FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT FOUR FREEDOMS FETE
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The Roosevelt Institute
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Wendell Berry
Paul Krugman
Sister Simone Campbell
The Coalition Of Immokalee Workers
Ameena Matthews
The Roosevelt's
The 2013 Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Medals were presented last night in a public ceremony at St. James’ Episcopal Church, near the Roosevelt family’s historic residence in Manhattan, and was followed by a private, ticketed reception at the Asia Society.
Since 1963, the Four Freedoms Medals have been awarded in alternating years by the Roosevelt Institute in the U.S. and by Roosevelt Stichting in the Netherlands. This year marks the ceremony’s return to New York City after many years in Hyde Park, NY.
The medals are awarded to those who exemplify FDR’s vision of democracy as outlined in his famous January 6, 1941 address. Past recipients have included Presidents Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, Senator Ted Kennedy, Secretary Hillary Clinton, Studs Terkel, Tom Brokaw, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Elie Wiesel, as well as international honorees Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, Aung San Suu Kyi, Asma Jahangir, and Carlos Fuentes.
This year’s awards ceremony helped support the Roosevelt Institute, an ideas and leadership development organization founded in the belief that America promises opportunity for all. It is the nonprofit partner to the FDR Presidential Library and Museum and includes the Four Freedoms Center, where prominent scholars address major policy challenges including economic inequality, the role of government in society, and human rights, as well as the Roosevelt Institute | Campus Network and Roosevelt Institute | Pipeline, which nurture thousands of progressive students and young professionals across the country.
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