The Community Leadership Award was established in 2001 to salute individuals, corporations, and/or community groups who have had a positive influence on the development of youth and education. The candidate(s) of this award is chosen based on the fact they have achieved recognized success in their field of expertise, business, profession, or other vocational undertaking. Recognized success is defined as performing a major leadership role in one’s chosen career and community.
Past award recipients included:
2001 - Honorable Peggy Cooper Cafritz
2002 - Junior League of Washington
2003 - Dr. Georgia Booker, Director of Guidance, and Counseling, DCPS
2004 - Kelli Richardson Lawson, VP Marketing, BET
2005 - Beacon House
2006 - Council member Kwame R. Brown
2007 - Mayor Adrian Fenty
2008 - Councilmember Vincent Gray
2009 - Abe & Irene Pollin
2010 - Dr. Dorothy Height
2011 - Debra Lee
2012 - Lonnie Bunch
2013 - First Lady Michelle Obama
2014 - Richard Didden*
2015 - DC Attorney General, Karl Racine
2016 - Reginald Van Lee
2017 - Cathy Hughes
2018 - Peggy Cooper Cafritz*
2019 - Angela Alsobrooks
2020 - Many Hands
2021 - Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt
2023- Reverend Dr. Howard- John Wesley
2024- Kelley Robinson, President of the Human Rights Campaign
*posthumously
2001 - Honorable Peggy Cooper Cafritz
2002 - Junior League of Washington
2003 - Dr. Georgia Booker, Director of Guidance, and Counseling, DCPS
2004 - Kelli Richardson Lawson, VP Marketing, BET
2005 - Beacon House
2006 - Council member Kwame R. Brown
2007 - Mayor Adrian Fenty
2008 - Councilmember Vincent Gray
2009 - Abe & Irene Pollin
2010 - Dr. Dorothy Height
2011 - Debra Lee
2012 - Lonnie Bunch
2013 - First Lady Michelle Obama
2014 - Richard Didden*
2015 - DC Attorney General, Karl Racine
2016 - Reginald Van Lee
2017 - Cathy Hughes
2018 - Peggy Cooper Cafritz*
2019 - Angela Alsobrooks
2020 - Many Hands
2021 - Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt
2023- Reverend Dr. Howard- John Wesley
2024- Kelley Robinson, President of the Human Rights Campaign
*posthumously
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