Thomas Merton Award
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The Thomas Merton Award has been awarded since 1972 by the Thomas Merton Center for Peace and Social Justice in Pittsburgh, United States.[1] It is named after Thomas Merton and is given annually to "national and international individuals struggling for justice."
Award recipients
[edit]- 1972: James P. Carroll
- 1973: Dorothy Day
- 1974: Dick Gregory
- 1975: Joan Baez
- 1976: Dom Hélder Câmara
- 1977: Dick Hughes
- 1978: Bishop John Harris Burt & Bishop James Malone
- 1979: Helen Caldicott
- 1980: William Winpisinger
- 1981: The people of Poland
- 1982: Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen
- 1983: Not awarded
- 1984: Bernice Johnson Reagon
- 1985: Henri Nouwen
- 1986: Allan Boesak
- 1987: Miguel D'Escoto
- 1988: Daniel Berrigan
- 1989: Comrades of El Salvador & Elizabeth Linder
- 1990: Marian Wright Edelman
- 1991: Howard Zinn
- 1992: Molly Rush
- 1993: Reverend Lucius Walker
- 1994: Richard Rohr OFM
- 1995: Marian Kramer
- 1996: Winona LaDuke
- 1997: Ron Chisom
- 1998: Studs Terkel
- 1999: Wendell Berry
- 2000: Ronald V. Dellums
- 2001: Sister Joan Chittister
- 2002: Bishop Leontine T. Kelly
- 2003: Voices in the Wilderness
- 2004: Amy Goodman and Stephen Bluestone for poetry category[2]
- 2005: Reverend Roy Bourgeois
- 2006: Angela Davis
- 2007: Cindy Sheehan
- 2008: Malik Rahim
- 2009: Dennis Kucinich
- 2010: Noam Chomsky
- 2011: Vandana Shiva
- 2012: Martin Sheen
- 2013: Bill McKibben[3][4]
- 2014: Jeremy Scahill[5]
- 2015: Barbara Lee[6]
- 2016: Frida Berrigan
- 2017: The Center for Constitutional Rights
- 2018: ArchCity Defenders[7]
- 2019: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
References
[edit]- ^ "Thomas Merton Award goes to rights center". Center for Constitutional Rights. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ Griffith, Wes (2004-03-22). "Professor Wins Prestigious Thomas Merton Award". The Den. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ "Thomas Merton Award goes to climate change activist". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved Oct 8, 2019.
- ^ Staff Writer. "4 St. John's seniors receive Thomas Merton award". The Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ "Journalist receives Thomas Merton Award". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved Oct 8, 2019.
- ^ "Congresswoman Lee Receives Thomas Merton Award for Her Work to Advance Peace and Social Justice | Barbara Lee - Congresswoman for the 12th District of California". lee.house.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
- ^ archcity (2018-11-29). "ArchCity Defenders Receives the 2018 Thomas Merton Award from the Thomas Merton Center". ArchCity Defenders. Retrieved 2023-03-16.