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Recipients
The Salem Award for Human Rights and Social Justice

-2007. Eric Reeves
       Champion, Human Rights and Peace in Sudan
-2006. Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift and Prof. Neal Katyal
       Lead Co-counsels, Supreme Court Case, Hamden vs Rumsfeld
-2005. Paula Donovan
       Senior Advisor in the office of the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
-2004. Fahima Vorgetts
       Activist and Director, Women's Afghan Fund
-2003. Jane Elliott
       Educator and Diversity Trainer
-2002. James C. McCloskey
       Founder & Executive Director, Centurion Ministries, Inc.¹
-2001. Robert W. Raiche
       Founder & Chairman, Friends Forever
-2000. Jane Schaller, M.D.
       Founding President, Physicians for Human Rights²
-1999. Leonard P. Zakim
       Executive Director, Anti-Defamation League, New England Region³
-1998. Barbara Vogel
       Teacher and Founder, S.T.O.P. Slavery That Oppresses People⁴
-1997. Vicky Guzman, M.D.
       Founder, ASAPROSAR, The Salvadoran Association for Rural Health
-1996. Aaron Feuerstein
       Labor Advocate and CEO, Malden Mills
-1995. Harry Wu
       Chinese Dissident, Political Prisoner, and Founder, The Laogai Research Foundation⁵
-1994. William Johnston
       Director (ret.), Boston Police Hate Crimes Unit
-1993. Morris Dees
       KKK Opponent and Founder, Southern Poverty Law Center⁶
-1992. Gregory Allan Williams
       South Central Los Angeles Riots Hero

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