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2015 Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory in Spain
The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) will present the ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism to the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory in Spain (Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica, ARMH). One of the largest monetary awards for human rights in the world, this $100,000 cash Read More
2014 Frances Fox Piven
Frances Fox Piven, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology at The Graduate Center, CUNY, received the annual $100,000 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship on Monday, December 8, 2014, at Type Media Center’s (fka The Nation Institute) Annual Gala Dinner in New York City. The Puffin Foundation and The Nation Read More
2014 Bryan Stevenson
The Lincoln Brigade Continues Bending the Arc Towards Justice New York — On Sunday, April 27, 2014, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) will present the fourth ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism to Bryan Stevenson, the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative. ALBA and the Puffin Read More
2015 ALBA/Puffin Prize: Bryan Stevenson
April 27, 2014
The Lincoln Brigade Continues Bending the Arc Towards Justice New York — On Sunday, April 27, 2014, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) will present the fourth ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism to Bryan Stevenson, the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative. ALBA and the Puffin Read More
2013 Barry W. Lynn
The Nation Institute and The Puffin Foundation, Ltd. are pleased to award the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, with the annual $100,000 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship. This prestigious award was presented to Lynn on Monday, December 9, 2013, at Read More
2013 United We Dream/Puffin ALBA Award
United We Dream wins ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism “Undocumented and Unafraid”: DREAMers Network Tapped for Human Rights Award New York — On May 5, 2013 the third Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA)/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism will be presented in New York City to United We Dream Read More
2012 Peccerelli & Doyle
ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism Para más información en español sobre el Premio ALBA/Puffin al Activismo en pro de los Derechos Humanos de este año, pinche aquí. Kate Doyle and the National Security ArchiveFor two decades, Kate Doyle has worked to shed light on the history of state violence Read More
2012 Benjamin Todd Jealous
Winner of the 2012 Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship (formerly the Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship). Prize Recognizes NAACP’s Leadership In Civil and Human Rights Movement; Efforts to “Rebrand” Civil Rights for a New Era The Nation Institute and The Puffin Foundation announced today that Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and Read More
2011 Baltasar Garzón
Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) and the Puffin Foundation Announce Major New Human Rights Award Internationally Famed Judge Baltasar Garzón Named First Recipient “Today, the whole world is watching as the people of nation after nation struggle to obtain their freedom from oppressive regimes. Could there be a more appropriate Read More
2011 Tony Kushner
Winner of the 2011 Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship (formerly the Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship). Image: Tony Kushner discusses Angels in America at 20, during a Commonwealth Club program in San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre on Nov 6. 2010. Photo by Ed Ritger. Tony Kushner Announced as Winner of the Read More