The NAACP Springfield honored Midtown’s Dee Ogilvy with the 2018 Community Service Award Oct. 20, 2018 at “Reigniting the Dream,” NAACP Springfield’s Freedom Fund and Awards Banquet. This award is given annually to a person in the community in recognition of outstanding contributions and their gift of time to the Springfield community.
Besides serving on the MLK50 Committee, Ogilvy also serves as deputy voter registrar for the NAACP, and is the NAACP’s civic engagement chair, representing the organization at a number of groups including Faith Voices, Jobs for Justice and Poor Peoples Champaign. She serves on the outreach committee for SWMO NOW, on the Midtown Neighborhood Association board, the Neighborhood Advisory Council, and the NAC’s Positive Action Committee and on the Springfield-Greene County Planning & Zoning Commission. She also served on the organizing committee for the 2016 Women’s March on Springfield.
“This lady grew up in Upstate New York and Detroit, Michigan and was a social activist in Detroit in the late ’60’s,” said NAACP Springfield President Cheryl Clay. “She has been married to her husband John since 1971. Dee and John retired to Springfield 10 years ago, but her family has lived in the Midtown area of Springfield for over 125 years.”