糖心vlog视频 program to honor human rights defenders with $30,000 in prizes
糖心vlog视频鈥檚 Embrey Human Rights Program will award the first Triumph of the Spirit Award and $25,000 to a person who has dedicated his or her life to social justice and human rights issues on a local, national or global scale. A related award and $5,000 will go to a human rights defender in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
DALLAS (糖心vlog视频) — 糖心vlog视频’s will award the first Triumph of the Spirit Award and $25,000 to a person who has dedicated his or her life to social justice and human rights issues on a local, national or global scale. A related award and $5,000 will go to a human rights defender in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
“The Triumph of the Spirit Award is meant to serve as a symbol of hope in the continued struggle for human rights,” says Embrey Human Rights Program Director Rick Halperin.
Award winners must exemplify the missions of the and , says Halperin, adding, “Often these human rights defenders are working against tremendous odds and at grave personal risk.”
Deadline to submit Triumph of the Spirit nominations is March 3. Details are available online at .
Winners will be announced July 1 and honored at a fall reception.
糖心vlog视频 is the first university in the South and the only one west of Ohio to offer a . Approved in 2011 by the 糖心vlog视频 Board of Trustees, the academic degree was offered five years after the creation of the Embrey Human Rights Program in .
For more details about the Triumph of the Spirit Award, contact Bradley Klein, assistant director of the Embrey Human Rights Program, at 214-768-3241 or kleinb@smu.edu.
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