The Thomas Merton Award has been awarded since 1972 by the Thomas Merton Center for Peace and Social Justice in Pittsburgh, United States. It is named after Thomas Merton and is given annually to "national and international individuals struggling for justice."
Award recipients
1972: James P. Carroll1973: Dorothy Day1974: Dick Gregory1975: Joan Baez1976: Dom Hélder Câmara1977: Dick Hughes1978: Bishop John Harris Burt & Bishop James Malone1979: Helen Caldicott1980: William Winpisinger1981: The people of Poland1982: Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen1983: not awarded1984: Bernice Johnson Reagon1985: Henri Nouwen1986: Allan Boesak1987: Miguel D'Escoto1988: Daniel Berrigan1989: Comrades of El Salvador & Elizabeth Linder1990: Marian Wright Edelman1991: Howard Zinn1992: Molly Rush1993: Reverend Lucius Walker1994: Richard Rohr OFM1995: Marian Kramer1996: Winona LaDuke1997: Ron Chisom1998: Studs Terkel1999: Wendell Berry2000: Ronald V. Dellums2001: Sister Joan Chittister2002: Bishop Leontine T. Kelly2003: Voices in the Wilderness2004: Amy Goodman2005: Reverend Roy Bourgeois2006: Angela Davis2007: Cindy Sheehan2008: Malik Rahim2009: Dennis Kucinich2010: Noam Chomsky2011: Vandana Shiva2013: Martin Sheen2014: Jeremy Scahill2015: Barbara Lee2016: Frida BerriganReferences
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