To get girls to imagine life on Mars, experts say they need more mentors on Earth I also have 35 high school students that are working with me this summer. But when a couple people and community folks kind of give you that smile and that thumbs up, it really makes you want to go ahead and just knock out the door and keep on doing the great work that you're doing with great people.īut remember, I don't do this work alone. And they said I won, and I said, “I won what?”Īnd it was really exciting because a lot of times you put a lot of these efforts out there and you don't realize that they're actually being received. And so over the last, wow, 13, 14 years, we've been able to become a force, where we have intergenerational discussions in Roxbury talking about ways that we can build our next generation of civic leaders.Īnd when I heard about - maybe two weeks ago, I got an email from Toy Burton and the community activists that were forming the Roxbury Unity Parade. And we've also done a number of political forums for mayors and city councilors and so forth. And what it was was to bring together generations of Black Bostonians to talk about issues that are facing the community, may it be issues around politics, about young people, about college to career and resources. I was able to found an organization called Greatest Minds in 2008. Give us a thumbnail for people who don't know anything about it. And first off - we'll talk about the award - but first, let's tell people about Greatest Minds because it's a pretty ambitious, expansive project. George Greenidge: I am so happy to be here. What follows is a lightly edited transcript.Īrun Rath: George, thanks for joining us. George “Chip” Greenidge is the founder and director of the nonprofit Greatest Minds, who received the award at Sunday’s celebration.

The award recognizes the recipient’s passion and commitment to fill in gaps in the community. Each year, the annual Roxbury Unity Parade presents the Leader of Tomorrow Award to a community leader.

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