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December 22, 2004: Headlines: Directors - Shriver: Awards: Poverty: Law: Journalism: Windy City Media Group: Helen Thomas honored by Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Helen Thomas honored by Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Helen Thomas honored by Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Helen Thomas at Poverty Awards
2004-12-22
The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law held its 7th annual benefit and awards dinner in December to celebrate individuals who have worked tirelessly on behalf of the underserved and underrepresented.
Caption: Pictured Rep. Schakowsky, Cohen, and Thomas. Photos by Marie-Jo Proulx
Honorees were journalist Helen Thomas, attorney Frederick H. Cohen, and National Urban League president and CEO Hon. Marc H. Morial.
Thomas has covered the presidency for 44 years. She was UPI’s White House Correspondent and the first woman to hold positions in the White House Correspondents’ Association and the National Press Club. She received the Equal Justice Award for her leadership in addressing the complex issues of social justice. Her acceptance speech was witty, but also critical of the current administration. Thomas referred to the members of president Bush’s cabinet as his “clones” and said, “the litmus test is conformity.” Speaking about the war in Iraq, she characterized it as “illegal and immoral.” Finally, Thomas was also disappointed in her own profession, declaring that, “The White House press corps is beginning to come out of its coma.”
Cohen represented a class of 600,000 children in a case against the state of Illinois for its administration of the Medicaid Act. On a pro bono basis, he was co-lead counsel and won a landmark victory.
Morial has increased the profile and diversified the constituencies of the National Urban League, a community-based organization that serves over two million people. The former mayor of New Orleans ( 1994-2002 ) also writes a weekly newspaper column entitled “To Be Equal.”
Presenters included Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and Congressman Rahm Emanuel. Sargent Shriver’s daughter, Maria Shriver, sent a written message of congratulations.
— Marie-Jo Proulx
When this story was posted in December 2004, this was on the front page of PCOL:
| Our debt to Bill Moyers Former Peace Corps Deputy Director Bill Moyers leaves PBS next week to begin writing his memoir of Lyndon Baines Johnson. Read what Moyers says about journalism under fire, the value of a free press, and the yearning for democracy. "We have got to nurture the spirit of independent journalism in this country," he warns, "or we'll not save capitalism from its own excesses, and we'll not save democracy from its own inertia." |
| Is Gaddi Leaving? Rumors are swirling that Peace Corps Director Vasquez may be leaving the administration. We think Director Vasquez has been doing a good job and if he decides to stay to the end of the administration, he could possibly have the same sort of impact as a Loret Ruppe Miller. If Vasquez has decided to leave, then Bob Taft, Peter McPherson, Chris Shays, or Jody Olsen would be good candidates to run the agency. Latest: For the record, Peace Corps has no comment on the rumors. |
| The Birth of the Peace Corps UMBC's Shriver Center and the Maryland Returned Volunteers hosted Scott Stossel, biographer of Sargent Shriver, who spoke on the Birth of the Peace Corps. This is the second annual Peace Corps History series - last year's speaker was Peace Corps Director Jack Vaughn. |
| Charges possible in 1976 PCV slaying Congressman Norm Dicks has asked the U.S. attorney in Seattle to consider pursuing charges against Dennis Priven, the man accused of killing Peace Corps Volunteer Deborah Gardner on the South Pacific island of Tonga 28 years ago. Background on this story here and here. |
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