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Hidden Heroes are ordinary people who are doing extraordinary things to change the world for the better. Our award honors and supports social activism that gets results. The Hidden Heroes awards program, which is being launched in 2009, aims to inspire, educate and reward people who take personal responsibility for healing the world - carrying on the spirit and the love that inspired Andy to travel to Mississippi in 1964. The Hidden Heroes Award is presented each year to as many as five individuals whose work exemplifies the Foundation’s origins and mission: promoting human dignity, civil rights and social justice through actions characterized by great personal initiative, selflessness, fearlessness, compassion, imagination, and achievement. This year’s winners are: Frances Beinecke, President, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC); Toni Maloney, Chairperson, Business Council for Peace (BPeace); Gwenn Levine, Founder, Paterson Youth Photography Project, (PYPP) and Tashi Dolma, Founder, Tibetan Home of Hope. |
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Hidden Heroes is a 24-minute documentary film that celebrates youth activism in America thirty years after the historic Freedom Summer ’64. Produced by Carolyn Goodman in 2000, the film captures and celebrates a national phenomenon: young people engaged in social activism, motivated by idealism and a desire to improve their world through their own personal actions and engagement. The film discovers young activists from every part of society working in every region of the country, and shows that depictions of American youth as apathetic or self-indulgent tell only a small part of the story. In the film, contemporary accounts and interviews are mixed with historical footage, interviews and images that place today’s youth activism in a broader historical context, evoking a continuum of commitment and action stretching from the 1930s to the end of the twentieth century. A teaching guide accompanies the film. Contact us to order Hidden Heroes.
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