People
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Sonia Pierre
Tags Share Sonia Pierre led the movement against a century of state-sponsored racial discrimination by the Dominican government against Dominicans of Haitian descent. The target of hate crimes, Dominicans with a Haitian background are also denied citizenship and face the threat of deportation from the country in which they were born, worked, and raised a…
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Delphine Djiraibe
Tags Share In a country stricken with the effects of decades of civil war, continuing violence and the violation of fundamental rights, Djiraibe, a human rights attorney and co-founder of the Chadian Association for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights, fights to protect the human rights of Chadian civilians and to prevent further environmental…
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Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Tags Share Unbeknownst to many Americans, agriculture in the United States is rife with human rights abuses. In the multi-billion dollar farming industry, corporations negotiate with growers to purchase mass quantities of product for the lowest possible prices. Farmworkers have borne the brunt of this market pressure, in part because their rights to organize and…
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Loune Viaud
Tags Share In January of 2010, Loune Viaud attended a meeting of public health experts in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to discuss the nation’s recovery from four devastating hurricanes that had erased most of the country’s infrastructure. Loune had already made a tremendous difference in Haiti. With her colleagues at Zanmi Lasante and Partners in Health, she…
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Darci Frigo
Tags Share Darci Frigo, the founder of the NGO Terra de Direitos (TDD), fights to give land to the landless, put an end to modern-day slavery, ensure more sustainable stewardship of the land and protect Brazil’s biodiversity. He is a former seminarian and passionate defender of the landless poor in Brazil. As an attorney he…
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Bill Moyers
Tags Share High School Broadcast “A Whole New World,” by Josh Horned, Chloe Durham and Rachel PfeiferHTV Magazine, Hillcrest High School, Springfield, Missouri High School Print“A Ball, A Team, A War and a Dream,” by Anthony KristensenFrancis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri College Journalism“Wounds of White Clay: Nebraska’s Shameful Legacy,” by In-Depth Reporting…
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Staff, The New York Times
Tags Share High School Broadcast “I Wasn’t Comfortable: Being a Student of Color in Garfield High’s Advanced Classes”KUOW Puget Sound Public RadioJessie Nguyen, Carlin Bills, and Surya Hendry On the surface, the city of Seattle seems to celebrate diversity, but Seattle’s Garfield High School tells a different story. From the effects of historic housing discrimination,…
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Martin Macwan
Tags Share India abolished discrimination against its “untouchables,” or dalits, more than 60 years ago. But despite real progress, centuries of subjugation have left a residue of discrimination that has proven difficult to eradicate, especially in rural areas, where Dalits suffer atrocities at a disproportionate rate, and authorities are often slow to respond to complaints.…
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Matt Black
Tags Share High School Broadcast Winner “The Jellybean Jar of Life: Nick’s Story,” Becca Kristofferson, Jacob Jaeger, Dylan Goodman, and Seamus Levin, Mexico High School, Missouri High School Print Winner “What One Family Could Never Forget,” Anthony Kristensen, North Star, Francis Howell North High School, Missouri College Journalism Winner “Land of Broken Promises,” Depth Reporting…
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Richard Marosi and Don Barletti
Tags Share High School Broadcast Winner “Our Cameras, Our Stories,” John Alpert and Team, Downtown Community Television Center, New York High School Print Winner “Eyes on Ferguson,” Gwyneth Henke, The Globe, Clayton High School, Clayton, MO College Journalism Winner “Wrongful Convictions,” Alec Klein & Team, Medill Justice Project, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Domestic Print Winner…
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Andrés Cediel and Team
Tags Share High School Broadcast Winner “Homeless in the Heartland,” Kaley Prier, Savanna Steffen, John Harmon, Kara Mullen, Kelsey Williams, Caleb Brown, Cody House, Ryan Lindsey, and Breanna Feemster, Hillcrest High School, Springfield, MO High School Print Winner “Stop-and-Frisk: Time for a Change,” Linda Sankat and Autumn Spanne, Youth Communication, YCteen College Journalism Winner “A…
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James Alexander and Team
Tags Share High School Print Winner “Cheering Through It All,” Alexis Christo, North Star, Francis Howell North High School College Journalism Winner “M-Powered: University of Mississippi Students Learn through Service in Belize,” Patricia Thompson, University of Mississippi Domestic Print Winner “Prognosis: Profits,” James Alexander, Karen Garloch, Joseph Neff, David Raynor, Jim Walser, and Steve Riley,…
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