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Ford Foundation Announces National Finalists For 2004 Leadership for a Changing World Award Washington, DC - The Ford Foundation announced today 29 national finalists in the Leadership for a Changing World awards program. View complete list of finalists 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’s award recognizes leaders or leadership teams across the United States who are tackling the nation’s most entrenched social problems, getting results and changing lives. “All Americans can learn something about the complexities and diversity of leadership, and the nation’s future, from these impressive men and women – many of whom work quietly, sometimes in dangerous conditions, without much public notice,” said Kathleen D. Sheekey, President and CEO of the D.C.-based Advocacy Institute, a Leadership for a Changing World partner. Selected in a highly competitive process, each finalist is eligible to become one of 18 national award winners who will receive $100,000 each to advance their work and an additional $15,000 for supporting activities. The final winners will be announced on October 11, 2004. To encourage a national conversation about the importance, quality and diversity of community leadership, Leadership for a Changing World recognizes the achievements of outstanding leaders who are not well-known outside their immediate communities or fields; provides financial support and other assistance for their work; and, though a multi-year collaborative research initiative, explores with awardees how leadership is perceived, created and sustained. A list of the 2004 awardees is attached. For additional information on Leadership for a Changing World, including past winners, or to download a nomination brochure, go to www.leadershipforchange.org. The Ford Foundation is an independent, nonprofit grant making organization. For more than half a century it has been a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide, guided by its goals to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement. With headquarters in New York, the foundation has offices in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and Russia. The Advocacy Institute, founded in 1985, works to make social justice leadership strategic, effective, and sustainable in pursuit of a just world. Advocacy Institute is grounded in the core values of justice for those denied justice, economic equality for those denied sustenance and opportunity, public health and security for those at preventable risk, and access to political power for those who have been denied an equal voice in the policy-making process. Through reflection, networking with fellow advocates and skill strengthening, Advocacy Institute facilitates capacity building workshops and seminars that aim to strengthen social movements. The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, established in 1938, offers advanced programs leading to the professional degrees of Master of Public Administration, Master of Urban Planning, and Master of Science in management, and Doctor of Philosophy. Through these programs, the Wagner School educates the future leaders of public, nonprofit, and health institutions as well as private organizations serving the public sector. As the largest school of public service in the country, it is committed to preparing people who can translate ideas into action. Please submit specific questions about the nomination process via email (info@leadershipforchange.org), phone (202) 777-7560 or by writing to: Leadership for a Changing World
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