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The 35th Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards Ceremony
October 12th, 2011


Domestic Award

Wisconsin Progressive Movement

International Award

Bethlehem, The Migrant's Shelter (Mexico)

About the Recipients

Domestic Awardee: The Wisconsin Progressive Movement

The Wisconsin Progressive Movement is standing up for working families and for a strong public sector. The protests of Wisconsin workers continue to challenge an unjust status quo and breathe new life into the progressive movement.

International Awardee: Bethlehem, The Migrant's Shelter (Mexico)

Bethlehem, The Migrant's Shelter (Mexico) works to protect migrants in Mexico from kidnapping, extortion, sexual abuse, and murder. As a voice for the human rights of migrants in transit, it has courageously challenged both organized crime and complicit public officials.

Selection Committee

  • Fred Azcarate, AFL-CIO
  • Marie Dennis, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
  • Karen Dolan, Institute for Policy Studies
  • Joe Eldridge, Chaplain, American University
  • Jill Gay, Activist
  • Adam Isacson, Center for International Policy
  • Peter Kornbluh, National Security Archive
  • Isabel Morel de Letelier
  • E. Ethelbert Miller, Howard University
  • Joy Olson, Washington Office on Latin America
  • Manuel Perez-Rocha, Institute for Policy Studies

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