in the Name of Justice
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