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Dorothy Richardson Awards for Resident Leadership
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About the Award
The Dorothy Richardson Award for Resident Leadership is an honor bestowed annually in recognition of outstanding contributions by dedicated community leaders. The awards are named in honor of Dorothy Richardson of Pittsburgh, a pioneer in the community-based development movement who was the driving force behind the establishment of the first Neighborhood Housing Services resident-led partnership, the forerunner of today's NeighborWorks network.
Richardson and a small group of her neighbors in the 1960s banded together in a fight to save their dying neighborhood in Pittsburgh's Central North Side. They recruited partners in local government and the business community. Together, they won their battle and doing so set a precedent that changed the nation's approach to urban redevelopment and spawned the new field of community-based development.
Award Recipients
The recipients of the Dorothy Richardson Awards for Resident Leadership were chosen from NeighborWorks America districts. They are exemplary successors to the legacy of Dorothy Richardson, who died in 1992.
The winners' stories are shining examples of the difference just one person can make; first, as leaders themselves and, then, by developing the potential of additional new leaders through resident involvement. They demonstrate why committed resident leaders are critical to building and maintaining strong, healthy neighborhoods. View 2011 Winners.
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