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2016 Bryan Stevenson

Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, is the winner of the annual $100,000 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship in partnership with Type Media (fka the Nation Institute). The award honors work that challenges the status quo through distinctive, courageous, imaginative, and socially responsible work of Read More

2016 Activism Gallery Lectures/Workshops

Puffin is proud to announce sponsorship of a diverse selection of courses, workshops, lectures and events exploring New York’s proud activist history at the Museum of the City of New York. Topics include New York’s leading role in Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, Urban Environmental Protest, Art in Activism and more. Read More

2016 Lydia Cacho and Jeremy Scahill

Fearless, Border-Crossing Journalists Expose Corruption at the Highest Levels: Lydia Cacho (Mexico) and Jeremy Scahill (USA) Win Human Rights Award New York—On Saturday, May 7, 2016, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) will present the ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism to journalists Lydia Cacho and Jeremy Scahill. One of Read More

Puffin Cultural Forum Exhibit “Conversations, 2016”

February 12, 2016

A selection of images from Conversations, 2016 is now viewable virtually. We look back on the tumultuous dialogue of recent discussion on race and progress, or lack thereof. Curated by artist and curator Lehna Huie and Puffin Cultural Forum’s Andrew Lee, Conversations presents a mosaic of expressions, ideas, and emotions by contemporary Read More

2015 Puffin/Nation Prize: Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II

December 8, 2015

Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II, volunteer President of the North Carolina NAACP, is the winner of the 2015 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship. The award will be presented to Rev. Barber at The Nation Institute’s Annual Gala Dinner on December 8 in New York City. Reverend Barber — who Read More

2015 Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II

Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II, volunteer President of the North Carolina NAACP, is the winner of the 2015 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship. The award will be presented to Rev. Barber at Type Media Center’s (fka The Nation Institute) Annual Gala Dinner on December 8 in New York City. Read More

2015 NY Times on Activist NY

Seeing the Power of Political Posters Excerpt from July 31, 2015 Arts II Section of the New York times by Martha Schwendener. Full article here “Activist New York” at the Museum of the City of New York is visually challenging, but in a different way. Rather than being focused on Read More

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