Seven Inspiring Leaders Win Alliance Advocacy Awards

Reader Contribution by Staff
Published on March 22, 2011

In my job with the Alliance for Biking & Walking, I’m privileged to work with amazing leaders on a daily basis. In recent months, I was doubly lucky to be in charge of our Advocacy Awards program, an opportunity for us to shine the spotlight on the progress and victories of the bicycle
and pedestrian movement.

Since 2009, the Alliance has solicited public nominations and
recognized the individuals, organizations and business leaders who are
propelling our People Powered Movement. For the 2011 awards, we got a record number of submissions from across North America and, let me tell you, the judging wasn’t easy. When we did narrow it down to the final winners, I was struck by one common thread that tied together all the recipients.

The Alliance got its start in 1996, when a handful of bicycle and pedestrian leaders met in middle-of-nowhere Wyoming to strategize how to turn their still-few local and state advocacy efforts into a larger, stronger movement. Many of the folks who attended that gathering are still in the trenches of hard-charging organizations. But nearly all of the leaders who took home advocacy awards this year were probably still in high school when the Alliance was born. So, as read through the accomplishments of the 2011 winners below, remember their names. They’re just getting started.  

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