# Woodson Center: Reducing crime and violence, restoring families, revitalizing underserved communities – Woodson Center > The Woodson Center’s mission is to empower community\-based leaders to promote solutions that reduce crime and violence, restore families, revitalize underserved communities, and assist in the creation of economic enterprise Generated by Yoast SEO v28.7, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [Past Events](https://woodsoncenter.org/events/past-events/) - [Home](https://woodsoncenter.org/) - [Our Board of Directors](https://woodsoncenter.org/about-us/our-board-of-directors/) - [Contact Us](https://woodsoncenter.org/contact-us/) - [Curriculum](https://woodsoncenter.org/how-we-help/curriculum/) ## Posts - [From slave to one of LA’s richest women? Only in America](https://woodsoncenter.org/from-slave-to-one-of-las-richest-women-only-in-america/) - [CAN Story \- Julian Haliga, Sr \- Building Opportunity Through Milwaukee Baseball Club](https://woodsoncenter.org/can-story-milwaukee-baseball-club/) - [Celebrating 45 Years of the Woodson Center](https://woodsoncenter.org/8643-2/) - [Renewal and Resilience \- The Josephs: Why the Leaders Who Can Save Our Communities Are Invisible](https://woodsoncenter.org/renewal-and-resilience-josephs/) - [The Architects of American Renewal \| Opinion](https://woodsoncenter.org/the-architects-of-american-renewal-opinion/) ## Projects - [Covert, Michigan \ \(1860\-1910\)](https://woodsoncenter.org/project/covert-michigan-1860-1910/) - [Alice Coachman \ \(1923\-2014\)](https://woodsoncenter.org/project/alice-coachman-1923-2014/) - [Benjamin Banneker \ \(1731\-1806\)](https://woodsoncenter.org/project/benjamin-banneker-1731-1806/) - [Charles Harrison Mason \(1864\-1961\)](https://woodsoncenter.org/project/charles-harrison-mason-1864-1961/) - [Underground Railroad Mini\-Lessons](https://woodsoncenter.org/project/underground-railroad-mini-lessons/) ## Events - [Black History and Excellence: An Evening for Teachers and Administrators](https://woodsoncenter.org/event/black-history-and-excellence-an-evening-for-teachers-and-administrators/) - [GCSS Conference 2026](https://woodsoncenter.org/event/gcss-conference-2026/) - [Radical Grace: A Tribute to the Life and Work of Bob Woodson](https://woodsoncenter.org/event/radical-grace-a-tribute-to-the-life-and-work-of-bob-woodson/) - [2026 VCSS Conference](https://woodsoncenter.org/event/2026-vcss-conference/) - [106th NCSS Annual Conference](https://woodsoncenter.org/event/106th-ncss-annual-conference/) ## Tributes - [Steve Schuck](https://woodsoncenter.org/tribute/to-bob-woodson/) - [Valencia Smith](https://woodsoncenter.org/tribute/valencia-smith/) - [Michael Freeman](https://woodsoncenter.org/tribute/michael-freeman/) - [Craig Gallaway, Ph\.D\. and Deborah Gallaway](https://woodsoncenter.org/tribute/craig-gallaway-ph-d-and-deborah-gallaway/) - [Sharon F\. Hix](https://woodsoncenter.org/tribute/sharon-f-hix/) ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://woodsoncenter.org/uncategorized/) - [Media](https://woodsoncenter.org/news-and-media/media/) - [News \& Media](https://woodsoncenter.org/news-and-media/) - [Press Releases](https://woodsoncenter.org/news-and-media/press-releases/) - [Press Conferences](https://woodsoncenter.org/news-and-media/press-conferences/) ## Categories - [Sections](https://woodsoncenter.org/layout_category/sections/) - [Layouts](https://woodsoncenter.org/layout_category/layouts/) ## Type - [section](https://woodsoncenter.org/layout_type/section/) - [layout](https://woodsoncenter.org/layout_type/layout/) - [module](https://woodsoncenter.org/layout_type/module/) ## Module Width - [regular](https://woodsoncenter.org/module_width/regular/) - [fullwidth](https://woodsoncenter.org/module_width/fullwidth/) ## Scope - [global](https://woodsoncenter.org/scope/global/) - [not\_global](https://woodsoncenter.org/scope/not_global/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://woodsoncenter.org/sitemap_index.xml)