Nelson Mandela
With patience, wisdom and a willingness to sacrifice for others, Nelson Mandela led a movement to unify a divided nation and reconcile decades of pain and racism. Throughout his life, Mandela...
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Few people highlight the trait of endurance better than Jovito Reyes Salonga. During some of the most tumultuous years in Filipino history, Jovito continued to be a voice and force for positive change....
View ArticleChico Mendes
Chico Mendes(Dec.15, 1944 – Dec. 22, 1988)Chico Mendes was leader of great courage and unyielding motivation. To many powerful people, he was trouble maker, but to millions of workers and Amazonian...
View ArticleGiorgio Perlasca
( January 31, 1910 – August 15, 1992 ) The Heroic Impostor Who would expect an escaped political prisoner would pose as a Spanish diplomat during WWII to save the lives of people in a country not his...
View ArticleLobsang Tenzin
Undated photo of Lobsang-TenzinAn Imprisoned Hero Lobsang Tenzin continually risked his health and safety to advocate for the needs of political prisoners in Tibet and for prison reform. The twist,...
View ArticleShiva Nazar Ahari
Her name inspires hope, communicates strength and spotlights the human rights struggle in Iran. Though certainly not alone in her struggle, Shiva Nazar Ahari’s example of steadfast determination is a...
View ArticleHans Scholl
The outgoing, charismatic and handsome Hans Scholl started his young life following the Nazi party in the increasingly unstable German nation of the 1930s. Full of hope and excitement, Scholl believed...
View ArticleKen Saro-Wiwa
In the mid-1990’s a small minority tribe living in the Niger River Delta stood up for their rights that had been taken by their government and by transnational oil companies. Because of their efforts,...
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