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6. OUR INITIATIVES Footsteps Global Initiative International travel, leadership, & service program for high school students Forum For Hope Roundtable discussion between world-renowned humanitarians and regional faith, business, civic, & education leaders Living Together in the 21st Century CMS-mandated character-education for 2nd grade students Books Beyond Borders Creating & furnishing English-language libraries for children in under-served schools abroad

7. 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 For more than a decade The Echo Foundation has brought the humanitarian voices of science, academia and the faith community to Charlotte, North Carolina.

8. Varian Fry American journalist who spearheaded the rescue of around 2,500 people, including some of the 20 th century’s most prolific artists, writers, and scientists, from Nazi-occupied France in the 1940s Charles Fawcett 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 American actor and musician who assisted Varian Fry in his rescue operation

9. Harry Wu Chinese dissident, internationally renowned human rights advocate, and founder and President of the Laogai Research Foundation 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

10. Human rights activist and president of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Kerry Kennedy

11. Original translator of Anne Frank's A Diary of A Young Girl 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Barbara Mooyaart Doubleday

12. Nigerian Nobel Laureate for Literature, poet, playwright, novelist, and activist for justice 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Wole Soyinka

13. Jesuit priest, human rights activist, former Georgetown University law professor, and former Democratic U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts 1920-2007 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Father Robert Drinan

14. Exiled Sierra Leonean poet, novelist, and journalist 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Syl Cheney Coker

15. World-renowned economist and Director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Jeffrey Sachs

16. 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University

17. Dr. Bernard Kouchner 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Founder of the Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders, former UN Representative in Kosovo, and former Foreign Minister of France

18. A Gathering of Nobel Laureates: Science for the 21 st Century Five Nobel Laureates in the sciences: Günter Blobel, Edmond Fischer, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Douglas Osheroff, and Robert Richardson 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

19. Young Heroes of Hope Five former Echo student leaders and activists: Horace Ballard, Katie Chamblee, Andrew Chan, Justine Treadwell, and Chris Sinay 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

20. Peter Agre Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, physician, and founding member of Scientists and Engineers for Change 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

21. A Decade Inspired by Elie Wiesel 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Nobel Laureate for Peace, Holocaust survivor, author, humanitarian, and Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University

22. Harry Kroto Chemistry Nobel Laureate and advocate for public science education 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

23. Bishop Rucyahana 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 John Prendergast Rwandan Bishop, human rights activist, and Founder of the Sonrise School Human rights activist, author, educator, and Co-Chair of the ENOUGH Project

24. Founding Director of Partners In Health, medical anthropologist, physician, and author 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Dr. Paul Farmer

25. In April 2011, The Echo Foundation will host Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Dr. Aaron Ciechanover for its annual Voices Against Indifference Initiative Dr. Aaron Ciechanover

27. FOOTSTEPS GLOBAL INITIATIVE 2007 IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ELIE WIESEL 12 Footsteps Ambassadors Romania, Poland, France, & Germany Auschwitz & Birkenau Concentration Camps Creation of Documentary Film

28. Holocaust History

29. FOOTSTEPS IN RWANDA GLOBAL INITIATIVE 2008 & 2010 18 Footsteps Ambassadors Rwinkwavu, Rwanda Nkondo 1 Primary School: Provided school supplies; designed and established Echo Children’s Library & supplied 1,200 donated books Studied Partners In Health model Genocide reconciliation

30. Rwanda Echo in Action

34. Yale University NC State Harvard University Wake Forest University Duke University UNC Chapel Hill MIT Princeton University Williams College Tulane University UVA Stanford University Tufts University George Washington University Swarthmore College

35. My involvement with Echo has played a critical part in who I am today… helping me realize I want to spend my life helping those who are less privileged. Gabby Reed 2007 & 2008 Footsteps Ambassador

36. I believe the opportunity that I had… significantly helped me as a student and a person to mature and learn more about the concepts of life. I know that colleges were impressed with the opportunity I had…and I am grateful for that. Preston Gray 2007 Footsteps Ambassador

37. The Echo Foundation not only gave me my first experience in bridging diverse groups and being a leader, but it also gave me the inspiration and the belief in myself that I needed to do it. Katie Chamblee Founder, Village Education Project

39. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Past Recipient: Joe Martin Echo Award Against Indifference

40. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Past Recipient: Bishop George E. Battle, Jr. Echo Award Against Indifference

41. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Past Recipient: Sister Mary Thomas Burke Echo Award Against Indifference

42. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Past Recipient: Harvey B. Gantt Echo Award Against Indifference

43. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Past Recipient: Dr. Dean W. Colvard Echo Award Against Indifference

44. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Past Recipient: Hugh McColl, Jr. Echo Award Against Indifference

45. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Past Recipient: Howard “Smoky” Bissell Echo Award Against Indifference

46. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Past Recipient: Sally Robinson Echo Award Against Indifference

47. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Alan Dickson Stuart Dickson Echo Award Against Indifference

48. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Past Recipient: Ferguson, Stein, Chambers Gresham & Sumter, P.A. Echo Award Against Indifference

73. GET INVOLVED “… the Echo Foundation emerged as a source of energy, imagination and hope. Driven by a sense of urgency, its struggle against hatred and indifference has already reverberated far beyond Charlotte and North Carolina. In the years to come, it will surely continue to inspire youth, affect society and occupy a place of honor on the national scene.” Elie Wiesel Nobel Laureate for Peace To inquire about joining The Echo Society, for volunteer opportunities or to make a donation, call 704-347-3844 or visit www.echofoundation.org.

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