| "Few will have the greatness to bend history itself;
but each of us can work to change a small portion of events and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation." --Robert F. Kennedy |
| The Gleitsman Foundation encourages individual commitment and leadership by recognizing the exceptional achievement of those who have initiated positive social change. We seek those individuals whose vision and courage inspire others to join with them in confronting and challenging injustice.
As we begin our search for nominees for the 2007 International Activist Award, we invite you to advise us of those individuals whose efforts you feel should be recognized.
The 2007 International Activist Award will honor those who have struggled to correct social injustice worldwide (excluding the United States which is the focus of the Citizen Activist Award in alternate years). The award is not presented posthumously, nor is it given to groups or organizations. The honorees will share $100,000 and will receive a specially commissioned sculpture designed by Maya Lin, creator of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, DC.
Please complete this nomination form and forward it with supporting materials to us postmarked not later than November 3, 2006. The Honorees of the 2007 International Activist Award will be announced in the spring.
We thank you for helping to reinforce the timeless message that one lone individual can not only inspire profound change, but motivate others to make a positive difference as well. And in the above quoted words of Robert Kennedy, the sum of those individual acts will hopefully help to build a better life for all of us. |
| BOARD OF JUDGES |
| - Fang Lizhi, astrophysicist and Chinese democracy advocate
- Mairead Corrigan Maguire, 1976 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate - Shimon Peres, 1994 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate - Javier Perez de Cuellar, former Secretary General of the United Nations - Adolfo Perez Esquivel, 1980 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate - Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 1984 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate - Alan Gleitsman, founder of The Gleitsman Foundation |
| BOARD OF ADVISORS |
| - Yossi Beilin, dedicated Israeli peace activist
- David Gergen, Director, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard - Kerry Kennedy, founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center - Martin Lee, Hong Kong democracy leader - Ahmed Qurie (Abu Ala), Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority - Jose Ramos-Horta, 1996 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate - Jehan Sadat, activist and widow of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat - Wei Jingsheng, steadfast advocate of democracy in China - Muhammad Yunus, creator of Grameen Bank and its micro-finance programs |
| PREVIOUS HONOREES |
| 1993
- Nelson Mandela, then African National Congress President - Wei Jingsheng, advocate of democracy in China - Posthumous Awards in memory of Helen Joseph and Petra Kelly 1995 - Jose Ramos-Horta, East Timor independence advocate - Beate and Serge Klarsfeld, prominent Nazi hunters 1997 - Maria Adela Antokoletz, Argentinean founder of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo - Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi lender to the poor 1999 - Advocates for reconciliation in the Middle East: Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), Yossi Beilin, Bassem Eid, Yitzhak Frankenthal, Galia Golan, Faisel Husseini, Terje Rod Larsen and Mona Juul, Ahmed Qurie (Abu Ala), Uri Savir and Stanley Sheinbaum - Posthumous Awards in memory of Anwar Sadat, Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein 2001 - Bernie Krisher, Creator of schools in Cambodia - Martin Macwan, Advocate of Dalits ("Untouchables") Rights 2003 - Leaders in the struggle against poverty: - Fazle Abed, founder of BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) - Jaya Arunachalam, founder of the Working Women's Forum - Roman Imboden, visionary developer of the Multifunctional Platform - Roy Prosterman, founder of the Rural Development Institute 2005 - Han Dongfang, international advocate of the worker's movement in China - Patrick Alley, Charmian Gooch and Simon Taylor, founders of Global Witness |
THE INTERNATIONAL ACTIVIST AWARD
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