V I R T U A L C E R E M O N I E S
The Four Freedoms Awards are presented each year to people whose achievements have demonstrated a commitment to those principles which President Roosevelt proclaimed in his historic speech to Congress on January 6, 1941, as essential to democracy: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear. This year, for the first time in our 39-year history, The Roosevelt Institute will center the Four Freedoms Awards on a theme of racial justice.
freedom of speech and expression & freedom of worship awards ceremony
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 | 7:00 PM ET
Nikole Hannah-Jones
American Journalist
Freedom of Speech and Expression
U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock
United States Senator,
Senior Pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church
Freedom of Worship
INTERVIEWS MODERATED BY
Dorian Warren
Co-President, Community Change
Co-Chair, Economic Security Project
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
President and Senior Lecturer, Repairers of the Breach, Inc.
Co-Chair, Poor People's Campaign
A National Call for a Moral Revival Senior Pastor, Greenleaf Christian Church DOC, Goldsboro NC
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Publisher & Editorial Director
The Nation
freedom from want & freedom from fear AWARDS CEREMONY
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 | 7:00 PM ET
Deepak Bhargava
Immigrant Rights and Economic Justice Advocate
Freedom from Want
Sixta Leon Barrita
Rubiela Correa
Sonia Pérez Garcia
Maria Isabel Sierra
Worker Rights Activists
Freedom from Fear
INTERVIEWS MODERATED BY
Cristina Jimenez
Managing Director
United We Dream
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS
Lorella Praeli
Co-President
Community Change and Community Change Action
Randi Weingarten
President
AFT
freedom medal AWARD CEREMONY
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 | 7:00 PM ET
Fred T. Korematsu
Civil Rights Activist and Hero
Freedom Medal
In Memoriam
Received by his daughter
Dr. Karen Korematsu
Activist
INTERVIEW MODERATED BY
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Board Chair
Roosevelt Institute
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER
George Takei
Actor