by Kathleen | Mar 4, 2019 | 2019 Honorees
2019 Frederick Douglass Award - Columbia County Sanctuary Movement Columbia County Sanctuary Movement is based in Hudson and organizes throughout Columbia County, where they bring together new citizens, other immigrants, and allies. Even as the shifting demographics...
by Kathleen | Mar 4, 2019 | 2019 Honorees
2019 Frederick Douglass Award - Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP) RAPP’s leadership has become a unique and effective voice in Albany pressing for desperately needed changes to the parole system. New York state has steadily reduced the number of incarcerated...
by Kathleen | Mar 4, 2019 | 2019 Honorees
2019 North Star Award - Barbara Winslow Barbara is a scholar activist as well as a movement builder who has been a deep and steadfast partner to North Star Fund for over four decades. Barbara’s political engagement began in the 1960s, when she demonstrated...
by Kathleen | Mar 4, 2019 | 2019 Honorees
2019 North Star Award - Linda Sarsour Born and raised in Brooklyn, Linda has a long history of “from the ground up” leadership, which began locally and has led her to have national and international impact. Linda joined the staff of the Arab American Association of...
by Kathleen | Mar 4, 2019 | 2019 Honorees
2019 North Star Award - Maurice Mitchell Maurice has been working within communities that are ready to rise up and fight for justice for more than twenty years. While attending Howard University, the killing of a classmate led Maurice into a formative experience as a...
