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Honorary Advisory Committee

The following distinguished individuals have agreed to serve on The Ascent awards program’s international honorary advisory committee:

• Professor Dennis Brutus—poet, teacher (Afrikaans and English), South African activist
• Peter Coyote—actor, environmentalist
• David Rubinson—record and film producer, humanitarian
• Richie Havens—musician/vocalist of Woodstock fame, activist
• Randy Hayes—founder of Rainforest Action Network, activist
• Avon Mattison—founder of Pathways to Peace, peace builder
• Peter Russell—philosopher, author, activist
• Joseph Shabalala—lead vocalist for Ladysmith Black Mambazo, humanitarian
• Curly Bear Wagner—Native American historian, activist
• Marilyn King—Olympian, humanitarian