Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship
The Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship is an American award citation given jointly by the Nation Institute (a nonprofit media center with ties to The Nation magazine) and the Puffin Foundation.[1] The annual $100,000 award honors artists and others for “socially responsible work” and challenges to authority.[2] The prize is intended to "encourage the recipients to continue their work, and to inspire others to challenge the prevailing orthodoxies they face in their careers."[1] The inaugural award was in 2001.[2]
Winners
- 2001 Robert Parris Moses
- 2002 Dolores Huerta[3]
- 2003 David Protess[4]
- 2004 Barbara Ehrenreich
- 2005 Jonathan Kozol
- 2006 Amy Goodman
- 2007 Michael Ratner
- 2008 Van Jones
- 2009 Jim Hightower
- 2010 Bill McKibben
- 2010 Cecile Richards
- 2011 Tony Kushner[5]
- 2012 Benjamin Todd Jealous[6]
- 2013 Barry W. Lynn [7][8]
- 2014 Frances Fox Piven
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship, official website.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Patrick Healy (November 28, 2011). "Tony Kushner Wins $100,000 Award for ‘Creative Citizenship’". New York Times. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
- ↑ "United States: Dolores Huerta honored with Creative Citizenship Award". Off Our Backs 33 (1/2). January–February 2003. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
- ↑ Ana Mendieta (December 4, 2003). "Prof awarded $100,000 for freeing the innocent". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ↑ Patrick Healy (November 29, 2011). "Kushner Wins Puffin/Nation Prize for 'Activism'". New York Times. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
- ↑ Staff writer (December 3, 2012). "Benn Jealous Awarded the 2012 Puffin/Nation Prize". NAACP. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Chevy Chase man honored for work on separation of church and state". gazette.net. November 27, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
- ↑ "AU Head Lynn Wins Prestigious Award From The Nation Institute". Church & State 67 (1). Jan 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
External links
- Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship, official website.