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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

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