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  2. Randall Robinson - Wikipedia

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    Randall Robinson (July 6, 1941 – March 24, 2023) was an American lawyer, author and activist, noted as the founder of TransAfrica.He was known particularly for his impassioned opposition to apartheid, and for his advocacy on behalf of Haitian immigrants and Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. [5]

  3. Aruna Roy - Wikipedia

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    In 2011, she was named as one of the hundred most influential people in the world by Time magazine. [44] In September 2017 the Times of India listed Roy as one of the 11 Human Rights Activists Whose Life Mission Is To Provide Others with a Dignified Life. [45] In December 2024, Aruna Roy was included on the BBC's 100 Women list. [46]

  4. List of women pacifists and peace activists - Wikipedia

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    Dorothy Day (1897–1980) – American journalist, social activist, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement; Dorothy Detzer (1893–1981) – American feminist, peace activist, U.S. secretary of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom; Amanda Deyo (1838–1917) – American Universalist minister, peace activist, correspondent

  5. List of peace activists - Wikipedia

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    Peace activists usually work with others in the overall anti-war and peace movements to focus the world's attention on what they perceive to be the irrationality of violent conflicts, decisions, and actions. They thus initiate and facilitate wide public dialogues intended to nonviolently alter long-standing societal agreements directly relating ...

  6. U.S. voting rights activist Stacey Abrams nominated for Nobel ...

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    U.S. voting rights activist and Democratic Party politician Stacey Abrams has been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her work to promote nonviolent change via the ballot box, a ...

  7. 100 Women (BBC) - Wikipedia

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    100 Women is a BBC multi-format series established in 2013. The annual series examines the role of women in the 21st century and has included events in London [1] and Mexico. [2] [3] Announcement of the list is the start of an international "BBC's women season", lasting three weeks including broadcast, online reports, debates and journalism on the topic of women. [4]

  8. Kumi Naidoo - Wikipedia

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    Kumi Naidoo (born 1965) is a South African human rights and climate justice activist.He was International Executive Director of Greenpeace International (from 2009 through 2015) [1] and Secretary General of Amnesty International (from 2018 through 2019 [2]).

  9. Harry Edwards (sociologist) - Wikipedia

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    Harry Thomas Edwards (born November 22, 1942) is an American sociologist and civil rights activist. After working as an assistant professor of sociology at San Jose State College, he completed his Ph.D. at Cornell University and is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Edwards' career has focused on the ...