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2018 Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Remarks of Neal Rosenstein, Vice President of the Puffin Foundation. ALBA/Puffin Human Rights Prize May 12, 2018 Good afternoon friends. On behalf of Perry and Gladys Rosenstein & the Puffin Foundation, I’d like to share a few brief words about the honorees for the ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism Read More
2017 Colin Kaepernick
Colin Kaepernick receives the 2017 Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship (formerly the Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship) in partnership with Type Media Center. 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 Read More
2017 Proactiva Open Arms
In September 2015, Proactiva Open Arms was the first NGO specializing in rescue missions to arrive at the island of Lesbos (Greece). Since June 2016, POA’s ship Astral, fully equipped for open-sea rescue and medical care, has been present in the Mediterranean, saving thousands of lives. Proactiva Open Arms was Read More
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 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