2024 William L. Armstrong Award Dinner
October 3 from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
$75
You are cordially invited to attend the presentation of the 8th Annual William L. Armstrong Award to Mr. Robert Woodson, Founder and President of the Woodson Center.
The evening will include a dinner, award presentation, and remarks from Wil and Kristy Armstrong, Colorado Christian University President Eric Hogue, and Armstrong Award recipient Robert Woodson. As we anticipate this prestigious event will sell out quickly, we encourage you to register as soon as you are able.
The William L. Armstrong Award is presented in honor of former businessman, United States Senator, and Colorado Christian University President William L. Armstrong. The award is given annually to a leader who embodies the values that Armstrong held dear – faith, family, and freedom – and has made a difference in America’s culture through business, politics, or education.
Mr. Robert Woodson has had a profound influence on generations of Americans, convincing young people and families in the inner cities to take personal responsibility for their own destinies. Beginning in the 1960s as an active member of the civil rights movement, Mr. Woodson went on to serve as the director of the Administration of Justice Division for the National Urban League in New York from 1971-1973, developing strategies for reducing crime and strengthening community institutions. Because of his desire to revitalize and empower disadvantaged neighborhoods across America, he founded the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise in 1981, and rechristened The Woodson Center in 2016.
“Bob Woodson’s moral leadership, especially on urban issues affecting young people and families, is legendary. He has spent a lifetime convincing young people in inner cities to take personal responsibility for their own destinies and is the classic embodiment of faith, family, and freedom – the heart of the William L. Armstrong Award and of CCU’s mission.” - Wil Armstrong, son of William L. Armstrong and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Colorado Christian University.
Past recipients of the award, given annually since 2016, include conservative talk show host Dennis Prager; Focus on the Family and “Family Talk” Founder Dr. James Dobson; former Attorney General and Counselor to President Ronald Reagan Edwin Meese III; legal scholar and professor Dr. Robert George; President of Hobby Lobby and Chairman of the Museum of the Bible Steve Green; Founder and Chairwoman of The Gloucester Institute Kay Coles James; nationally syndicated columnist Cal Thomas; and CEO, President, and General Counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom Kristen Waggoner.
About Bob Woodson
Robert L. Woodson, Sr. is Founder and President of the Woodson Center, 1776 Unites and Voices of Black Mothers United. He is an influential leader on issues of poverty alleviation and empowering disadvantaged communities to become agents of their own uplift. Woodson is a frequent advisor to local, state and federal government officials as well as business and philanthropic organizations.
His social activism dates back to the 1960s, when as a young civil rights activist he developed and coordinated national and local community revitalization programs. During the 1970s he directed the National Urban League’s Administration of Justice division. Later he served as a Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Woodson is frequently featured as a social commentator in print and on-air media, including C-SPAN, CNN, Tucker Carlson Tonight, The Mark Levin Show, Meet the Press, and other national and local broadcasts. He is a contributing editor to The Hill, The Washington Examiner and The Wall Street Journal, and has published in influential newspapers and journals such as Forbes, National Review, The Washington Post, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vanderbilt Law Review, and other national and local media outlets.
He is the recipient of the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship award, the Bradley Prizes presented by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the Presidential Citizens Medal, the 2018 William Wilberforce Award, The Heritage Foundation’s 2020 Salvatori Prize for American Citizenship, 2021 Hillsdale College Freedom Leadership Award, and many other honors.
Woodson is the author of several books, including On the Road to Economic Freedom, The Triumphs of Joseph: How Today’s Community Healers Are Reviving Our Streets and Neighborhood, Lessons From the Least of These: The Woodson Principles, the #1 bestseller, Red, White, and Black: Rescuing American History from Revisionists and Race Hustlers, and the newly released A Pathway to American Renewal: Red, White, and Black.
