Sarah Ludwig

1993

Sarah Ludwig

Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project (NEDAP)

http://www.nedap.org

New York, New York, United States

Community Improvement & Economic Development

The Bold Idea:

NEDAP's mission is to promote community economic justice, and to eliminate discriminatory economic practices that harm communities and perpetuate inequality and poverty.

NEDAP believes that all people have the right to live in decent, safe, healthy and thriving neighborhoods. Our work promotes an equitable financial services system that meets the needs of all neighborhoods, regardless of race and income.

Biography:

Sarah Ludwig, NEDAP's Executive Director, is a leading advocate on community equity and financial justice issues. Since founding NEDAP in 1995, she has worked with hundreds of grassroots groups to develop local organizing and advocacy strategies to address redlining and lending discrimination. Sarah leads New Yorkers for Responsible Lending, a coalition of 120 community and consumer groups and community financial institutions dedicated to combating predatory lending practices. Sarah was a 2000 fellow in the Rockefeller Foundation's Next Generation Leadership Program, and in 2002 received the Union Square Award. In 2004, she was selected as a Ford Foundation Leadership for a Changing World awardee. Sarah was appointed in 2006 to serve on the Federal Reserve Board's Consumer Advisory Council.