Community Impact Award
The Emory Alumni Association proudly recognizes the extraordinary commitment of alumni who contribute to the good of their communities.
Whether through professional or volunteer service, they make a significant and positive impact on the lives of others and embody the values represented in the university’s vision. Successful candidates for this award may be one or more of the following:
- Advocating for and effecting change within a specific community
- Addressing critical social, economic, health, or environmental needs throughout our society
- Pursuing passion projects that benefit the greater good
- Driving change through significant philanthropy
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Danielle Sered began making a community impact while still a student at Emory. In addition to excelling academically, she founded ArtsReach, a program that teaches conflict resolution, prejudice reduction, and sex education through the arts in Atlanta’s public schools and juvenile detention centers. In her senior year, she received the McMullan Award for her service and leadership on campus. She was first female undergraduate at Emory to become a Rhodes Scholar.
Sered is the founder and executive director of Common Justice, a nonprofit that develops and advances racially equitable, accountability-based, survivor-centered responses to violence that do not rely on incarceration. Common Justice operates the nation’s first and only alternative-to-incarceration program for adults charged with violent felonies in Brooklyn and the Bronx.
She serves on many advisory boards and councils, including the Advisory Council to the New York State Office of Victim Services, the Diversity Advisory Committee to the federal Office for Victims of Crime, the New York State Governor's Council on Reentry and Community Reintegration, and the Advisory Board to the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice.
Under her leadership, Common Justice received the 2012 Award for Innovation in Victim Services from the New York Attorney General and the federal Office for Victims of Crime. Her book, Until We Reckon, was named one of Kirkus Review's Best Books of 2019 and received praise from publications including The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and The New York Times.
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