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FBI presents 2017 Director’s Community Leadership Awards

Posted on April 23, 2018April 23, 2018 By Ray Hanania No Comments on FBI presents 2017 Director’s Community Leadership Awards
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FBI presents 2017 Director’s Community Leadership Awards

In a ceremony at FBI Headquarters on April 20, 2018, Director Christopher Wray recognized the recipients of the 2017 Director’s Community Leadership Award. These leaders, selected by their area FBI field office, have demonstrated outstanding contributions to their local communities through service. The FBI is grateful for the work of each of these individuals and organizations on behalf of their communities. Local Leaders Honored at FBI Headquarters

Sally Hazelgrove has a simple, yet lofty, goal—putting Chicago’s violent gangs out of business by taking away their access to the city’s youth.

“I deliberately replicated the gang model,” said Hazelgrove. “Gangs are my competition. Gangs offer a sense of belonging, a daily purpose, a sense of power—I want to do what they do but do it better.”

Hazelgrove is one of 57 remarkable individuals and organizations honored today during the Director’s Community Leadership Awards (DCLA) ceremony at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Nominated in 2017 by the each of the FBI’s 56 field offices and the Criminal Justice Information Services Division, the recipients were formally recognized by Director Christopher Wray for extraordinary service to their communities.

The Chicago Division honors Sally Hazelgrove. Ms. Hazelgrove is the founder of the Crushers Club, a boxing club for young men that helps to develop leadership skills based on respect, discipline, ownership, and love. Crushers Club has assisted more than 350 children, who have improved their academic scores and attitudes and who report that they now feel happier and safer. Photo courtesy of the FBI
The Chicago Division honors Sally Hazelgrove. Ms. Hazelgrove is the founder of the Crushers Club, a boxing club for young men that helps to develop leadership skills based on respect, discipline, ownership, and love. Crushers Club has assisted more than 350 children, who have improved their academic scores and attitudes and who report that they now feel happier and safer. Photo courtesy of the FBI

Since 1990, the annual awards have been the principal means for the FBI to publicly acknowledge the achievements of those working to make a difference in their communities through the promotion of education and the prevention of crime and violence.

In his remarks to the group this morning, Director Christopher Wray thanked the honorees for their efforts to make the country safer and noted the similarities between community leaders and the FBI’s own workforce—both are dedicated to public service and “doing the right thing in the right way,” he said.

“We need the support, the understanding, and the trust of our community partners and the public. You’re out in your neighborhoods and your communities every day building that support and that trust and that understanding,” Wray added.

The DCLA recipients honored today have made a variety of meaningful contributions to their communities, such as improving relationships between law enforcement and those they serve, providing housing to human trafficking survivors, combating the opioid crisis, and encouraging young people to make positive choices.

Recipients of the 2017 Director’s Community Leadership Awards, pictured with Director Christopher Wray, were honored in a ceremony at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2018. Photo courtesy of the FBI
Recipients of the 2017 Director’s Community Leadership Awards, pictured with Director Christopher Wray, were honored in a ceremony at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2018. Photo courtesy of the FBI

Hazelgrove, for example—through her organization, Crushers Club—works in the violent Chicago neighborhood of Englewood. After school each day and during the summer, at-risk boys visit her club, where they box, dance, create music, and take field trips instead of engaging with gangs.

More than 350 young people have participated in Crushers Club, and the organization estimates that 90 percent of them have improved school attendance and academic performance. A key part of the club’s model is to encourage socialization between young men and law enforcement—including FBI agents—which helps build bridges and forge strong relationships between the two groups.

Another DCLA recipient, the Mississippi Center for Excellence, helps vulnerable young adults who have aged out of foster care, have had contact with the criminal justice system, or who live in communities without access to quality housing, education, or employment.

Led by Director Ingrid Cloy, the center also works to create positive relationships between youth and law enforcement and has developed a program that trains local police to use community-based resources as an alternative to arrest.

FBI Director Christopher Wray, April 2018. Photo courtesy of the FBI
FBI Director Christopher Wray, April 2018. Photo courtesy of the FBI

“We want to help the police department be clued into the circumstances these young people face,” Cloy explained. “We’re helping them to look more strategically at the communities they’re patrolling every day.”

Cloy said she was excited for the opportunity for her organization to be recognized as a community leader. “We do good work, but recognition is not something we seek out,” she said. “We’re typically in the trenches of our communities and don’t get much recognition. I’m thankful the FBI recognizes small agencies that are trying to create change.”

These are just two examples of the countless efforts undertaken by every DCLA recipient—all of whom are striving to make the world a better place, one community at a time.

“Many days you’re doing thankless work,” Wray told the recipients, “so we want to make sure that we thank you.”

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