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2017 Puffin Prize: Colin Kaepernick
January 1, 2017
Colin Kaepernick receives the 2017 Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship (formerly the Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship). During last year’s NFL pre-season, then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began refusing to stand for the playing of the national anthem in protest of racism and police violence. “I am not going Read More
2016 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship
December 21, 2016
Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, is the winner of the 2016 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship. Stevenson is a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned. Under his leadership, the EJI has Read More
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
Puffin Foundation honored by NJ Peace Action as Peace Site of the Year
December 1, 2016
You can view the award ceremony and the statement read by Jules Orkin, Puffin Peace Fellow, here: Read More
A disturbing look at the resurgent paramilitary movement in Mother Jones. Another piece of investigative journalism supported by the Puffin Foundation
October 27, 2016
I went undercover with a militia on the US-Mexico border. Here’s what I saw. “I crawl out of the back of the pickup with my rifle in hand. “Keep your weapons nice and tight,” Captain Pain orders. I am traveling light. Unlike the others, I don’t view southern Arizona as Read More
Rosenberg Sons on 60 Minutes
October 15, 2016
Sunday, October 16, 7:00pm CBS (channel 2 in NJ) “The sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg tell Anderson Cooper what it was like to be the children of infamous Communist spies during the McCarthy era, in a story that sheds new light on one of the most dramatic espionage cases 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
Eunice Lipton Book Discussion at Puffin & MCNY
June 2, 2016
The Puffin Foundation is proud to sponsor two events with Eunice Lipton talking about her new memoir about her uncle’s participation in the Spanish Civil War. Join us at the Puffin Cultural Forum on June 24, 7:00pm or see Ms. Lipton at the Museum of the City of NY on Read More
Michael Ratner
May 20, 2016
The Puffin Foundation notes with sorrow the loss of our esteemed colleague and friend, whose devotion to equal justice and human rights led to the bestowal of our highest honor, the Puffin-Nation Award for Creative Citizenship. A highly principled man, Michael Ratner was a warm and caring individual whose life’s 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