Name: John O Shea
Country: Ireland
Organization (optional): GOAL
Issue(s) of Focus: Development and Disaster Relief
Why should this person be nominated? for his tireless efforts in trying to assist the world s poorest have access to food, medicine and shelter; for constantly raising awareness and drawing attention to development issues; for being critical of the efforts of HIPC and LDC governments to stamp out corruption around inetrnational and devlopment aid, and for not being afraid to do so; for being a pain in the a*s to policticians at home about increasing aid levels. Most importantly for being a true humanitarian

Please, please, don't nominate someone who is already a celebrity. This is a chance to do some real homework and elevate one of the many heroes of global development and help her or him advance and have a greater impact. "Piling on" doesn't help and wastes an important opportunity. But finding an someone not yet recognized means real due diligence. Please don't take the easy way.
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Name: Eve Ensler
Country: USA and the world
Organization (optional): V-Day
Issue(s) of Focus: women, ending violence, international
Why should this person be nominated?
It is V-Day's 30th anniversary this year, culminating in a celebration in New Orleans at the Superdome, where women and men from around the world will gather to highlight V-Day's work to end violence against women. This year Eve has once again criss-crossed the globe to do hands-on work supporting grassroots activists in Africa, Asia, the MiddleEast, Europe, South and Central America, etc. She is nothing short of a miracle worker. Her efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo are especially noteworthy this year. Working now with the UN and other groups, she is raising awareness and providing safe-haven for the women of the DRC--who have been all but forgotten on the world stage. Please check out v-day.org, for more on Eve and her work.

Name: Katherine Chon
Country: US
Organization: Polaris Project
Issue of Focus: Human Trafficking

Katherine should be nominated for her hard work and dedication to stopping human trafficking and modern day slavery. Since its inception, the Polaris Project (Katherine's organization) have been active at national and global levels in creating legislation to put an end to human trafficking. Katherine is an amazing woman and deserves recognition for the strides she's made against forced labor and sexual exploitation.

Name: Sanjeev Santhosh Peethala
Country: India
Organisation: UNV, India/Government of Karnataka
Issues of Focus: Disaster Risk Management and Development
Why should this person be nominated:

For his untiring effort to improve governments efforts in Disaster Risk Management. He has been constantly generating awareness on disaster risk reduction/management issues; has assisted in building the capacity of teachers, school children, engineers, architects, the local community and a host of other stakeholders including the government officials. Has advocated to the Local Governments on the need for a safer built environment and has assisted them in revising the building codes of the urban local body which have been approved and notified by the City Corporation of Mangalore.

Name: Justine Masika Bihamba
Country: Democratic Republic of Congo
Issue: Violence against Women; Women's Human Rights

Justine Masika Bihamba is the President of the NGO organisation Synergie des femmes pour les victimes des violences sexuelles (SFVS), a leading organization in the Democratic Republic of Congo that provides direct support to thousands of survivors of sexual violence. Justine & her family survived a recent murder attempt & are still under threat. Because of her extreme compassion and commitment to the women of the DRC, Justine is choosing to accept all personal risks and continue her work in the DRC. However, she strongly desires to evacuate her 4 children immediately to Canada.

Name: Madock Chivasa
Country:Zimbabwe
Organisation:National Constitutional Assembly(NCA)
Issues of focus:Constitutionalism and good governance

Why nominated:
Madock Chivasa is 28 years old and he is the current national spokesperson for the constitutional assembly in zimbabwe.He was arrested more than 20 times by the regime in Zimbabwe since he was a student leader at University of Zimbabwe.In 2002 he was given a life ban at the university of Zimbabwe where he was leading more than 15000 students who were demonstrating against privatisation of education at tertiary institutions. Iregardless of the fact that he is young,he is currently amongst the most vocal people and critics of the current dictatorship in Zimbabwe.A lot of people are persecuted for speaking against the government in Zimbabwe.

Name: Evelina Taunyte, Candycactus
Country: from Lithuania, acting in Georgia, Caucasus
Issues of focus: consequent individual action and life style in terms of social and ecological sustainability, social politics as a communicational art process instead of post-colonialistic development policies, instead of creating institutional dependencies empowering local people strengthening the local DIY culture and initiative

Why should the person be nominated?

Candycactus, an artist and youth worker from Lithuania decided to commit herself to the ecological footprint and continuing her international youthwork going to the places of youth work action by bike and living with as little Earth resources as possible. After traveling from Lithuania through Balkans and Turkey in 2006 she decided to bring more opportunities to a Muslim, isolated mountain village in Georgia, a mainly Christian country in Caucasus. Recently she initiated and set up with the village population a youth and community centre. The idea of the centre is that local people and the ones comming from abroad share their skills and resources beyond money. Everyone coming from abroad does not have to bring money, but an idea to make a workshop to share his or her skills - teaching English, computers, theater, etc. The philosophy of Candycactus is based on the idea that the world can change in terms of ecology and social justice only if we change our personal habits. Development policy could take place on the personal level through exchanging our skills and resources beyond the established fundgivers and organisations that tend to create new dependencies. Every person can make a social and ecological change. Candycactus does.

Name: Global Canopy Programme
Country: International
Issues of focus: Avoided deforestation
Why: The GCP has taken the lead in the Forests NOW Declaration, which just might pressure governments at the UNFCCC in December 2007 to incentivise forest conservation, through raised awareness, and creation of an international market in carbon and ecosystem services.

Name: Tal Dehtiar

Country: Canada

Organization: MBAs Without Borders (www.mbaswithoutborders.org)

Issue(s) of Focus: International Development, Private-Sector Development, Economic Empowerment.

Why should this person be nominated? In a few years, Tal has built MWB to engage over 5,000 MBAs and young business professionals online across the globe to think about and take action in using their business skills to support small businesses and NGOs in the developing world.

MWB has supported dozens of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations on the ground from Haiti to Sierra Leone to Pakistan working in the areas of Agriculture, Health, Income-Generation, Finance and the Environment and they've only just began.

Tal is a recipient of the 2004 Ontario Global Trader Award, 2005 Arch Award, was nominated for the 2005 YMCA Peace Award and was nominated for Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2005 and 2006. Just recently Tal was named as one of under 30 (years old) global social entrepreneurs for 2007 by the International Youth Foundation.

Name: Patrick Awuah
Country: Ghana
Organization (optional): Ashesi University
Issue(s) of Focus: African Leadership transformation
Why should this person be nominated?
Patrick has pin pointed the main issue for African progress: leadership

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Name: ROB HOPKINS
Country:UK
Organization (optional):TRANSITION TOWN NETWORK www.transitiontown.org
Issue(s) of Focus:
Why should this person be nominated? for inspiring what is below, 400 towns worldwide are now interested in being part of this amazing move
What is a Transition Town (or village / city / forest / island)?
A Transition Initiative is a community that is unleashing its own latent collective genius to look Peak Oil and Climate Change squarely in the eye and to discover and implement ways to address this BIG question:
"for all those aspects of life that this community needs in order to sustain
itself and thrive, how do we significantly increase resilience (to mitigate
the effects of Peak Oil) and drastically reduce carbon emissions (to
mitigate the effects of Climate Change)?"
The resulting coordinated range of projects across all these areas of life leads to a collectively designed energy descent pathway.
The community also recognises two crucial points:
• that we used immense amounts of creativity, ingenuity and adaptability on the way up the energy upslope, and that there's no reason for us not to do the same on the downslope
• if we collectively plan and act early enough there's every likelihood that we can create a way of living that's significantly more connected, more vibrant and more in touch with our environment than the oil-addicted treadmill that we find ourselves on today.

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Name : Badanga Ahmed Lamidi
Country: Nigeria
Issues of Focus: Local and Global Fire disaster Prevention.


Why this person should be nominated: Mr. Badanga Ahmed Lamidi, is the President of an NGO, Fire Disaster Prevention and Safety Awareness Association of Nigeria. Mr. Badanga is an extra- ordinary visionary born leader, who has ventured into an area that has been neglected by millions of NGOs.

For the 1st time, Badanga has come up with an idea that has help to propagate issues of fire disasters prevention in Nigeria, Africa and the World.

He is not only passionate about bringing change in this area, but he has dedicated all his entire life to this issue to the extent his now popularly called “Mr. Fire"

More so, He did not only bring new dimension to global outlook to fire prevention, but he has initiated new ideas, innovations that has attracted commendation before local and international organizations, among his achievements includes (i) The introduction of massive campaign/advocacy that has help in fire disasters reduction, (ii) Introduction of 1st Market fire campaign, (iii) Introduction of 1st Bush/forest fire campaign, (iv) Introduction of fire safety progranmmes in Primary and Secondary schools in Nigeria, (v) He has championed the advancement of prevention of domestic fire which is a serious killer of women and children, (vi) Author of the yet to be publish 1st Fire Safety Book in Nigeria (vii) Badanga has devoted his time and energy towards fighting the cause of prevention of Kerosene Fires that has killed several children and women in many homes in Nigeria (viii)He has proposed the declaration of World Fire Safety Day to the United Nations (ix) He has currently initiated an idea to bring all the West Africa Fire Chiefs together for the 1st time to discuss issues of Fire in West Africa among others.

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Name: Lois Marie Gibbs
Country: U.S.A.
Organization (optional): Center for Health, Environment and Justice
Issue(s) of Focus: Environmental health, toxic chemicals

Why should this person be nominated? Thirty years after she first began organizing her neighbors into the Love Canal Homeowners Association to demand relocation from the nation's most notorious toxic waste dump, Lois Gibbs continues to assist countless local at-risk groups annually. Lois’ passion, drive and experience push her to train and mentor those living in contaminated areas about how they can prevent further harm from happening to them and their communities. To date, over 10,000 groups have been mentored by Lois’ organization. Whether it is through grassroots organizing, coalition-building, skills training, policy advocacy, or consumer campaigns, Lois provides strategic leadership and vision to the national grassroots movement for environmental health justice. American environmental regulations are not based on how much harm can be avoided but rather on the highest "acceptable" amount of exposure and health risk. As 2008 will mark the 30th anniversary of Love Canal, the fruits of Lois’ labor have begun to pay off. We are now witnessing the shift in the climate of public opinion -- a shift toward an approach that is based on preventing environmentally based health-related harm for individuals and the community at-large. There is no question that such a dramatic shift is directly attributable to Lois – the mother of Superfund -- Gibb’s tireless efforts and unmatched concern.

Name: John Marks and Susan Collin Marks
Country: U.S.
Organization (optional): Search for Common Ground
Issue(s) of Focus: Conflict Resolution & Transformation; Peacebuilding

Why should this person be nominated?
John Marks founded Search for Common Ground in 1982 at a time when conflict resolution was not recognized as an academic field of study or as an established concentration of work. John and his wife Susan Collin Marks have greatly contributed to the development of the conflict resolution field and leading the growth of Search for Common Ground into one of the world’s most respected NGOs working in the field. SFCG is particularly known for its pioneering use of radio and television to transform conflict. SFCG’s mission was and still is to transform the way the world deals with conflict, away from adversarial approaches towards cooperative solutions. John and Susan are regularly called upon by governments and institutions to advise and consult on peacebuilding; and they continue to inspire individuals, groups, and audiences through their own example of walking the talk and “being the change” that we want to see in the world.

Examples of what SFCG does in the world:
SFCG has been acknowledged for its contribution to helping Burundi emerge from the decades-long cycle of violence between Hutu and Tutsi; for helping to build the election monitoring and media infrastructure in Sierra Leone that contributed to the country’s first national democratic elections; for maintaining the people-to-people ties between the U.S. and Iran despite the hostile diplomatic environment; for leading the consensus process that resulted in the Healthcare Coalition for the Uninsured report and recommendations to Congress.

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Name: Oprah Winfrey
Country: USA
Issue(s) of Focus: education and social issues
Why should this person be nominated?
She has proven time and time again that her power and fame is being used to postively influence and inspire the less fortunate whether it be in the U.S. or worldwide.

Name: The May 18 Memorial Foundation (518.org/themay18.wordpress.com)

Country: Republic of Korea

Organization (optional): The May 18 Memorial Foundation

Issue(s) of Focus: human rights, peace, democracy

Why should this person be nominated?
The organization is being nominated for trailblazing on their international solidarity program. The May 18 Memorial Foundation is the first NGO in Korea to have international interns and staff. It recognizes human rights activists and social development workers in their efforts to promote peace, democracy and human rights through the Gwangju Prize For Human Rights. For providing small grant to Asian countries in sustaining their grassroots work. For conducting human rights folk school that provides an opportunity for activists to learn about democratization in Korea and network with other activists in Asia. And for all other efforts for national and international solidarity and their continued effort to promote and preserve the spirit of the 1980 Gwangju Democratic Uprising.

Name: Dr. Vandana Shiva

Country: India

Organization (optional): Navdanya

Issue of Focus: Local and biodiverse organic fair-trade agriculture as a solution to climate chaos.

Why should this person be nominated?

Dr. Shiva established Navdanya, which means Nine Seeds in Hindi, in 1987. Though this organization, Dr. Shiva has been working directly with peasant farmers and rural communities who suffer most from poverty and hunger. Navdanya has trained more than 250,000 farmers from over 2000 villages in seed conservation and organic chemical-free farming. Their community seed banks play an important role in increasing local food security in times of increasing climate instability. Hundreds of varieties of rice, millet, pulse, oilseed, and vegetables have been conserved. Flood resistant rice varieties have recently been protected and distributed in regions hit by famine due to flooding caused by climate instability.

Over the last year her achievements have included:

- Bringing global attention to the land conflicts and rise in food prices brought about by the expansion of agrofuels, through national and international campaigns. Dr. Shiva has been instrumental in developing a movement and national convention against land grabbing.

- Initiating a Bija Yatra (Seed Pilgrimage) in May 2006 to protest at the corporate monopolisation of India’s seed sector. This is locking thousands of farmers into a life of debt, which caused more than 20,000 farmers in Andhra Pradesh to commit suicide. The march marked 150 years of India’s struggle for freedom.

- Giving indigenous seeds to over 10,000 farmers and widows of suicide victims to help them revive their agriculture. These farmers took a pledge to conserve, rejuvenate and protect the diversity of their foods and farming.

- Helping villages to adopt organic agriculture and thereby create GMO free, patent free, debt free and suicide free villages.

- Helping villages create ecological, organic, just and fair trade. For example, in Vidharbha farmers have been given assistance to create fair trade for their organic cotton, thereby helped them to break out of the vicious circle of debt.

- Organising a National Convention to resist the corporate hijacking of the Indian retail sector and Indian land, and framing an alternative food security policy through participatory dialogues with small farmers and farmers’ movements.

There are few people who are doing more to practically demonstrate the value of traditional organic and biodiverse farming methods as a solution to global climate change and the corporate takeover of our food systems, whilst vigorously lobbying for change at all levels. Dr. Vandana Shiva is a truly remarkable individual and a worthy candidate for this award.

Dr. Fouad Bendimerad
Chairman
EMI (Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative)

Name: Children of Palestine
Country: Occupied Palestine
Organization (optional):
Issue(s) of Focus:World injustice and oppression
Why should this person be nominated?
For standing in front of unjustice and oppresssion. For being forgotten and often provided as sacrifice in front of unfair world politics; for being a target to snippers and random shooting; for being denied basic human rights; for giving them some hope in the face of a dark world.

Name: Gary White
Country: USA
Organization (optional): WaterPartners International (water.org)
Issue(s) of Focus: Safe drinking water and sanitation for people in developing countries.
Why should this person be nominated? Gary White, co-founder and executive director of WaterPartners International, has devoted his life to helping people in developing countries obtain access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Almost one in six people on earth don’t have a safe, steady source of water for their daily needs. Lack of safe water can lead to disease, poverty and death. Since his first visit to Guatemala as a graduate student (where he witnessed first-hand what life is like with out safe water), Gary has worked tirelessly to find the best avenue for addressing global water needs. This response has ranged from conducting academic research, to working alongside people in the developing world as they constructed water supply systems, to serving as an advisor and consultant to other organizations in the sector, to co-founding WaterPartners International. Gary is also a founding board member of the Millennium Water Alliance and Water Advocates. A true innovator, Gary’s first creation was WaterPartners’ project model; his most recent innovation is WaterPartners’ WaterCredit Initiative, which makes small loans for water and sanitation to poor people without access to traditional credit markets. Gary’s vision and determination has led to WaterPartners transforming the lives of more than 165,000 people in eight countries with access to safe drinking water and sanitation.

Name: Kimberly Haven
Organization: Justice Maryland
Country: USA

Field: Democracy and Voting Rights for Former Felons

I would like to nominate Kimberly Haven for her work to restore the right to vote to former felons. Guided by her own disenfranchisement, she created a movement that not only restored her right to vote but the right to over 52,000 citizens in Maryland. Additionally, another 100,000 plus who believed they were disenfranchised became educated and empowered to become civically engaged. Her work is spreading beyond our state and she is actively leading the charge to restore democracy, fairness and voting rights to all former felons. She is the epitomy of restoration and redemption and guides our states only criminal justice reform organization. She has overcome the resistance of funders and lawmakers and proven that former felons can infact lead successful organizations. She has branded not only herself but her organization and the movement and positioned them as the go-to organization on criminal justice reform and democracy. For this reason, I nominate Kimberly Haven.

Name: Molly Melching and the Women of Senegal and West Africa
Country: Senegal, West Africa
Organization (optional): Tostan
Issue(s) of Focus: Human Rights Empowerment and Community-Led Development

This past August marked the ten-year anniversary of the first declaration of the abandonment of female genital cutting in Senegal. Thousands from neighboring villages, regions and countries gathered in the village of Malicounda Bambara to celebrate this historic declaration and announce a renewed effort to see the practice ended across West Africa. Among those in attendance was Molly Melching, the founder of Tostan, the organization whose program has been at the core of this growing movement.

Ten years ago, neither Molly nor the women of Malicounda Bambara knew their decision to end the harmful practice would lead to a nation-wide grassroots movement to completely abandon FGC in Senegal and across West Africa. Today, nearly half of all villages that once practiced FGC in Senegal have made similar declarations and the movement continues to grow in both in Senegal and in several other West African countries.

Many attribute Tostan’s success not only to Molly’s commitment to human rights, but to her unique and innovative way of approaching education and community development. Working exclusively in local languages and reinforcing traditional means of communiciation such as song, poetry, and theater, Tostan’s program engages participants through holistic and inclusive methods. The Tostan Community Empowerment Program equips participants with the knowledge and tools to discuss issues important to them and become changemakers in their communities. Amazingly, the abandonment of FGC is just one of many results to have come out of the program. Thousands of communities have abandoned child marriage, led campaigns for education and health, and brought about many other results.

The Tostan organization has been widely recognized this past year and was awarded two international prizes in 2007, one for its pioneering work in literacy and one for its ability to relieve human suffering. However, both Molly Melching, a woman who defers any and all recognition to the populations she serves, and the women of Malicounda Bambara have yet to be singled out for their amazing achievements.

Molly Melching has lived and worked in Senegal for over 33 years and has dedicated her life to education and development in Africa. Through her work, Molly has empowered Malicounda Bambara and thousands of other communities in West Africa to stand up for themselves and for their communities. Of course, Molly and the many women leading the movement for the FGC abandonment are the last people to ask for recognition—they are busy making sure their vision becomes a reality. However, we know of no one who deserves recognition more—both to document their amazing past achievements and to reinforce the work they take on in the future, as this movement spreads. For this reason, we nominate Molly Melching and the women of Malicounda Bambara as OneWorld’s “Person of 2007” and hope their historic and inspiring work will be recognized for being exactly that.

Name: Souly QuachAngkham
Country: Laos
Organization: SEDA-Laos
Issues of Focus: Social and economic development for the people of Laos.
Why should this person be nominated? Souly QuachAngkham founded SEDA in 2004 to help eradicate poverty and create opportunity for the poor people of Laos. She is dedicated to her cause and works tirelessly
to achieve the aims of the organization, despite facing many restrictions and problems.

SEDA aims to:
- Upgrade severely impoverished schools and school facilities.
- Increase HIV/AIDS education and prevention in rural areas, acting especially in the interest and protection of women and children.
- Properly facilitate hospitals and create medical training.
- Bring opportunity and clean drinking water to remote communities.
- Develop sustainable agriculture as well as an understanding of sustainable business and cash crops so that the farmers of Laos can start earning a stable income.

Name:Dennis Kucinich
Country:USA
Organization:US Congressman
Issue of Focus:Peace, equality, unity, truth, justice, education, healthcare
jobs, planet preservation, clean renewable energy.

I second the momination of Congressman and Democratic Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich.
We have plenty of politicians that change their views on issues because they think it will get them more votes in the next election. Dennis Kucinich voted against the Iraq War Resolution because he took the time to read the reports and understand that the reasons to go into Iraq were based on lies. This is just one example of his courage, his intelligence, a committment to truth and honesty, and loyalty to his values.

Yes Dennis Kucinich for all the good things he is doing here in America and wants to do for the world. Dennis shows that honesty and integrity do still count for something these days.

Here is another nomination for Dennis Kucinich!

Dennis Kucinich is a trailblazer the likes of which this planet needs more of in the worst way. He is sincere in his efforts and clear-sighted about what to do.

For more detail on the reasons why I and others admire Dennis Kucinich so deeply please read his book "The Courage to Survive," visit his website at www.dennis4president.com or watch videoclips of Dennis Kucinich in action at YouTube.

If you are to select an American (which I hope you don't), than the only reasonable selection is Dennis Kucinich for his tireless efforts to restore the rule of law, bring single-payer health care to Americans, and also spread values that promote peace and sustainability in the 21st century.

Name: Riane Eisler
Country: USA
Organization (optional):Center for Partnership
Studies, Alliance for a Caring Economy, Spiritual Alliance to Stop Intimate Violence
Issue(s) of Focus: Partnership studies in education, economics, business, government and human relationships. Ending intimate violence.
Why should this person be nominated? Riane works tirelessly to promote practical solutions to some of the fundamental imbalances of power that are found in the world today. She has written many books, including The Chalice and the Blade and her latest book, The Real Wealth of Nations. Riane has a way of bringing together an international community to find solutions to social challenges that people face individually and in various groups. I believe that Riane should be nominated a OneWorld's Person of 2007 for the impact that she has made in the lives of so many.

Name: Selene Biffi
Country: Italy
Organization (optional): Youth Action for Change (YAC)
Issue(s) of Focus: Youth Empowerment and Participation, Human Rights, Education, Sustainable Development

Why should this person be nominated?

Selene Biffi is the founder of Youth Action for Change, a global, youth-led platform harnessing the power of ICTs to inspire and empower young people worldwide with the knowledge and tools they need to tackle global issues. The first organisation of this kind, YAC employs the peer-to-peer methodology to offer free, youth-led courses on a number of skills and issues, including Human Rights, Sustainable Development, MDGs, Gender Issues, PRSPs and many more.
YAC reaches out to thousands of young people and youth-led organisations in approximately 120 countries worldwide, 95% of which are developing countries. The organisation is totally youth-led, and so are the activities, although adult experts offer their time and skills free of charge to complete our educational offering. YAC has organised several free online courses and other activities, and runs on a very limited budget, all the teachers and adult experts serving on a voluntary basis (including officers from the UN and Amnesty International, among others).
Because of its groundbreaking programs and activities, YAC has been dubbed ‘best practice for youth empowerment’ worldwide, and has received several praises and awards from organisations the likes of the UN, the World Bank, Oxfam, Ashoka, Nokia, the Council of Europe and many others.
Selene started YAC aged 22, with no track record, support, experience or money. Believing in the fact that young people have the courage, boldness and commitment to bring about the change they so often wish to see in their communities and the world at large, she decided to follow her call and do something out of her idea, and so set off for this journey on her own.
She has always believed in the power of young people to improve the world’s situation and speak up for themselves and the future generations, and has acted resolutely to help young people worldwide unlocking their potential: thanks to her, young people in Pakistan successfully lobbied to have the first youth policy drafted and implemented, young people in Kenya spread knowledge about HIV/AIDS biking around surrounding villages, and young people in the Philippines helped training local activists to document Human Rights abuses in indigenous communities.
She is an Action Partner of the International Youth Parliament (IYP), a member of the International Advisory Board of ICCHRA, a founding partner of the Committee of Expertise on ‘Youth Social Technopreneurship’ of the UN Alliance of ICTs and Development (UN-GAID), and an observer to the National Youth Policy drafting process at the Italian Youth Forum, among others. She contributed to a few published works on youth inclusion and participation and youth policies, and has been profiled in several national and international media outlets for her work, including OneWorld, Associated Press and the World Bank 2007 Development Report. She has organised national and international consultations on youth participation on behalf of UNESCO and the World Bank, and served as a keynote speaker in major national and international youth events in Europe and the US.
She was included in ‘Fighting for our Future: Tribute to Young Women inspiring Change’ by MADRE, and received awards such as the “Young Woman of the Year Award” in 2004 by the European Academy of Civil Society, ‘Change Maker of the Month’ by Ashoka - the leading organisation supporting social entrepreneurs worldwide – the ‘Youth Action Net Award’ by the International Youth Foundation, ‘Youth Messenger for Dialogue between Cultures and Religions’ of the Anna Lindh Foundation and others.

Following elections, she now coordinates the Youth Caucus at the UN Commission for Sustainable Development, where she works to give young people a platform to voice their concerns and speak up for themselves on matters that affect us all, like climate change, water, desertification and sustainable development.

Selene truly represents the energy, commitment and dedication of today’s young people to create a more equitable, safer and just world for all.

Souly QuachAngkham
for her tireless efforts to raise awareness about the people and Laos, for her dedication to uplifting the need for development and healthcare, AIDS/HIV education, the education and empowerment of women and the need for their more engaged participation in the world system. Additionally, she is working to document the traditional Lao medicine and plants so that all may have access. As the founder of Seda-Laos, her work is inspiring.

Liz Garcia-Gray, MD

for her efforts to raise awareness about Waterborne Diarrhea Illness, the need for Clean Safe, Healthy Water for the World, Destigmatization of Mental Illness, her dedication to medical missions, to rural health care and for authoring books to serve as fundraisers for Water for the World.

Her dedication, love and compassion are love in action.

Name: ?Dennis Kucinich

Country: USA

Organization (optional):

Issue(s) of Focus: World Peace, Healthcare, Civil Rights, Democracy; 91 Issues: http://www2.kucinich.us/issues

Why should this person be nominated?Dennis Kucinich should be nominated because he has selflessly dedicated his life and office to the betterment of people's lives, and has courageously stood up against the monster of coruption in media, coruption in corporations, coruption in healthcare, coruption in government. Dennis Kucinich wants to create a Department of Peace in the USA. Dennis Kucinich voted 100% against the war in Iraq. Dennis Kucinich has brought Impeachment to congress to stop the current corrupt government administartion. This man is the worlds only hope to turn the USA from it's destructive path. I love this man. I admire him as much as I do my own father.

Name: Betty Makoni
Country: Zimbabwe
Organization (optional): Girl Child Network
Issue(s) of Focus: Girls Education and Empowerment
Why should this person be nominated?

Betty is a notable activist and advocate for girls who do not have access to education, and whose rights have traditionally been ignored. She has been recognized for her work to support, in the words of the Girl Child Network, a world "where girls enjoy their political, social and economic rights and walk in the fullness of their potential.” In 1998, she founded the Girl Child Network in Zimbabwe, which now has a membership of over 30,000 girls throughout Zimbabwe. GCN’s mission is to empower and educate girls while advocating against the cultural acceptance of abuse and exploitation of girls and women.

Former NYC Department of Youth Services Commissioner Richard Murphy made a world of difference in my life. He helped me claim my voice by empowering me as a youth advocate and champion of quality services for young people. I'll never forget, at age 15, when I was invited to an Interagency Coordinating Council meeting. Murphy turned to me and asked me to share my thoughts with the decision makers in the room. It was life changing. I found my calling by simply speaking up with my opinion and claiming my rightful place by taking up space. One day, I plan to run for public office to ensure that all young people have input in policies that affect them.

Name: Wanda Imasuen
Country: US
Organization (optional): Families United for Racial & Economic Equality (FUREE)
Issue(s) of Focus: Child Care Organizing
Why should this person be nominated? Wanda has started in our organization as a member and is now a staff organizer on the Child Care Campaign. This campaign focuses on preventing the closure of day care centers that serve low-income families of color in New York City. The state of New York passed policies that threated to close more than 500 day cares serving thousands of infants, toddlers and preschoolers particularly from poor families and single mothers who are entering or re-entering the work force. Without day care, many families are forced to remain in poverty and, in some cases, violate welfare-to-work mandates that threaten the stopping of necessary public assistance and food stamps.

Wanda has organized more than 300 day care and family day care workers around this issue and has brought the particularities that negatively affect inner city day care centers to the forefront of policy makers and other communities. To date hundreds of day care centers were saved and she continues to prevent the closure of hundreds more.

Previously, Wanda has also organized day care workers to receive pay raises after having no raise in over 10 years.

Name: Victoria Christgau
Country: USA
Organization (optional):
Issue(s) of Focus: cross-cultural awareness and peace education
Why should this person be nominated?
Victoria has done incredible work for more than twenty years in different New England communities. She is currently developing a Connecticut Center for Nonviolence, and has been involved with the URI Center for Nonviolence, the Amenia Peace Prayer Society, as well as studying and sharing with peers and students of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The founder of Sound Body Production and the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., celebration in Litchfield County, Connecticut, Christgau directs the Dr. King Community Chorus in addition to her work in nonviolence training.

Rep Dennis Kucinich

USA

Congressman, Presidential Candidate

health care, labour and environmental rights, justice, peace

Dennis Kucinich has tirelessly worked for improving the conditions of people in the U.S. and the rest of the world. Along with other reasons mentioned, Dennis has been a trailblazer (a modern one), introducing HR676 (universal single payer health care), HR888 (Dept. of Peace), introduced articles of impeachment vs Dick Cheney, etc. Dennis has been a tireless and consistent advocate for justice and rights, and has not calibrated his positions for "voter popularity".

He has followed his conscience and has been proven right again and again. Note that each so called "top tier" candidate have charrypicked Dennis's policies.

It was clear that his exclusion from the Gannet Inc owned Des Moines Register debates on Dec 13th left a huge hole and that other candidates were left to be allowed to spout platitudes and vague "what the voters want to hear" rhetoric.

Not to mention the abject poverty that Dennis pulled himself out of, that he doesn't forget where he came from, and that he one of very few members of Congress that has not lined his pockets with lobbyist money. Additionally, as a candidate, he has taken no money from PAC's and corporate interests...something that NO other candidate can say - just like Dennis being the ONLY one who voted against the War, the Patriot Act, etc. etc.

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