![]() “There is no more important issue facing our country, and the world, today than the fight for democracy,” Kennedy said in a statement. The award was created by the family of the late president to honor public figures who risk their careers by embracing unpopular positions for the greater good, and is named after Kennedy’s 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “Profiles in Courage.” Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers and Fulton County, Georgia, elections worker Wandrea “Shaye” Moss.Ĭaroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, will present the awards May 22 at the John F. officials were chosen for standing up for free and fair elections, as the system is challenged in ways it has never been before. Zelenskyy was chosen because of the way he has “marshaled the spirit, patriotism and untiring sacrifice of the Ukrainian people in a life-or-death fight for their country,” as Russia pours in troops and assaults cities and towns, the John F. ![]() ![]() Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for acting to protect democracy. The Associated Press has the story: Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, to present JFK awardsīOSTON (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is among five people named Thursday as recipients of the John F. ![]() ![]() Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers and Fulton County, Georgia, elections worker Wandrea “Shaye” Moss. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. ![]()
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