Three New Directors Appointed to Board

The Andrew Goodman Foundation is pleased to announce that three new Directors have joined our Board: Sylvia A. Harvey, journalist and 2007-2008 recipient of the Andrew Goodman Foundation Scholarship; Gwenn Levine, founder of Paterson Youth Photography Project and recipient of the 2009 Hidden Heroes Award; and Jennifer Rogers Carlock, award winning financial reporter and anchor.
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2010 Hidden Heroes Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 2010 Hidden Heroes Award have been announced. The winners are John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Operation HOPE; Jennifer Papa, Founder, City Green; Barbara Pasternack, TheatreworksUSA; and Catherine Shimony & Joan Shifrin, Co-Founders, Global Goods Partners. Learn more about the 2010 Hidden Heroes >

Frances Beinecke, 2009 Hidden Hero, Appointed to Oil Spill Commission

Frances Beinecke, NRDC President and 2009 recipient of the Andrew Goodman Hidden Heroes Award, has been appointed by President Obama to serve on the commission examining the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The panel, formally known as the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, will carry out what President Obama asked in his Executive Order establishing the commission: “Examine the relevant facts and circumstances concerning the root causes of the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster” and “develop options for guarding against, and mitigating the impact of, oil spills associated with offshore drilling.” Learn more NRDC blog post >

Toni Maloney, 2009 Hidden Hero, on the ground in Afghanistan.

Toni Maloney, co-founder and CEO of BPeace, spent time in Afganistan in May and June for the Mazur Summit, a week-long Summit for volunteers from the U.S. to meet 26 Afghan Fast Runner entrepreneurs. BPeace is a non-profit international volunteer network of business professionals that helps women entrepreneurs in post-conflict countries expand their businesses. Read more and watch videos about Toni’s work in Afghanistan on the BPeace blog >

Reprinting of “Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement”

The Andrew Goodman Foundation is pleased to announce its financial support for the reprinting of "Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement”, a groundbreaking photographic chronicle by legendary photographer Danny Lyon. Originally published in 1992, this new edition features an Afterward by US Congressman John Lewis. To learn more and for ordering info

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Andrew Goodman Foundation in the News
The Andrew Goodman Foundation's Hidden Heroes Awards are featured in the October 12, 2009 issue of The Bergen Record. Our first Hidden Heroes Awards recognize ordinary people who are doing extraordinary things to change the world for the better, just as Andy did when he participated in Freedom Summer, 1964.
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Andrew Goodman Honored at MLK Annual Event at CORE

On January 19, 2009, David Goodman and Ben Chaney, brother of civil rights worker James Chaney, attended the 25th Annual CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday Celebration in New York City.See photos from the event

Brothers of Slain Civil Rights Workers Reflect on Inauguration

On January 20, 2009, David Goodman and Ben Chaney were invited to watch and reflect on the Inauguration of President Barack Obama with NBC reporter Demarco Morgan.
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