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	Spirit of Freedom Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Freedom Communications, parent company of The Sun in Yuma since 2000, was started in Alliance, Ohio, with the birth of Raymond Cyrus "R.C." Hoiles on Nov. 24, 1878.
		The award is for someone in the military or public safety field who puts his or her life on the line.
		The award is presented to someone in the educational community who significantly contributes to shaping the character of youth.
	www.yumasun.com /artman/publish/spiritoffreedom.php (1221 words)

	Questions and Answers - EEOC's 2006 Freedom to Compete Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Freedom to Compete initiative is a national outreach, education and coalition-building campaign to emphasize the importance of providing free and unfettered access to employment opportunities for all individuals.
		A recipient of the Freedom to Compete Award must be willing to participate in programs, meetings, or other collaborative efforts with the EEOC to publicize the award-winning effort and share information to assist other entities seeking to replicate the success achieved from the award-winning effort.
		The awards are presented by the Chair and Commissioners during an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. This year's ceremony is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, June 14, 2006.
	www.eeoc.gov /initiatives/compete/award/2006/qanda.html (1919 words)

	Awards and Nominations
		Modeled after the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize, the award was created by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center to recognize contemporary individuals who by their actions and personal examples reflect the spirit and courageous actions of the "Conductors" of the Underground Railroad.
		The award is presented at the International Freedom Conductor (IFCA) Gala, a fl-tie awards celebration of human rights and individual courage on an international scale.
		Freedom Heroes come from all walks of life and may affect any form of freedom including race, gender, religion, speech, press, educational, social, economic issues.
	www.freedomcenter.org /about/awards (361 words)

	Lady Liberty's Awards Program
		The Freedom Fighter Awards are a central part of Lady Liberty's awards program, but there are also available a pair of Awards of Recognition for those who are exercising certain of their freedoms.
		The criteria for each award becomes incrementally more difficult, but you can rely on the fact that the winner of any of these awards is fighting for your freedom in his or her own way.
		These awards are issued less as a reward for past efforts - though those are often significant and much appreciated - but more to shed a light on and a hope for their current and future work.
	www.ladylibrty.com /freedom_fighter.html (503 words)

	National Civil Rights Museum - About the Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In the case of the Freedom Award, IP underwrites the honorarium presented to the national honoree.
		Freedom Award honorees are notified months in advance that they have been selected to receive either the national or international award (in a few cases, the award has been presented posthumously).
		On the day of the Freedom Award, honorees address a free public forum, tour the Museum, participate in a press conference, attend a VIP reception and finally, accept the award at the awards banquet.
	www.civilrightsmuseum.org /freedom/sponsor.asp (482 words)

	Freedom of the City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Freedom of the City is an award made by some British towns and cities, to esteemed members of its community; such people may then be termed Freemen or Freewomen of the City.
		In contemporary society, the award of Freedom of a City or Borough tends to be entirely ceremonial, given by the local government in many Towns and Cities on those who have served in some exceptional capacity, or upon any whom the City wishes to bestow an honour.
		Elsewhere in the world, Freedom of the City has a narrower definition: it is an award to local and foreign military units, giving them the right to march into the city "with drums beating, colours flying, and bayonets fixed".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Freedom_of_the_City (1100 words)

	ESGR Programs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award is the highest recognition given to employers for their support of their employees who also serve in the National Guard and Reserve.
		The Freedom Award was instituted in 1996 by Secretary of Defense William Perry.
		The award is the highest in a series of ESGR awards that include the Patriot Award, the Above and Beyond Award, and the Pro Patria Award.
	www.esgr.org /employers2/FAP2006.asp (224 words)

	NCTE/SLATE INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM AWARD
		The purpose of the NCTE/SLATE Intellectual Freedom Awards is to honor individuals, groups, or institutions that merit recognition for advancing the cause of intellectual freedom.
		Award categories are (1) a national award and (2) NCTE affiliate-based awards.
		Judges for the national NCTE/SLATE Intellectual Freedom Awards will be a five-member joint subcommittee of the NCTE/SLATE Steering Committee and the Standing Committee Against Censorship, headed in alternate years by the Chair of SLATE and the Chair of the Standing Committee Against Censorship.
	www.ncte.org /about/issues/censorship/awards/107130.htm (373 words)

	Questions and Answers - EEOC's 2005 Freedom to Compete Award
		The award will recognize excellence in the implementation of specific equal employment opportunity practices that the Commission believes can be emulated by other employers or organizations.
		Since a critical component of an application is a description of the executive-level commitment to, and involvement in, the development or implementation of the practice, participation in joint events with the EEOC Chair or Commissioners is expected to include CEOs or the next available highest-level executive within the company or organization.
		The awards will be presented by the Chair and Commissioners during an award ceremony in Washington, D.C., tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, June 14, 2005.
	www.eeoc.gov /initiatives/compete/award/qanda.html (1404 words)

	socialstudies.org \| Defense of Academic Freedom Award DEADLINE EXTENDED Please Check Below
		A teacher's freedom to teach involves both the right and the responsibility to use the highest intellectual standards in studying, investigating, presenting, interpreting, and discussing facts and ideas relevant to his/her field of professional competence.
		Purpose: The NCSS Defense of Academic Freedom Award is given annually to recognize and honor those who have distinguished themselves in defending the principles of academic freedom in specific controversies, in fostering academic freedom through advocacy, and in defending or advocating the freedom to teach and learn.
		General background information on the incident that places the incident, the challenge to academic freedom, in context, or a general discussion of the personal courage that has been displayed by the nominee that distinguishes him or her as an advocate of academic freedom (not to exceed three one-sided typed pages).
	www.socialstudies.org /awards/academicfreedom (877 words)

	PEN American Center - PEN/Barbara Goldsmith
		The awards are designed to honor two writers who have fought courageously in the face of adversity for the right to freedom of expression; however, in 1993, the Freedom to Write Committee broke with the tradition and decided to give three awards to three writers.
		As NATO ground forces entered Kosovo, she was among hundreds of detainees transferred to a prison in Serbia, and on December 9 a Serbian court in Nis convicted her of "terrorist acts" against the Yugoslav state during the NATO air campaign in Kosovo and sentenced her to 12 years in prison.
		His family used the award money to hire a local lawyer to challenge his detention, and he was released within three months of having received the award.
	www.pen.org /page.php/prmID/448 (4322 words)

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		The award is presented at the `Annual Defender of Freedom' Award Dinner held in December during the Army-Navy Weekend
		The Defender of Freedom Award is named in honor of LtGen Edward J. Bronars, who was a United States Marine and served as the first Chairman of Freedom Alliance.
		The 11th Annual Defender of Freedom Award was posthumously awarded to Steven Siller, a NYC firefighter who ran through the Brooklyn/Battery Tunnel to the Twin Towers on September 11th, where he laid down his life for others.
	www.freedomalliance.org /dof.htm (233 words)

	Friend of Freedom Award
		The Freedom From Religion Foundation hosted a "thank you" dinner party in La Crosse, Wis., on June 15, 2005, in honor of the many La Crosse-area residents who courageously signed on as plaintiffs to challenge a Ten Commandments monument in a public park in the Wisconsin town.
		Plaintiffs attending the dinner party were surprised with a "Friend of Freedom" award, a replica of the Statue of Liberty, with their name inscribed on it.
		As plaintiffs received their award, they all said something at the mike about the case.
	www.ffrf.org /awards/special/2005_lacrosse.php (329 words)

	Cal Freedom: New IF Award in California
		A key goal of the Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award is to celebrate and honor other selfless examples of commitment to intellectual freedom that help preserve free speech in an open society.
		This award may be awarded annually, but there is no requirement to make this award in years when no outstanding candidate is available.
		The Intellectual Freedom Committee makes its nomination by September 1, and the award is announced at the CLA annual conference.
	calfreedom.bluehighways.com /archives/000121.html (339 words)

	freedomforum.org: Press-freedom award winners vow to continue speaking out (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		NEW YORK — The message from the journalists who received this year's International Press Freedom Awards on Nov. 23 was the strikingly similar: Whatever happens, they will speak out against corruption, injustice, and political oppression.
		The awards, given annually by the Committee to Protect Journalists [http://www.cpj.org/] at a formal dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, recognize journalists who have persevered despite the real threat of prison terms, physical harm and harassment.
		As she received her award, she promised to continue to give voice to the many Colombians who suffer daily.
	www.freedomforum.org /templates/document.asp?documentID=7837 (541 words)

	Presidential Medal of Freedom - The Highest Civilian Award For Distinguished Americans and Humanitarians from every ...
		The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award that is given in the United States.
		was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in a ceremony honoring her lifetime of achievements in the United States Capital Rotunda Washington D. on March 24, 2004 coinciding with her 92nd Birthday.
		In 1963 President John F. Kennedy ordered the former Medal of Freedom renamed and the recommending board altered by adding five members from outside the executive branch of the government to the five members from within it.
	www.medaloffreedom.com (1632 words)

	Citizens Bank \| Citizens Financial Group wins Freedom Award
		John Enright, Assistant Adjutant General Army, and Gov. Donald L. Carcieri at a ceremony announcing the award at the guard's headquarters in Cranston, R.I. The Department of Defense named Citizens one of 15 employers in the United States to receive the 2005 award from among 1,492 applicants.
		The Freedom Award, established in 1996, is the highest award a company can receive for its support of the National Guard and Reserve.
		"The Freedom Award is terrific recognition of the support - beyond what's required by law - that we at Citizens and other employers across the United States provide to our colleagues who are activated to service in the National Guard and Reserves and their families," Fish said.
	www.citizensbank.com /au/news/ctz/2005/07_14_05_freedom_award.aspx (749 words)

	TLA - TLA Intellectual Freedom Grants and Awards
		An indefatigable advocate of intellectual freedom and human rights, Sam was one of the chief authors of the Library Systems Act of 1969 and was TLA's Texas Librarian of the Year in 1973, among other accomplishments of a long career.
		This is an annual award recognizing the contribution of an individual or group who has actively promoted intellectual freedom in Texas.
		Anyone actively promoting intellectual freedom in Texas during the past 10 years is eligible for the ProQuest Intellectual Freedom Award.
	www.txla.org /html/awards/ifaward.html (485 words)

	PINA Media Freedom Award for Tonga and the Solomons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The award is in recognition of the work by individuals in the region to uphold and promote media freedom.
		In announcing the award at the PINA Awards Night at the International Dateline Hotel, Nuku'alofa, on Monday, November 21, Ken Clark, the newly elected President of PINA, said that both John Lamani and Pesi Fonua had been unselfish in their strive to uphold media freedom in their own countries.
		Besides the Media Freedom Award, no other awards were presented, and the reasons given were either that there were no nominations or that those who were nominated were not up to the standard required.
	matangitonga.to /article/spnews/pacificislands/pressfreedom241105.shtml (486 words)

	1997 Press Freedom Awards
		he International Press Freedom Awards are given annually by CPJ to journalists around the world who have courageously provided independent news coverage and viewpoints under difficult and often dangerous conditions.
		To defend press freedom, award winners have risked arrest, imprisonment, violence against themselves and their families, and even death.
		Freedom Neruda, managing/senior editor of La Voie, the leading independent daily newspaper in the Ivory Coast, who has been arrested, physically assaulted, and prosecuted for criminal libel for criticizing the government's policies and conduct.
	www.cpj.org /awards97/index.html (409 words)

	Jailed Reporter Wins Press Freedom Award - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The association awarded its annual Golden Pen of Freedom honor to Shi Tao, a former writer for the financial publication Contemporary Business News, who was sentenced under state secrecy laws to 10 years in prison in 2005 for allegedly providing state secrets to foreigners.
		Shi Hua said his older brother would be very happy to hear of the award, but warned that guards at the Chishan Prison in China's central province of Hunan are very strict and would most likely not allow him to discuss the honor.
		Press freedom groups say China is the world's leading jailer of journalists, with at least 42 behind bars, most on charges of violating vague subversion or security laws.
	www.forbes.com /feeds/ap/2006/11/28/ap3209562.html (469 words)

	Mazen Dana: 2001 Awardee
		Freedom means to me, to work in free, no one bother you, no one beat you, no one shoot you, no one insult you.
		Because freedom led you to the whole kind of freedom, freedom of writing, freedom of filming, freedom of talking, freedom how to deal with your family, with people.
		Working in the divided city of Hebron, attacks on press freedom take place daily at the hands of the Israeli army and the settlers, who live in the center of town.
	www.cpj.org /awards01/dana.html (2102 words)

	Center for Religious Freedom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The awards were presented to five groups -- The Cardinal Kung Foundation, Friends of the Christian Unregistered Churches, Falun Dafa Association, International Campaign for Tibet, and the Uyghur American Association -- for their defense of religious freedom and advocacy on behalf of religious believers persecuted by the Chinese Communist government.
		Congressman Chris Smith, vice-chairman of the House International Relations Committee, echoed a similar sentiment at the ceremony and noted that religious freedom "is not an American value that we are trying to impose on the dictatorship in Beijing.
		The Freedom House award, accepted by the Uyghur American Association is the first international award they have received for their defense of religious freedom.
	www.freedomhouse.org /religion/news/bn2001/bn-2001-03-15.htm (399 words)

	First Amendment Press Freedom Award - JEA.org \| Journalism Education Association
		As in previous years, high schools will compete for the title by first answering questionnaires directed to an administrator or an adviser and at least one editor; those who advance to the next level will be asked to provide responses from the principal and all publications advisers and student editors.
		While the deadlines in recent years have allowed for summer judging and fall recognition, the application deadlines have been shifted to avoid issues involving spring and summer school schedules, and to allow for recognition of the schools at the spring convention each year.
		We welcome you to the revised First Amendment Press Freedom Award for 2006 and hope you will download the first round of questions available from this site — http://jmc.kent.edu/fapfa/main.html — and return them to us by Dec. 1, 2006.
	www.jea.org /awards/freedom.html (315 words)

	MEDIA: Guatemalan Wins Press Freedom Award
		Luis Alberto Perez Barillas won the 2003 International Press Freedom Award from the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) for his reporting on the alleged involvement of current senior government officials in the killings of 200,000 citizens between 1978 and 1984.
		Perez Barillas received the award, along with two others, at a banquet here with over 500 people mainly affiliated with the Canadian media and hosted by CJFE, an association of more than 400 journalists, students and others working to preserve and promote press freedom and freedom of expression in Canada and around the world.
		The Tara Singh Hayer Memorial Award, honouring Canadian journalists in the cause of press freedom, was awarded to Zahra Kazemi, a freelance photojournalist who was killed while in an Iranian jail last July.
	ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=20991 (941 words)

	IRC \| The IRC Freedom Award
		The International Rescue Committee first bestowed its Freedom Award for extraordinary contributions to the cause of refugees and human freedom to Willy Brandt.
		The list of those who have received the Freedom Award reveals the remarkable ability of an individual to shape history and change for the better a world moving toward freedom for all.
		Founded in 1933, the IRC is committed to freedom, human dignity, and self-reliance.
	www.theirc.org /about/freedomaward.html (125 words)

	Ford Motor Company - Ford Freedom Award
		Legendary actors Ossie Davis and Morgan Freeman were honored at the 2006 Ford Freedom Award fl-tie gala, held on May 15 at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
		The Ford Freedom Award, created in 1999, is presented posthumously to distinguished individuals who dedicated their lives to improving the African American community and the world in general.
		The Ford Freedom Award Scholar honor is bestowed upon a living individual who has demonstrated excellence in the field of the award recipient.
	www.ford.com /en/goodWorks/fundingAndGrants/artsAndHumanities/freedomAward.htm (603 words)

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