Dining With Social Activists

Activists
 Peace activists
 Disability rights activists
 Environmental organizations
 Women's rights activists
 LGBT rights activists
 Animal rights advocates
 Civil rights leaders
 Anti-poverty advocates
 Anti-nuclear groups
 Anti-war organizations
 Feminists
 Opponents of slavery
 Suffragists and suffragettes

Activists
 (Table 1) “Peace activists usually work with others in the overall anti-war and peace
movements to focus the world's attention on the irrationality of violent conflicts,
decisions, and actions” (Wikipedia, 2014. p.1).
 (Table 2) “A disability-rights activist or disability-rights advocate is someone who
works towards the equality of people with disabilities. Such a person is generally
considered a member of the disability-rights movement and/or the independent-living
movement” (Wikipedia, 2014, p.1).
 (Table 3) “An environmentalist broadly supports the goals of the environmental
movement, a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the
quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human
activities. An environmentalist is engaged in or believes in the philosophy
of environmentalism” (Wikipedia, 2014, p.1).
 (Table 4) “Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls
of many societies worldwide. In some places, these rights are institutionalized or
supported by law, local custom, and behavior, whereas in others they may be ignored or
suppressed. They differ from broader notions of human rights through claims of an
inherent historical and traditional bias against the exercise of rights by women and girls
in favour of men and boys” (Wikipedia, 2014, p.1).

Activists
 (Table 5) LGBT rights activists- “Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender (LGBT) social movements are social movements that
advocate for the equalized acceptance of LGBT people in society”
(Wikipedia, 2014, p.1).
 (Table 6) Animal rights advocates- “Many animal rights advocates
argue that non-human animals should be regarded as persons and
members of the moral community whose interests deserve legal
protection” (Wikipedia, 2014, p.1).
 (Table 7) Civil rights leaders- “Civil rights leaders are influential
figures in the promotion and implementation of political freedom and
the expansion of personal civil liberties and rights. They work to
protect individuals and groups from political repression and
discrimination by governments and private organizations, and seek to
ensure the ability of all members of society to participate in the civil
and political life of the state” (Wikipedia, 2014, p.1).

Table 1: Peace Activists
John Lennon Jody Williams
 “Controversial through his political and peace
activism, he moved to Manhattan in 1971, where his
criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy
attempt by Richard Nixon's administration to deport
him, while some of his songs were adopted as anthems
by the anti-war movement and the
larger counterculture” (Wikipedia, 014, p.1).
 “She was awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize in 1997 for her work toward the
banning and clearing of anti-personnel
mines.“(Wikipedia, 2014, p. 1).

Mahatma Gandhi
“Gandhi famously
led Indians in
challenging the
British-imposed salt
tax with the 400 km
(250 mi) Dandi Salt
March in 1930, and
later in calling for
the British to Quit
India in 1942”
(Wikipedia, 2014,
p.1).
Peace Activist

Martin Luther King, Jr.
“He is best known
for his role in the
advancement of civil
rights using nonviol
ent civil
disobedience based
on
his Christian beliefs
” (Wikipedia, 2014,
p.1).
Peace Activist

James Bevel
“Was a leader of the 1960s Civil
Rights Movement who, as the
Director of Direct Action and
Director of Nonviolent Education
of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (SCLC)
initiated, strategized, directed, and
developed SCLC's three major
successes of the era:the 1963
Birmingham Children's Crusade,
the 1965 Selma Voting Rights
Movement, and the 1966 Chicago
Open Housing Movement”
(Wikipedia, 2014, p. 1).
Peace Activist

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
“He was a political and spiritual
leader known for his nonviolent
opposition to the British Rule in
the Subcontinent, and a
lifelong pacifist and
devout Muslim.A close friend
of Mahatma Gandhi, Bacha Khan
has been nicknamed Frontier
Gandhi” (Wikipedia, 2014, p. 1).
Peace Activist

Henri La Fontaine
“Was a Belgian
international lawyer and president
of the International Peace Bureau.
He received the Nobel Prize for
Peace in 1913. He was an early
advocate for women's
rights and suffrage, founding in
1890 the Belgian League for the
Rights of Women” (Wikipedia,
2014, p. 1).
Peace Activist

Dorothy Day
“In the 1930s, Day worked closely
with fellow activist Peter Maurin to
establish the Catholic Worker
Movement, a pacifist movement
that continues to combine direct
aid for the poor and homeless
with nonviolent direct action on
their behalf” (Wikipedia, 2014, p.
1).
Peace Activist

Rigoberta Menchú
“Is an indigenous
Guatemalanwoman, of
the K'iche'ethnic group. Menchú
has dedicated her life publicizing
the rights of Guatemala's
indigenous peoples during and
after the Guatemalan Civil War
(1960–1996), and to
promoteindigenous rights in the
country. She received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1992 and the Prince
of Asturias Award in 1998”
Peace Activist

David Dellinger
“Dellinger achieved peak
notoriety as one of
the Chicago Seven, anti-
war protesters whose
activities at the 1968
Democratic National
Convention in Chicago led
to charges of conspiracy
and crossing state lines
with the intention of
inciting a riot” (Wikipedia,
2014, p.1).
Peace Activist

Bertie Lewis
“Was a World War II
RAF airman who went
on to become a peace
campaigner in the UK.
Bertie Lewis became
well known for his
opposition to nuclear
weapons and the wars in
which his adopted and
his native country were
engaged” (Wikipedia,
2014, p.1).
Peace Activist

Table 2: Disability Activists
Javed Abidi James Charlton
 “Is the director of the National
Centre for Promotion of
Employment for Disabled
People (NCPEDP)[1] in India,
and the founder of the Disability
Rights Group. He set up the
disability wing of the Rajiv
Gandhi Foundation in India,
after being invited to do so
by Sonia Gandhi” (Wikipedia,
2014, p.1).
 “Is an American author,
disability rights activist, and
Executive Vice President of
Access Living in Chicago. He
holds that disability is socially
constructed. He created a
model of the disability rights
movement that differentiates
between a number of
different kinds of
organizations” (Wikipedia,
2014, p.1).

Judi Chamberlin
“Was an American
activist, leader,
organizer, public
speaker and educator in
the psychiatric survivors
movement. Her political
activism followed her
involuntary
confinement in a
psychiatric facility in the
1960s” (Wikipedia, 2014,
p.1).
Disability Activists

Ari Ne'eman
“Is an American autism rights activist who co-founded
the Autistic Self Advocacy Network in 2006. He
currently chairs the Council's Policy & Program
Evaluation Committee. Ne'eman has a diagnosis of
Asperger syndrome, making him the first person with
an autistic spectrum disorder to serve on the council”

Claudia Cockburn
“She created the post of adviser on disability to
the National Bus Company (UK) in the 1970s and
served for many years on the national Joint Committee
on Mobility for Disabled People and the Department
of Transport Advisory Committee on Disability in the
UK” (Wikipedia, 2014, p.1).

Lex Frieden
“Is an American educator,
researcher, disability policy
expert and disability rights
activist. Frieden has been
called "a chief architect of
the Americans with
Disabilities Act. He is also
regarded as a founder and
leader of the independent
living movement by people
with disabilities in the U.S”

Theresa Ducharme
“Was a Canadian disability rights activist and
a perennial candidate for public office. Ducharme was
required to use a wheelchair after suffering polio in
1953. She subsequently went into a coma for six
months during her mid-twenties, and for the rest of
her life required a respirator. She founded the
disability rights advocacy group People in Equal
Participation Inc. in 1981, and was the organization's
chair for many years thereafter” (Wikipedia, 2014, p. 1).

Justin Whitlock Dart, Jr.
“Was an
American activist and
advocate for people with
disabilities. He helped to
pass the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 co-
founded the American
Association of People with
Disabilities (AAPD), and is
regarded as the "Godfather
of the ADA” (Wikipedia,
2014, p.1).

Catherine Frazee
“Is a Canadian educator, activist, researcher, poet and
writer who currently serves as a Professor of
Distinction in the Disability Studies program
at Ryerson University as well as a Co-director of
Ryerson University's Institute for Disability Studies
Research and Education” (Wikipedia, 2014, p.1).

Judith Heumann
“Is an American disability
rights activist. Through her
work in the World
Bank and the State
Department, Heumann led
the mainstreaming of
disability rights into
international development.
Her contributions
extended the international
reach of the independent
living movement”
(Wikipedia, 2014, p. 1)

Table 3: Environmental Activists
David Attenborough Peter Garrett

Environmental Activist: Hunter Lovins

Environmental Activist: Dominique Voynet

Phil Radford
“Is an American environmental,
clean energy and democracy
leader who served as the youngest
Executive Director
of Greenpeace USA. He is a co-
founder of the Democracy
Initiative, served as the Founder
and Executive Director of Power
Shift, and is a board member of
Green Corps. He has a background
in grassroots organizing, corporate
social responsibility, climate
change and clean energy”
Environmental Activist

Table 4: Women's Rights Activists
Susan B. Anthony Lucy Burns

Women's Rights Activist: Jacqueline Ceballos
“Is an American feminist and activist. Ceballos is the
former president of New York Chapter of the National
Organization for Women and founder of the Veteran
Feminists of America organization which documents
the history of Second wave feminism and pioneer
feminists. Ceballos' 1971 debate on sexual politics
with Norman Mailer and Germaine Greer is recorded
in the 1979 documentary Town Bloody Hall”

Elisabeth Freeman
“Was a suffragist and
civil rights activist, best
known for a report for
the NAACP on the Waco
Horrorand for her
participation in the
1913 Suffrage Hike from
New York City to
Washington, D.C.”
Women's rights activist

Carrie Chapman Catt
“Was an American women's
suffrage leader who
campaigned for
the Nineteenth Amendment to
the United States
Constitution, which gave U.S.
women the right to vote in
1920. Catt served as president
of the National American
Woman Suffrage
Association and was the
founder of the League of
Women Voters and
the International Alliance of
Women” (Wikipedia, 2014,
p.1).

Sara Jane Lippincott
“Was better known by
the pseudonym Grace
Greenwood. She was an
American author, poet,
and lecturer. One of the
first women to gain
access into
the Congressional press
galleries, she used her
questions to advocate
for social reform and
women's rights”

Table 5: LGBT Rights Activists
Joel Gustave Nana Ngongang Li Yinhe
 “Frequently known as Joel
Nana, is a leading African
LGBT human rights
advocate and HIV/AIDS acti
vist. Nana's career as a human
rights advocate has spanned
numerous African countries,
including Nigeria, Senegal an
d South Africa, in addition to
his native Cameroon”
 “Is a sociologist, sexologist, and
an activist for LGBT
rights in People's Republic of
China. She was married to the
late writer Wang Xiaobo. Her
main academic interests have
been sexual norms in
contemporary People's Republic
of China, homosexuality, diverse
sexual behaviors including
sadomasochism, and women's
studies (Wikipedia, 2014, p.1).

LGBT Rights Activist: Craig Rodwell
“Was an American gay rights activist known for
founding theOscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop on
November 24, 1967, the first bookstore devoted to gay
and lesbian authors and as the prime mover for the
creation of the New York City pride demonstration.
Rodwell is considered by some to be quite
possibly the leading gay rights activist in the early
homophile movement of the 1960s” (Wikipedia, 2014,
p.1)

Arsham Parsi
“Is an
Iranian LGBT Huma
n Rights activist
who lives in exile
in Canada
(Wikipedia, 2014,
p.1). He is the
founder and head of
the Iranian Railroad
for Queer
Refugees (IRQR).”
LGBT rights activist

LGBT Rights Activist: Urvashi Vaid
“She is currently Director of the Engaging Tradition
Project at the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at
Columbia Law School. The project focuses on the way
tradition is used in movements for gender and
sexuality to inform, enable or limit the movement”

Rama Yade
“Is a Senegalese
born French
politician who served in
the government
of France from 2007 to
2010. She is currently
vice president of
the moderate
conservative Radical
Party (Wikipedia, 2014,
p.1).
LGBT rights activist

Table 6: Animal Rights Advocates
Cesar Chavez Anna Kingsford

Gene Baur
“Is an activist, best-selling
author, and president and
co-founder of Farm
Sanctuary, the first animal
rescue organization
dedicated to farmed
animals. He is vegan and
has been at the forefront
of animal rights since he
began the Sanctuary in
1986” (Wikipedia, 2014,
p.1).
Animal rights advocate

Brigitte Bardot
“In 1986, she established
the Brigitte Bardot
Foundation for the Welfare
and Protection of Animals.
She became a
vegetarian and raised three
million francs to fund the
foundation by auctioning
off jewellery and personal
belongings” (Wikipedia,
2014, p.1).

Benjamin Zephaniah
“In August 2007, he
announced that he
would be launching the
Animal Liberation
Project,
alongside People for the
Ethical Treatment of
Animals (Wikipedia,
2014, p.1).

Lizzy Lind af Hageby
“Was a Swedish-British
feminist and animal rights
advocate who became one
of England's most
prominent anti-vivisection
activists. She co-founded
the Animal Defence and
Anti-Vivisection
Society (ADAVS),
founded The Anti-
Vivisection Review, and ran
an animal sanctuary
at Ferne House in Dorset
with the Duchess of
Hamilton (Wikipedia,
2014, p.1).

J. M. Coetzee
“In recent years,
Coetzee has become
a vocal critic
of animal
cruelty and advocate
for the animal
rights movement”
(Wikipedia, 2014,
p.1).

Marianne Thieme
“Is a Dutch politician of
the Party for the
Animals (Partij voor de
Dieren). She has
been Parliamentary
leader in the House of
Representatives since 23
November 2006 and an
MP since 30 November
2006” (Wikipedia, 2014,
p.1).

Peter Singer
“He is known in
particular for his
book, Animal
Liberation(1975), a
canonical text
in animal
rights/liberation
theory.” (Wikipedia,
2014, p.1)

Jane Goodall
“Considered to be the
world's foremost expert
on chimpanzees, Goodall is
best known for her 55-year
study of social and family
interactions of wild
chimpanzees in Gombe
Stream National Park,
Tanzania. She is the
founder of the Jane Goodall
Institute and the Roots &
Shoots program, and she
has worked extensively on
conservation and animal
welfare issue” (Wikipedia,
2014, p.1).

Table 7: Civil Rights Leaders
George Mason
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs

Kenneth Clark
“ An African-
American psychologists wh
o conducted important
research among children
and was active in the Civil
Rights Movement (along
with his wife, Mamie
Clark). They founded the
Northside Center for Child
Development
in Harlem and the
organization Harlem Youth
Opportunities
Unlimited (HARYOU)”
Civil Rights Leader

W. E. B. Du Bois
“Was an
American sociologist, hi
storian, civil rights
activist, Pan-Africanist,
author and editor.
Du Bois was one of the
co-founders of
the National Association
for the Advancement of
Colored
People (NAACP) in
1909” (Wikipedia, 2014,
p.1).
Civil Rights Leaders

Alice Paul
“Was an
American suffragist,
feminist, and women's
rights activist, and the
main leader and strategist
of the 1910s campaign for
the Nineteenth
Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution which
prohibits gender
discrimination in the right
to vote” (Wikipedia, 2014,
p.1).

B. R. Ambedkar
“Popularly known
as Babasaheb, was an
Indian jurist, economist, p
olitician and social
reformer who inspired
the Modern Buddhist
Movement and
campaigned against social
discrimination of Dalits,
women and labour. He was
Independent India's
first law minister and the
principal architect of
the Constitution of India”

Betty Friedan
“Was an American
writer, activist, and feminist. A
leading figure in the women's
movement in the United
States, her 1963 book The
Feminine Mystique is often
credited with sparking
the second wave of American
feminism in the 20th century.
In 1966, Friedan founded and
was elected the first president
of the National Organization
for Women (NOW)”

John Peters Humphrey
“Was a Canadian legal
scholar, jurist,
and human
rights advocate. He is
most famous as the
author of the first draft
of the Universal
Declaration on Human
Rights” (Wikipedia, 2014,
p.1).

Victoria Woodhull
“Was an
American leader of the
woman's suffrage move
ment. In 1872, Woodhull
was the first
female candidate for Pre
sident of the United
States. She was also the
first woman to start a
weekly newspaper and
an activist for women's
rights and labor
reforms” (Wikipedia,
2014, p.1).

Reference
Wikipedia. (2014). Retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_activists

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