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...through the non-profit organization Strong Women, Strong Girls, the American Institute of Public Service honored Hyde with the Samuel S. Beard Award for Greatest Public Service by an Individual 35 Years or Younger, one of four national public service awards given out at Tuesday’s annual Jefferson Awards for Public Service ceremony...
...selection committee for this year’s Jefferson Awards chose Hyde from a pool of about 30 other potential winners, National Director for the Jefferson Awards for Public Service Jonathan D. Peters said...
Other 2007 Jefferson Award winners include Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Columbia University Health Policy Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, and Harlem Children’s Zone President Geoffrey Canada, along with about 85 other winners...
...American Institute for Public Service established the Jefferson Awards in 1973 to serve as a Nobel Prize of sorts for public and community service, Peters said...
...national Democratic Party, which would doubtless love to be rid of the matter before the 2008 election, also is watching with great interest what happens in Jefferson's district. "I think the reason that this is disproportionately important is that until now, in political circles, the Second Congressional District office was a New Orleans office," says Stonecipher. "Now, it's about the restoration, the maintenance, the promotion of African-American political interests in Louisiana...