People
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Alessandra Korap Munduruku
Tags Share Alessandra Korap Munduruku, 36, is a human rights defender and leader of the Munduruku people of the Tapajós River Middle Course. Born in the village of Praia do Índio, in the municipality of Itaituba (Pará) in the Brazilian Amazon region, she taught early childhood education from 2014 to 2015 and was the coordinator…
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Angry Tias and Abuelas of the Rio Grande Valley
Tags Share The Angry Tias and Abuelas of the Rio Grande Valley are a collective group of women from South Texas who provide emergency assistance to asylum seekers at ports of entry and bus stations along the U.S.-Mexico border. The group aims to offer food, water, clothing, toiletries, logistical support, and cash funds when needed…
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Detained Migrant Solidarity Committee
Tags Share The Detained Migrant Solidarity Committee (DMSC) reunites families by assisting in paying bonds to release detained immigrants and helping them to avoid exploitative bail bond lenders, which improves their chances in immigration court. They are respected liberation activists in the region who work to challenge the inhumanity of the U.S. migrant detention system…
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La Unión del Pueblo Entero
Tags Share Founded in 1989 by farmworker movement leaders Dolores Huerta and César Chávez, and established in the Rio Grande Valley in 2003, La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) is a community-based union that serves the colonias and low-income neighborhoods of Hidalgo County through community organizing and social services. LUPE also works to fight deportations…
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Erika Kinetz, Tom Jennings, and Annie Wong
Tags Share High School Print The Drug Crisis Nighthawk News Magazine of First Flight High School Kayla Hallac, Maren Ingram, Maggie McNinch, Taylor Newton, Kira Walters, Joey Krieg, Olivia Sugg, Fiona Finchem High School Broadcast Book Ban Eagle Nation News of Prosper High School Mithra Cama College Journalism Allies Welcome Columbia University Shakeeb Asrar, Tavleen…
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Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang
Tags Share High School Print and New Voices for Justice Award Unlivable Wages The Globe of Clayton High School Owen Auston-Babcock High School Broadcast The Talk Hillcrest High School Jaela Burris College Journalism Being Black in Lincoln: The Series The Lincoln Journal Star Trinity Saez, Victoria Baker, Zach Wendling, Jaqueline Martinez, Evelyn Mejia, Dillon Galloway,…
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March For Our Lives
Tags Share March For Our Lives is a non-profit organization created by the current students and alumni of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Rising from the ashes of tragedy, these young adults have sparked a fire in the hearts of every generation in America – specifically the youth, leading the next generation…
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Staff, The Associated Press
Tags Share Domestic Print Winner “Torn Apart: Immigration in the Era of Trump” Staff, The Associated Press Few events captivated the public in 2018 as powerfully as the many scenes of children separated from their parents at the U.S. — Mexico border. Some would be put in cages, others hauled into court for immigration proceedings…
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Michael Anastasi and Mark Russell
Tags Share High School Print and New Voices for Justice Award Bigoted Badges: How Hate and Violence are Embedded in Kentucky Law Enforcement Training duPont Manual High School’s Manual RedEye Satchel Walton, Cooper Walton, and Payton Carns High School Broadcast The Pandemic Program Prosper High School’s Eagle Nation News Grant Johnson, Kacey Boston, Cristina Folsom,…
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Maren Machles, Carrie Cochran, Angela Hill, Suzette Brewer, and the Broken Trust Team
Tags Share High School Journalism Black Students Nearly Two Times as Likely to be Suspended as White Peers in the ICCSD Iowa City High School’s The Little Hawk Nina Lavezzo-Stecopoulos College Journalism State of EmergencyCarnegie-Knight News21, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication News21 Staff Domestic Print Exploited New York Times Michael H. Keller,…
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Color Of Change
Tags Share Color Of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. As a national online force driven by over one million members, Color of Change moves decision makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America. The organization our members to take action…
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United We Dream
Tags Share United We Dream (UWD) is the largest immigrant youth-led organization in the nation, a powerful network made up of over 400,000 members and 48 affiliate organizations across 26 states. UWD’s vision is to build a multi-racial, multi-ethnic movement of young people who organize and advocate at the local and national levels for the…
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