The 2024 McNulty Prize Winners are social impact pioneers answering the call of frontline communities, and creating waves of impact on local, national, and global scales. Among the winners this year are Haitians Nedgine Paul Deroly and Jean-Claude Brizard.
Passion to contribute to true social justice efforts in their native Haiti is a common purpose shared by leadership and education experts Deroly (CEO & Co-Founder) and Brizard (Founding Board Chair, Aspen Pahara Fellow). By building a culture and curriculum that embraces Haitian identity, Anseye Pou Ayiti (APA) is disrupting an oppressive colonial education system by offering a new model of civic leadership and community transformation. Through immersive fellowships for teachers, parents, and school leaders that include training and coaching, leadership development, and community action, APA is working to equip a network of 50,000 leaders by 2025.
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The McNulty Foundation and the Aspen Institute announced the 2024 John P. McNulty Prize winners––courageous leaders tackling critical issues, from environmental injustice and disaster recovery, to addressing a national crisis of leadership and education. Each of their organizations will receive $150,000 in support of their exceptional efforts.
“This year’s winners recognize that communities are not passive actors, but fertile laboratories filled with people fighting for a better future for all. These leaders have walked boldly alongside communities facing some of our most urgent problems and elevated their ideas into action,” said McNulty Foundation President and Aspen Institute Trustee Anne Welsh McNulty. “For communities who have been exploited, polluted, or ignored, these organizations are equipping them with the tools to realize a brighter future.”
Whether by building and sustaining a network of environmental justice champions, training a new workforce to enable recovery from disaster, or revolutionizing education and civic leadership for transformation in Haiti, these efforts are pioneering ways for communities to come together to tackle critical issues.
