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Progressive Leadership Awards
Every year, USAction celebrates the indispensable leaders of the progressive movement at our annual Progressive Leadership Awards event in Washington, DC.
Honorees
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Eli Pariser, Executive Director, MoveOn.org
Page Gardner, President, Women's Voices. Women Vote Action Fund
Cheyenne Hughes, Racial Justice Organizer, Colorado Progressive Coalition |
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Representative Rosa DeLauro
Craig Kaplan
Anne Hess
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Senator Richard Durbin
Cecile Richards, President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Deepak Bhargava, Executive Director, Center for Community Change |
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Representative George Miller
Susan Chinn, Director of Leadership Development, Center for Community Change
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Reg Weaver, President, National Education Association
Mark Ritchie, President, IATP & Executive Director, National Voice
Patricia Bauman, President, The Bauman Foundation |
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John Stocks, Deputy Executive Director, National Education Association
Anne Bartley, board member, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Harriet Barlow, Director, Blue Mountain Center and the HKH Foundation
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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
Leo Gerard, President, United Steelworkers of America |
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John Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO
Senator Jon Corzine
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Senator Debbie Stabenow
Anna Burger, Secretary-Treasurer, Service Employees International Union
Mary Alexander, President, Association of Trial Lawyers of America |
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Senator Richard Durbin
Senator Jon Corzine
Andy Stern, President, Service Employees International Union
Julie Braman Kane, board member, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Todd Smith, President, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
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Senator Tom Harkin
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
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Delegates Assembly Awards
2003 - Washington, DC
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Deb Stehr, Lakeview, Iowa |
| Affiliate Award: |
Maine People's Alliance and Dirigo Alliance |
| Ally Award: |
Wade Henderson, Director, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights |
| Funder Award: |
Frank Smith, Pacific Palisades, California |
| Political Leader Award: |
Mayor Wayne Smith, Irvington, New Jersey |
2001 - Chicago, IL
| Affiliate Award: |
Colorado Progressive Coalition |
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Randall Merritt, Athens, Georgia |
| Ally Award: |
NAACP National Voter Fund |
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Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock |
| Political Leader Award: |
Maine State Senator Chellie Pingree |
Annual Chicago Award Event
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Linda Lipsen, Senior Vice President, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Christie Hefner, Chair and CEO, Playboy Enterprises
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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan
Joseph Power, founder, Power Rogers and Smith
Jorge Ramirez, Executive Director, UFCW Local 1546
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Elwood Flowers, Vice President, Amalgamated Transit Union, Illinois Council
Jackie Kendall, Executive Director, Midwest Academy
David Wilhelm, former DNC chair
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Heather Booth, Founder, Midwest Academy; Vice President, USAction |
A New Generation for Change
With the Institute for America's Future, Los Angeles, 2005
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Lara Bergthold, co-chair of the board, People For the American Way
Jehmu Greene, President, Rock the Vote
Rick Jacobs, Chairman, Campaign for California's Future
Terri New, fundraising consultant
Ari Swiller, political advisor to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa |
| Chairs: |
Lyn & Norman Lear
Barbra Streisand
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| Co-Chairs: |
Cindy & Alan Horn
Shari & Richard Foos
Katie McGrath & J.J. Abrams |
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