Postal worker John Eakin of Fort Wayne IN is a public health crusader. He’s endured blisters, shin-splints, rain, and aching muscles in his cross-country runs to bring attention and support to causes he believes in, including immunization of children around the world.
Home when commended: North America, US, Indiana Home now: North America, US, Indiana Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Mike Eakin of Brooklyn NY left the corporate world to dedicate himself to the success of the Park Slope Food Co-op in Brooklyn, providing low cost, healthy food to its members.
Home when commended: North America, US, New York Home now: North America, US, New York Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Brent Nicholson Earle of New York NY raised $300,000 for AIDS research by running 9,000 miles around America, talking about AIDS in every community along the way. Despite jeers, harassment, and death threats, Earle kept running and kept talking.
Home when commended: North America, US, New York Home now: North America, US, New York Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Neil Andre organized The Earth Angels of St. Louis MO, at-risk kids working to save an at-risk planet. These 9-12 years olds clean up their neighborhood—the city’s highest crime and drug-use area—run recycling projects, create wildlife habitats on empty lots, raise money for national environmental organizations and are planting a “Forest of Life,” each tree commemorating a St. Louis child who has died violently.
Home when commended: North America, US, Missouri Home now: North America, US, Missouri Gender: G (group) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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The Walker family — Morris, Lynn, Skye and Amye — of Boldgett OR have walked the Earth as the Earthwalkers, troubadours for the environment. They use music, humor and storytelling to deliver a serious environmental message at schools and community halls. They spent years on the road living in a small trailer and facing many angry anti-environmentalists. They now reach even more people via their cable TV show.
Home when commended: North America, US, Oregon Home now: North America, US, Oregon Gender: G (group) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Wells Eddleman of Durham NC founded the Coalition for Alternatives to Shearon Harris to publicize safety shortcomings in a nuclear reactor while it was under construction and to generate broad citizen activism to ensure that the plant would be safe.
Home when commended: North America, US, North Carolina Home now: North America, US, North Carolina Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Marian Wright Edelman of Washington DC has devoted her life to speaking for people who can't speak for themselves in society—children. Attorney Edelman founded the Children's Defense Fund to lobby, organize, and raise funds for young people's well being. Edelman has been called "the 101st Senator on children's issues".
Home when commended: North America, US, Washington DC Home now: North America, US, Washington DC Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Joan Egner, T. Colin Campbell and Robert Ascher, three highly respected Cornell University professors, put their careers and research at risk to support a graduate student's claim that one of their fellow professors had plagiarized her work. The professors challenged the university and the colleague, who was accused of benefiting financially from the student's stolen research. The trio was rewarded with character attacks, intimidation and threats to their own research funding.
Home when commended: North America, US, New York Home now: North America, US, New York Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Brian and Muffet Einwag created a summer camp for physically and medically disabled kids in Florida, despite enormous financial difficulties and Brian’s own critical illness.
Home when commended: North America, US, Florida Home now: North America, US, Florida Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Muffet Einwag co-created and sustains a summer camp for physically and medically disabled kids in Florida, despite enormous financial difficulties and the death of her co-founder, Brian Einwag.
Home when commended: North America, US, Florida Home now: North America, US, Florida Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Muffet and Brian Einwag created a summer camp in Florida for physically and medically disabled kids, despite enormous financial difficulties and Brian’s own critical illness.
Home when commended: North America, US, Florida Home now: North America, US, Florida Gender: C (couple) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Edward Eismann of New York NY left his comfortable psychotherapy practice and brought therapy into the streets of the South Bronx. Eisman's Unitas Therapeutic Community trains young people to work as peer counselors with hundreds of high-risk kids every week, on the streets.
Home when commended: North America, US, New York Home now: North America, US, New York Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Camellia El-Antably of Port Townsend WA decided her high school's required Senior English reading list needed changing—of the 15 writers on the list, only two were women—and they were "optional." When Camellia asked to substitute women authors for half of the reading she was told absolutely not. She designed her own independent study course and boycotted the required class, even though she was told she might not graduate. Giraffe work location(s): North America, US, WashingtonHome when commended: North America, US, Washington Home now: North America, US, Wyoming Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Duane Elgin and Ann Niehaus of Menlo Park CA put all their time and savings into forming "Choosing Our Future," a non-profit organization that worked to get more programs onto our TV screens that inform and enlighten, rather than just entertain.
Home when commended: North America, US, California Home now: North America, US, California Gender: M (male) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Jackie Elliott of Detroit MI has been unpaid coordinator of youth programs at a Westside community club for over 10 years, risking her own safety to protect kids from drug dealers and challenging gang members to settle their differences with basketballs, not handguns.
Home when commended: North America, US, Michigan Home now: North America, US, Michigan Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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Juanita Ellis of Dallas TX braved threats to challenge the inspection process during construction of the proposed Comanche Peak nuclear plant. Ellis' allegations of safety violations were found to be valid, and the construction was stopped.
Home when commended: North America, US, Texas Home now: North America, US, Texas Gender: F (female) For more information, click on the Giraffe's name.
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