United Nations Day and Global Citizen Awards

 

United Nations Day celebrates the UN's vital role in promoting peace, human rights, and sustainable development, while fostering global cooperation to address shared challenges.

 

The Global Citizen Awards recognize individuals and organizations empowering communities, especially vulnerable groups, and leading sustainable change aligned with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

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19th Annual Global Citizen Awards

2024 Peace, Democracy, and Law

Awardees

• Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law at UC Berkeley

• League of Women Voters of the Bay Area

• Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

• Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center​​

 

 

18th Annual Global Citizen Awards

2023 Human Rights Protection for All 

Awardees​

• Rob Bonta, California Attorney General

• Corrina Gould, Chair and Spokesperson for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan;
  Co-Director, Sogorea Te' Land Trust, and Co-Founder and Lead Organizer, Indian People Organizing for Change

• Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley

• Centro Legal de la Raza

• The Greenlining Institute

• MISSSEY - Motivating, Inspiring, Supporting, and Serving Sexually Exploited Youth. 

• Bay Area Legal Aid

• East Bay Sanctuary Covenant

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