The Robert Woodson Center is a non-profit research and demonstration organization that supports neighborhood-based initiatives to revitalize low-income communities.
10 Facts About Robert Woodson
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In February 2020, Robert Woodson launched the Center's 1776 Unites campaign, to counter The 1619 Project.
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Robert Woodson's father died soon after and Woodson and his four siblings were raised by his mother.
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Robert Woodson has been actively involved in civil rights and community development since 1962.
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Robert Woodson continued to develop the idea of neighborhood empowerment during his time as director of the American Enterprise Institute's Neighborhood Revitalization Project in Washington, DC.
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Robert Woodson then became an adjunct fellow providing technical support and advice to community groups.
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Rather than a poverty program directed by some government agency, Robert Woodson's program seeks out families in these troubled neighborhoods that have prospered and persevered to learn from their success.
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In 1981 Robert Woodson founded the CNE to promote "self-help" solutions in low income neighborhoods by promoting and supporting indigenous leaders in those neighborhoods.
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Robert Woodson has stated that his central motivation in founding 1776 Unites was to counter the "lethal" narratives embedded in the 1619 Project.
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Robert Woodson argued that the assumptions behind the 1619 Project are actually a form of "white supremacy" as they are predicated on black Americans having no agency and being incapable of overcoming adverse circumstances.