Ashleigh Gardere
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
4K followers
500+ connections
About
Ashleigh Gardere is a leader dedicated to a future where everyone in the nation can…
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Education
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Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
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Activities and Societies: Public Policy & International Affairs Fellow
Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy
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Activities and Societies: Study Abroad - Durban, South Africa
Internships at the New Orleans Neighborhood Development Collaborative (NONDC) and Greater Treme Consortium
Volunteer Experience
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Former Board Member
Institute of Mental Hygiene
Children
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Former Board Member; National Conference Planning Committee Member
Neighborhood Funders Group
Poverty Alleviation
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Former Board Member
Abeona House Child Discovery Center
Children
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Former Fellow
New Orleans Regional Leadership Institute
Politics
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Former Board Member
Committee for a Better New Orleans
Civil Rights and Social Action
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Former Board Member
HOPE Community Credit Union
Economic Empowerment
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Board Member
Mary Reynolds Babcock Fndtn
- Present 6 years 8 months
Economic Empowerment
The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation partners with organizations and networks working to alleviate poverty and increase social and economic justice in 11 Southern states. We believe in democracy, opportunity and the power of partnerships, and we follow the lead of local experts who know what their communities need to thrive.
Publications
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Our Journey to a Consciousness of All
Stanford Social Innovation Review
To renew ourselves and the nation, we must envision and build a shared future so expansive and uncompromising that it becomes irresistible.
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We, the Nonprofit Institutions: Transformation for Liberation
Stanford Social Innovation Review
To play their part in building a multiracial democracy for all, many nonprofits will need to embrace their own transformation.
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Courses
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Leadership on the Line
MLD-364j
Honors & Awards
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2019 Millennial Award
The Spears Group & Greater New Orleans, Inc.
The Millennial Awards honor the accomplishments of compelling individuals who have contributed significantly to their professional field and community. It is through the hard work and tireless efforts of these young leaders that New Orleans has become an area rich with opportunities and a better place to live, work and play.
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2018 Excellence in Government Award
Bureau of Governmental Research
This prestigious award recognizes creative problem solving by government employees in the New Orleans area.
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One of the Nation's Top 25 Disruptive Leaders
Living Cities, A collaborative of 18 leading foundations and financial instituions
Leaders who dare to act urgently and with unrestrained imagination to improve economic outcomes for low‐income people in America’s cities. They are committed to removing the barriers that cause racial disparities while empowering and mobilizing others to do the same. They take risks, put their own personal capital on the line to shake up the status quo, and embrace the responsibility to question, collaborate, and lead for lasting and meaningful change. Whether they call themselves citizens…
Leaders who dare to act urgently and with unrestrained imagination to improve economic outcomes for low‐income people in America’s cities. They are committed to removing the barriers that cause racial disparities while empowering and mobilizing others to do the same. They take risks, put their own personal capital on the line to shake up the status quo, and embrace the responsibility to question, collaborate, and lead for lasting and meaningful change. Whether they call themselves citizens, government employees, artists, community members, entrepreneurs, elected officials or philanthropists, they lead from where they are and use formal and informal authority to achieve greater equity.
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