Community Development

Leadership for a Changing World Announces Online Interview with Carol Fennelly of Hope House

Washington, D.C., June 5, 2001 - - Leadership for a Changing World will host its second Leadership Talks, a series of live online interviews with community leaders who are getting results tackling tough social problems, on June 15, 2001, 1:00 p.m. (EST). The live interview will feature Carol Fennelly, director of Hope House, a program that helps District of Columbia inmates stay involved in their childrens' lives.

The public is invited to participate by logging on to www.leadershipforchange.org. The interview is text-based and can be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection.

Some of the topics Carol Fennelly will discuss include why she started Hope House, how she works with the community to ensure the program's success and what the future holds for Hope House. The program has been forced to relocate because the Youngstown, Ohio prison where it was located will be closing. By September, Hope House will move to a North Carolina correctional facility where 1,000 of the District of Columbia's men will be transferred. Read more about Hope House and the interview at www.leadershipforchange.org/talks/hopehouse/.

Leadership Talks presents online interviews with community leaders who represent the range of leadership styles and organization that can be found in communities across the United States. The public will have an opportunity to ask questions during the interview, or submit questions beginning Tuesday, June 5.

Please forward this message to individuals or listserves interested in a dialogue on community leadership.

The online series is sponsored by Leadership for a Changing World (LCW), a program of the Ford Foundation in partnership with the Washington-based Advocacy Institute and the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University. LCW has the following goals: to recognize the achievements of outstanding leaders through an awards program; to provide financial support for their continued work; to study how leadership is perceived, created, and sustained; to explore multiple forms of leadership; and to spark a national dialogue about leadership.

Over six years Leadership for a Changing World will recognize 60 outstanding leaders and leadership teams that are not broadly known beyond their immediate community or field. Leaders will receive awards of $100,000 to advance their work, plus $30,000 for supporting activities. Twenty winners will be chosen in each of the next three years, with the first selection announced in September 2001. The program also includes a multi-year research initiative and numerous forums to bring awardees together with other leaders to share experiences, address specific challenges, and explore opportunities for collaboration.

For more information on Leadership for a Changing World, go to www.leadershipforchange.org. Specific questions about the program can be submitted via email (mailto:info@leadershipforchange.org), phone (202) 777-7560 or by writing to Leadership for a Changing World, Advocacy Institute, 1629 K St., NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006-1629.

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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 of strengthening democratic values, reducing poverty and injustice, promoting international cooperation and advancing human achievement. With headquarters in New York, the foundation has offices in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and Russia.