Common Ground Relief's Malik Rahim Awarded Jane Bagley Lehman Award for Excellence in Public Advocacy

The Tides Foundation recently announced seven Gulf Coast winners of the Jane Bagley Lehman Award for Public Advocacy. Common Ground Relief is pleased to share that Co-Founder, Malik Rahim, is one of the seven honored with a JBL award for his Post-Katrina efforts for social change in New Orleans.

The JBL Awards focus on recognizing individuals that have been integral to the rebuilding efforts in the Gulf Coast. According to the Tides Foundation, the seven activists, advocates and organizers are being highlighted because their work addresses the need for “public infrastructure systems, a social safety-net, environmental monitoring and toxic clean-up, and . . . civic participation.”

Malik Rahim and Common Ground Relief thanks the Tides Foundation and JBL Awards for acknowleding our work in Southeast Louisiana. We are honored to be recognized with so many other inspiring and couragerous workers for social and environmental justice.

Other Awardees:
Anne Rolfes. Baton Rogue, La, Louisiana Bucket Brigade
Father Vien the Ngnuyen, New Orleans East, La, Mary Queen of Vietnam Church
Tanya Harris, New Orleans, La, ACORN
VIctoria Cintra, Ms, Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance,
Jennifer Jones-Bridgett, Baton Rougue, Louisiana, Louisiana InterFaiths Together
Derrick Evans, Turkety Creek, Ms