2009 Democracy Award Will Honor Cuban Dissidents On June 24

WASHINGTON, DC – The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) will honor the courage and determination of five Cuban democracy activists with the presentation of its annual Democracy Award at a Capitol Hill ceremony and reception on Wednesday, June...

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MESSAGES OF SOLIDARITY, 2009 Democracy Award

President Barack Obama ::VISIT Vaclav Havel Lech Walesa ::PDF ...

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Carl Gershman’s Closing Remarks at the 2009 Democracy Award

I want to thank Howard Berman and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and all the other Members of the House and the Senate who joined us today for this very important tribute to people who urgently need our support. And of course I want to thank our Chairman Dick Gephardt for his leadership and for narrating that...

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Biographies, 2009 Democracy Award

Honorees José Daniel Ferrer García is a youth activist and member of the Christian Liberation Movement who was instrumental in gathering hundreds of signatures and mobilizing people in poor, marginal neighborhoods in support...

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