The 11th annual Steve Harvey Ford Neighborhood Awards, formerly known as the Ford Hoodie Awards, is a three-day, multi-event extravaganza that draws upwards of 10,000 mostly African Americans from around the nation into the party capitol of the country, Las Vegas. 
Most of us don’t need much of a reason to go kick on the famous Strip in Sin City — actually we don’t need any reason — but there are seven good reasons you should make the annual Ford Neighborhood Awards an annual priority to be a part of, starting with the fact that this is the only major awards event where the celebrities willingly flip the script: they pay homage to the real heroes, the outstanding achievers and givers of our community.
