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Alicia Garza

Alicia Garza

Alicia Garza

Nominated for: being a community organizer and helping organizations build capacity to fight for social justice, dignity and fairness for workers; and against environmental racism & gentrification. She is one of the co-founders of #BlackLivesMatter, a call to action after the death of Trayvon Martin.

For more information: http://thefeministwire.com/2014/10/blacklivesmatter-2/
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/29813-building-movements-without-shedding-differences-alicia-garza

Joe Hill

Joe Hill

Joe Hill

Nominated for: being a union/labor organizer, his political songs, satirical poems, and being a rousing orator.

For more information:
http://www.iwwbookreview.com/The-Man-Who-Never-Died.htm
http://www.aflcio.org/About/Our-History/Key-People-in-Labor-History/Joe-Hill-1879-1915
http://www.joehill.org/
http://www.folkarchive.de/hill.html
http://www.democracynow.org/2005/8/25/exclusive_joan_baez_performs_joe_hill