Global Generation Awards
Since the fall of 2011, the MCN has been hosting the Global Generation Awards annually during Millennium Campus Conference weekend. The Awards serve to honor extraordinary leaders who are role models in the movement for global justice. The exclusive gathering of 200 civic leaders has raised over $80,000 for the MCN since its inception, and exposed more philanthropists to MCN programming. Notable leaders, from US Seretary of State John Kerry to 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee, have been honored at this special event.
Here is a list of Global Generation Award Winners:
2011 Award Winners
- John Kerry (US Secretary of State) - watch Secretary Kerry's Awards speech here
- Eliza Dushku (actress and activist) - watch Dushku's Awards speech here
- Gillian Sorensen (Senior Advisor, United Nations Foundation) - watch Sorensen's Awards speech here
- Jason Russell (Co-Founder, Invisible Children) - watch Russell's Awards speech here
2012 Award Winners
- Leymah Gbowee (2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner)
- Jeffrey Sachs (world-renowned economist, Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University)
- Emilia Pires (Minister of Finance, Timor-Leste)
- Steven Radelet (Chief Economist, USAID)
- Paul O'Brien (Vice President for Policy and Campaigns, Oxfam America)
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