Kevin Brown, executive director of Trinity Christian Community in New Orleans, was awarded the United States Marshals Service Director's Citizen of the Year Award. This award is the highest given to a civilian each year by the US Marshals Service. Attorney General Eric Holder will present the award to Kevin at a ceremony honoring US Marshals for meritorious service Tuesday, April 13 in Washington, DC.
In the summer of 2009 the US Marshals Service conducted a weeklong summer program as part of TCC's six-week summer day camp. The curriculum was the Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) program. In addition to the standard GREAT curriculum, US Marshals and TCC Staff accompanied at-risk youth on daily field trips to law enforcement sites such as the Federal Court and Jefferson Parish SWAT headquarters. Youth were given an opportunity to interact personally with law enforcement in a non-threatening manner.
Trinity Christian Community works to enhance the lives of the city's most disadvantaged citizens. Through a variety of community development programs and unique partnerships, the organization has been a force for rebuilding throughout the New Orleans area. Since Katrina the organization and its partners have helped to gut, repair and rebuild 1,721 homes, deploy 230 AmeriCorps members, leverage 594,209 volunteer hours and return $32,670,628 to the New Orleans economy.
This marks the second year in a row the Citizen of the Year has come from New Orleans. Darlene Cusanza, Executive Director of Crimestoppers, was the 2009 recipient.
In 2006, Kevin was awarded the President's Call to Service Award for lifetime achievement by David Eisner, then CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service and Jean Case, Chair of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation and CEO of the Case Foundation, on behalf of President George W. Bush.
This is cool. Glad to hear people getting out and helping their fellow man.
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