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 Alice and Staughton Lynd NEW YORK, NY — “Staughton Lynd is all the rage. Again. In the last 18 months, Lynd has published two new books, a third that’s a reprint of an earlier work, plus a memoir co-authored with his wife Alice. In addition, a portrait of his life as an activist through 1970 by Carl Mirra of Adelphi University has been published, with another book about his work after 1970 by Mark Weber of Kent State University due soon.
In an epoch of imperial hubris and corporate class warfare on steroids, the release of these books could hardly have come at a better time. Soldier, coal miner, Sixties veteran, recent graduate – there’s much to be gained by one and all from a study of Lynd’s life and work. In so doing, it’s inspiring to discover how frequently he was in the right place at the right time and, more importantly, on the right side.
Forty-six years ago, during the tumultuous summer of 1964, Lynd was invited to coordinate the Freedom Schools established in Mississippi by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The schools were an integral part of the Herculean effort to end apartheid in the United States and became models for alternative schools everywhere.”
— Andy Piascik, The Indypendent
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Staughton and Alice Lynd received the 2011 Ohio Citizen Action Howard M.
Metzenbaum Award.
 Board chairwoman Dr. Anne Wise of Cleveland Heights and Sandy Buchanan of Cleveland’s West Park neighborhood. CLEVELAND — “The ‘power to the people’ spirit of the 1960s came alive at Ohio Citizen Action’s annual Howard M. Metzenbaum Award event at the College Club in Cleveland Heights on Feb. 18. Lifetime civil-rights activists Staughton and Alice Lynd of Niles were honored with the Metzenbaum award for their tenacious commitment to social change. More than 130 people enjoyed an evening consisting of a vegan dinner, a conversation with the Lynds titled, ‘Occupy Now, But What’s Next?’ and quite a bit of communal singing including an emotional round of ‘We Shall Overcome.’ PDQ bumped into Cleveland City Councilman Jay Westbrook, Students for a Democratic Society founder Alan Haber and Occupy Cleveland organizer Leatrice Tolls. Spokeswoman Dawn Hanson said she expected the gathering to raise about $5,000. Ohio Citizen Action, founded in 1975, is a grassroots community organizing group working to protect the environment by preventing industrial pollution.”
— Kathleen Murphy Colan, Special to The Plain Dealer
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 Dr. Anne Wise with Staughton and Alice Lynd. CLEVELAND — Ohio Citizen Action presented the Howard M. Metzenbaum award to Alice and Staughton Lynd on February 18 at the College Club of Cleveland.
Call for nominations for the next Ohio Citizen Action Howard M. Metzenbaum Award – deadline: March 31, 2012
 Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum The Ohio Citizen Action Howard M. Metzenbaum Award is the highest honor the organization can give. Since 1995, it has been presented to an Ohioan who best reflects Senator Metzenbaum’s example of principled tenacity.
Ohio Citizen Action is inviting nominations for this year’s award by March 31, 2012.
When Howard M. Metzenbaum retired from the U.S. Senate in 1994, Ohio Citizen Action decided to honor him by presenting its highest award in his name. Throughout his years of service in the Senate, Senator Metzenbaum’s name was synonymous with principled tenacity.
Senator Metzenbaum authored milestone laws during his eighteen years in the U.S. Senate, including measures requiring advance notice of plant closings, food labeling, and the availability of orphan drugs, He saved taxpayers billions of dollars in his legendary fight against high utility rates. After he retired from the Senate, he served as Chairman of the Consumer Federation of America, where he continued his unparalleled service, helping stop the proposed takeover of Blue Cross by Columbia HCA, protecting meat inspection standards, and fighting for consumer protections in the telecommunications industry.
Senator Metzenbaum was a long-time partner and ally of Ohio Citizen Action. He participated in the founding conference of the organization and was a champion of the organization’s campaigns for fair utility rates, toxic chemical right to know laws, and advance notice of plant closings.
Award Criteria: The nominee must be a resident of or have a strong connection to Ohio and must have demonstrated achievements exhibiting “principled tenacity.”
Nominations Process:
Please provide the following:
- Nominee’s name, address, phone, occupation and/or organizational affiliations.
- Your reasons for nominating this individual for the Metzenbaum Award.
- Relevant background information, such as nominee’s biographic sketch or resume, newspaper articles or other materials.
- Your name and contact information.
Please send nominations to Melissa English, Development Director, Ohio Citizen Action, 2330 Victory Parkway #100 Cincinnati, OH 45206.
Thank you.
 CLEVELAND — “Ohio Citizen Action will present the Howard M Metzenbaum award to Alice and Staughton Lynd in Cleveland on February 18. Staughton Lynd, a renowned attorney, historian, and activist, was principal administrator of the Freedom Schools in the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964 and chaired the first anti-Vietnam war march in Washington D.C. in 1965. Alice Lynd has been a tireless advocate against the death penalty and, during the Vietnam War, counseled hundreds of young men facing the draft. They have worked side-by-side with people facing injustice in communities throughout the world, from Vietnam to El Salvador.
The Lynds have authored many books, including four collaborations- Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians; Nonviolence in America: A Documentary History; Rank and File: Personal Histories by Working-Class Organizers and most recently their joint autobiography, Stepping Stones: Memoir of a Life Together.
The Lynds moved to Youngstown in 1976, where they both worked for Legal Aid and were deeply involved in campaigns against the closing of the steel mills and on behalf of people harmed by toxic chemical exposures. When a Supermax prison was built in Youngstown, they devoted themselves to fighting injustice in the prison system and uncovered the root causes and stories behind the 1993 Lucasville Prison riot.
It’s that sort of commitment, not only to a group or a cause, but to a place and the ideal of justice that has characterized their lives and their partnership for more than 50 years.
— Sandy Buchanan, Ohio Citizen Action
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 Senator Howard Metzenbaum When Howard M. Metzenbaum retired from the U.S. Senate in 1994, Ohio Citizen Action decided to honor him by presenting an award in his name. Throughout his years of service in the Senate, Senator Metzenbaum’s name was synonymous with principled tenacity and fighting for what’s right.
During his eighteen years of service in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Metzenbaum never stopped being outraged at injustice and never stopped fighting for the rights of working people and consumers.
Sen. Metzenbaum passed milestone consumer protection laws, including plant closing legislation, food labeling, and orphan drug legislation, and saved taxpayers billions of dollars. After his retirement from the Senate, he served as Chairman of the Consumer Federation of America, where he continued his unparalleled service, helping stop the proposed takeover of Blue Cross by Columbia HCA, protected meat inspection standards, and fought for consumer protections in the telecommunications industry. Senator Metzenbaum died in 2008, at the age of 90.
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Howard M. Metzenbaum Award recipients
 Caroline Beidler Fifteen years ago, Caroline Beidler discovered that the “dream home” that she had moved into in Marietta was under daily assault from a terrible chemical odor, which she tracked to the nearby Eramet manganese refinery. Caroline then began to do everything she could to tackle this problem, including founding a local citizens group, the Neighbors for Clean Air; recruitiing technical and scientific experts from around the country; supporting the plant’s workers when they were locked out; organizing many local events, and working on a “good neighbor campaign” with Ohio Citizen Action.
The campaign to clean up Eramet culminated in 2008 with a commitment by the company to invest $150 million in pollution prevention, and sparked the University of Cincinnati to launch a nationally significant investigation of the health hazards caused by manganese exposure.
Susan Hyatt, Senator Metzenbaum’s daughter, commented, “Dad would be very proud to have his name associated with the work that Caroline Beidler is doing. She exemplifies the citizen action that dad so valued and she is proof that one person can make a significant difference.” Event photos. Caroline’s acceptance speech.
James Thindwa, Community Activist (2009)
 James Thindwa James Thindwa grew up in in Zimbabwe, where his family was involved in the fight against British colonial rule, and he moved to the U.S. to go to college. He was conducting further graduate studies at Ohio State when he joined the staff Ohio Citizen Action as a canvasser in Columbus in the early 1980s. He became the Indianapolis canvass director for Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, and returned to Columbus in the early 1990s to direct our Columbus canvass office. James’ stellar career as an community organizer and leader has been characterized by his compassion for those who are struggling, keen political observations, and a deep commitment to social justice. He has been an inspiration to literally thousands of canvassers from Ohio, Indiana, and throughout our canvassing network over the last 25 years.James recently joined the strategic campaigns staff of the American Federation of Teachers in Chicago, following seven years as the director of Chicago Jobs with Justice. Event photos
Phil Donahue, Producer,Body of War, documentary and television pioneer (2008)
 Phil Donahue When The Phil Donahue Show aired in 1967 on WLWD-TV, it was the first time America had seen a host implement audience participation and challenge everyday people on controversial issues. During the course of Donahue’s Emmy-winning show, he interviewed some of the most influential figures in history such as Martin Luther King Jr., and a wide array of politicians, celebrities, and ordinary citizens. Fearless and unstoppable, Donahue epitomizes the ideal of “standing up for what is right.” On September 14, 2008, Phil Donahue received the Ohio Citizen Action Howard M. Metzenbaum Award at the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. Six hundred people attended the ceremony and viewed Donahue’s riveting documentary, Body of War. When Phil Donahue was introduced at the ceremony, he was described by Susan Hyatt (Senator Metzenbaum’s daughter) as a “pioneer and innovator,” and was honored for his “unwillingness to be silenced.” Event photos More event photos
Debra Cochran, Community Activist, Pageville (2006)
 Debra Cochran When Debra Cochran, a resident of Pageville in Meigs County, began hearing news reports about DuPont’s contamination of drinking water with the Teflon chemical C8 in 2002, she wondered whether her children’s health could be harmed by the chemical. Debra used her experience as an educator to research and prepare informational materials about the dangers of C8, and began attending and speaking at any public meeting where the issue could be brought up, including the board meetings of local water supplies, the Chamber of Commerce, and other civic meetings. She used a variety of tactics to bring the issue into the open, including proposing a petition to have DuPont removed from the American Chemistry Council’s “Responsible Care” program. Debra worked closely with the Environmental Working Group in Washington, D.C., the national organization which exposed many of DuPont’s internal documents about the dangers of C8, and Ohio Citizen Action to organize a successful public meeting at Meigs High School in June 2004. She appeared in newspaper articles from the Washington Post and New York Times to the Marietta Times and Athens Messenger, and national radio and television, including ABC’s 20/20. In the past two years, Debra and her family have inspired everyone they know with their courage, mutual support, and faith in confronting a serious injury to their daughter Kimberly. Debra and her husband C.W. have been instrumental in forming the new Athens Chapter of the Ohio Brain Injury Association. Event photos
Stu Greenberg, Environmental Health Watch, Cleveland (2005)
 Stu Greenberg Stu has dedicated his life’s work to making his community and, by extension, the world a better place. Over the last 21 years, he made Environmental Health Watch a key environmental advocate both locally and nationally. Through his leadership, Environmental Health Watch brought millions of federal dollars to Cleveland to begin the clean-up of the city’s huge environmental lead problem. These efforts have made Cleveland a national leader in urban lead remediation, although Stu points out that Cleveland still has far to go in ensuring lead-safe housing for all of its children. Environmental Health Watch not only became a national leader in strategies to eliminate childhood lead poisoning but also expanded its focus to a wide range of healthy housing issues. Environmental Health Watch is referenced nationally for its expertise on healthy homes and childhood environmental health issues. Event photos
Laura Rench, Citizens for the Responsible Destruction of Chemical Weapons, Dayton (2004)
 Laura Rench As an organizer with The Citizens for the Responsible Destruction of Chemical Weapons, Laura Rench led a campaign which prevented the US Army from shipping VX hydrosylate, a byproduct of VX nerve gas, into the Jefferson Township community of Dayton. She organized hundreds of neighbors to protest the proposal, helped get 35 government entities and community groups to pass resolutions against the proposal, and pressured the county to withdraw a sewage treatment permit for PermaFix. In October 2003, the Army withdrew its proposal to ship the nerve gas to Dayton. After continued citizen pressure, the company has now been cited for 48 violations of environmental laws, neighbors of Citizens for the Responsible Destruction of Chemical weapons continue to press for changes at the facility. Event photos
Teresa Mills, Buckeye Environmental Network, Columbus (2003)
 Teresa Mills Teresa Mills is one of the most important environmental activists and relentless fighters for environmental justice in Ohio. In 1994, Teresa turned from a housewife to an activist as she led her neighborhood to victory over the Columbus trash-burning power plant. Since this victory, she has gone on to become nationally-recognized as one of the best and most reliable resources on toxic pollution issues and organizing to win against corporate polluters. Teresa is now the director of the Buckeye Environmental Network, which she and others formed to offer guidance and technical assistance to citizen groups facing toxic hazards. Event photos
Art Minson, civil rights and union activist, Akron (2002)
 Art Minson Art Minson has been a community activist in Akron, Ohio for more than half a century. He received the Metzenbaum award in recognition of his lifetime of leadership on civil rights, with the United Rubber Workers and the Coming Together project, as a community activist with East Akron Community House and National People’s Action, as a leader of the Millenium Fund for Children, and as a leader of Ohio Citizen Action’s local and statewide toxic chemical right-to-know campaigns. Event photos.
Baldemar Velasquez, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Toledo (2000)
 Baldemar Velasquez Baldemar Velasquez is the founder and president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), a union of migrant farm workers working for better quality of life. Baldemar is an inspirational leader, minister, and musician who has dedicated his life to organizing. His union won unprecedented representation agreement with the Campbell’s Soup Company, and has now organized a national boycott of Mt. Olive Pickles. Headquartered in Toledo, FLOC is a national and international leader for workers rights and health and safety.
Galen ‘Butch’ Lemke, beryllium activist, Elmore (1999)
 Butch Lemke Butch Lemke worked at the Brush Wellman beryllium facility in Elmore, Ohio for ten years making parts for American weapons. In 1970, he was diagnosed with chronic beryllium disease, an incurable lung disease caused by exposure to beryllium dust. For 15 years, although to an oxygen tank, Butch crusaded to help other victims of the disease and to expose conditions at the Brush Wellman facility. He spurred a major investigative series in the Toledo Blade, and helped organize support networks for victims of the disease. Butch died in 1999, and the Metzenbaum award was presented posthumously to his family.
Noreen Warnock, Allen County Citizens for the Environment, Bluffton (1997)
 Noreen Warnock Noreen Warnock received the award for her work in dealing with the biggest polluter in the state, BP America. In 1987, Warnock helped organize the Allen County Citizens for the Environment. Her group has prevented industry from locating a hazardous waste incinerator in Allen County, defeated a land-farm for hazardous waste, organized Mother’s Day rallies to highlight environmental issues, and forced the reduction of tens of thousands of pounds of toxic emissions from the BP plant.
Lisa Crawford, FRESH, Fernald (1996)
 Lisa Crawford Lisa Crawford founded Fernald Residents for Environmental Safety and Health (F.R.E.S.H.), a non-profit organization whose grassroots efforts have resulted in the shut-down and subsequent clean-up of the former Fernald nuclear weapons facility. Mother, wife, and full-time volunteer coordinator at the Pauline Warfield Lewis Center, Lisa has made time to serve as president of F.R.E.S.H. since 1985. Lisa’s dedication has brought worldwide attention to the issues and concerns of living in the shadows of a nuclear weapons facility.
Alonzo Spencer, Save Our County, East Liverpool (1995)
 Alonzo Spencer The first Metzenbaum award was presented by Senator Metzenbaum to Alonzo Spencer at Ohio Citizen Action’s 20th Anniversary kick-off celebration in Cleveland in November 1995. Here’s what the Senator said when presenting the award:
“We are here not only to celebrate Citizen Action’s 20th anniversary, but to honor Alonzo Spencer, who has led a brilliant fight against the WTI incinerator in E. Liverpool. I can’t miss this opportunity to state my firm conviction that the WTI incinerator should be shut down, immediately and permanently.
“As everyone knows, the sordid history of the ownership and permitting of this plant are enough to warrant locking the door, but all that aside, the plant is simply a public health menace: no school kid should be forced to breathe into their lungs the lead and other toxics this plant puts into the air 1,200 feet away: and no incinerator should be sitting on the bank of the Ohio River. Any accident is a major disaster for every town and city down the Ohio and into the Mississippi. (If this seems unlikely, look up the 1988 Ashland Chemical spill into the Ohio River for a preview).
“So, we honor Alonzo Spencer first because he is right. He was right about this 15 years ago, and he’s right tonight.
“But being right is not enough. Alonzo Spencer has also been tenacious, pursuing angle after angle in organizing opposition to the plant. No level of government, no jurisdiction has been safe from him. Just when the company thinks they have him beaten, he’s back. He’s stubborn. He’s my kind of citizen.
“But he’s been more than that – because he knows you can’t do this kind of thing on your own. Alonzo is the leader of a strong community organization dedicated to wining this fight – called Save Our County—and they’ve been together for 15 years. Some groups break up after their first block party. This remarkable group has faced the toughest odds, and made WTI a national symbol of the dangers of hazardous waste incinerators.
“For all these reasons, I’m honored to be able, on behalf of Citizen Action to present him with the first Howard M. Metzenbaum Citizen Action Award.”
 Lisa Crawford explains how her group FRESH fought to make the preserve a reality.  Mike Koscielak learns about "Duck and Cover" in an exhibit of a 1950s living room.  Sue Walpole hits the highlights of the Fernald site's history.  Sue Walpole shares photographs of Fernald from 1938, 1952, 1992 and the present. FERNALD PRESERVE — Ohio Citizen Action canvassers toured the site of a nuclear weapons production facility that’s been reclaimed by the community as a nature preserve. Their guides, Lisa Crawford of Fernald Residents for Environmental Safety and Health, and Sue Walpole of Flour Fernald, both have over 20 years experience with the site, which once enriched uranium for nuclear bombs. “This is the best possible outcome,” said Lisa Crawford of the site, which now is home to quail, ducks and otters. The visitor center is also one of Ohio’s best examples of environmentally friendly building and design. Canvassers were especially impressed by the wastewater treatment system of wetlands and solar powered pumps and the many building features made from recycled materials.
— Melissa K. English, Development Director, Ohio Citizen Action.
Lisa Crawford was awarded The Ohio Citizen Action Howard M. Metzenbaum Award in 1996. We are now accepting nominations for this year’s award.
 Melissa English, Caroline Beidler and Rachael Belz at Ohio Citizen Action's 35th anniversary party in Cincinnati. photo by Brewster Rhoads CINCINNATI — “I learned that a woman who usually doesn’t have much more than a hundred dollars in her checking account can be a small part of something as significant as convincing an international corporation to make $150 million dollars worth of improvements to help the health of a community.
This award really is an honor. You can’t see it, but on this year’s Metzenbaum Award, next to my name is an asterisk.
This asterisk represents the very large group of people who have supported me, listened to me, mentored me, held my hand, had my back and pushed me harder than I wanted to be pushed – sometimes way outside of my comfort zone.”
— Caroline Beidler, Neighbors for Clean Air, December 4, 2010.
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Emerging Leader Awards: Sarah Saheb and Michelle Dillingham
 Sarah Saheb The vision and drive that helped Sarah Saheb to put herself through Truman State University also helped her to create life, hope and community where before there was crime, blight and despair. She furthered her education at the Center for Progressive Leadership where she became a New Leaders Fellow in 2008. While her job with the Service Employees International Union Local 3 serves her passion for organizing people toward justice, it is her volunteer work on the Green Cincinnati Plan, the urban garden/local food project OTR (Over-the-Rhine) Homegrown for which she receives her Emerging Leader Award.
 Michelle Dillingham Michelle Dillingham’s work and volunteer history spans many different environmental initiatives. As assistant to Vice Mayor David Crowley, Michelle helped advance Cincinnati’s Environmental Justice ordinance. She also serves on the Cincinnati Regional Food Policy Council Development Team, the Cincinnati Urban Agriculture Advisory Board and works with fellow awardees Dan Korman and Sarah Saheb at OTR Homegrown. Michelle represents the AFL-CIO in the Blue Green Alliance, which released a report “Pathways and Policies on Green Jobs” in October.
 Dan Korman Grassroots Champion Award: Dan Korman
Dan Korman, Park + Vine’s owner, is receiving the Grassroots Champion Award recognizing his sustainable and local business leadership, advocacy for the bicycling community in Cincinnati, and extraordinary example of conscientious living.
Environmental Harmony Through Art Award: Willis “Bing” Davis
 Willis "Bing" Davis Bing Davis’ art expresses the way of our ancestors in being acutely aware of our place in the environment. As an educator through the years he has emphasized to his students the importance of finding new uses for found objects, not just finding a new purpose for them but to elevate them to a transformative state so that the viewer, “…stop, pause to reflect, and in that reflection, hopefully, give honor and praise to those who went before and those on whose shoulders they stand.” Mr. Davis is an internationally renowned artist, whose work has been shown in Ghana, Frankfurt, Germany, and St. Petersburg, Russia. He has also created arts education programs and exhibits for Dayton area arts organizations and schools.
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Carl and Marjorie Evert, and Gerry and Marvin Kraus
 Dr. Carl and Marjorie Evert Dr. Carl and Marjorie Evert are shining examples of a couple dedicated to their Pleasant Ridge community through their work with Citizens Concerned about Hilton Davis and the Pleasant Ridge Community Council to clean up the toxic Hilton Davis site (now owned by Kodak) over the past 25 years. They’ve also been key leaders in addressing air nuisances in the city and restoring the Office of Environmental Quality in Cincinnati after it had been cut from the city’s budget, as well as representing citizens on the Alliance for Chemical Safety, and addressing solid waste issues in Hamilton County. We recognize them with a joint lifetime achievement award for their persistent leadership to make our local environment better for us all.
 Marvin and Gerry Kraus Gerry and Marvin Kraus have both worked hard to lend support, expertise and leadership to many environmental campaigns and organizations throughout Southwest Ohio including, but not limited to recycling in Cincinnati, the Environmental Community Organization (ECO), the Environmental Advisory Council, the Cincinnati Specialties good neighbor campaign, North Avondale Neighborhood Association, and Ohio Citizen Action. We recognize them with a lifetime achievement award in gratitude for their hard work to improve our environment.
Howard M. Metzenbaum Award: Caroline Beidler
 Caroline Beidler (left) with Dr. Erin Haynes The Ohio Citizen Action Howard M. Metzenbaum Award, the organization’s highest award, is presented to an Ohioan who exemplifies the late Senator’s principled tenacity.
Caroline Beidler of Marietta, Ohio, never gave up on her campaign to reduce dangerous pollution from the Eramet manganese refinery in her community. She began her efforts fifteen years ago, when she noticed a terrible odor that affected her health, her quality of life, even her dream home.
Caroline kept a “stink diary,” talked with her neighbors, spoke out, helped organize “Neighbors for Clean Air,” and worked with Ohio Citizen Action to launch a good neighbor campaign. In 2008, Eramet announced it would make $150 million in improvements to its facility to prevent pollution and continues to meet with the Neighbors for Clean Air as changes are implemented.
 Caroline Beidler of Neighbors for Clean Air, left, with Dr. Erin Haynes of the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Haynes is testing the affects of air pollution on youth development. Ohio Citizen Action is pleased to announce that Caroline Beidler will receive the organization’s highest honor, the Howard M. Metzenbaum Award, at Ohio Citizen Action’s 35th Anniversary celebration in Cincinnati on December 4.
Fifteen years ago, Caroline discovered that the “dream home” that she had moved into in Marietta was under daily assault from a terrible chemical odor, which she tracked to the nearby Eramet manganese refinery. Caroline then began to do everything she could to tackle this problem, including founding a local citizens group, the Neighbors for Clean Air; recruitiing technical and scientific experts from around the country; supporting the plant’s workers when they were locked out; organizing many local events, and working on a “good neighbor campaign” with Ohio Citizen Action.
The campaign to clean up Eramet culminated in 2008 with a commitment by the company to invest $150 million in pollution prevention, and sparked the University of Cincinnati to launch a nationally significant investigation of the health hazards caused by manganese exposure.
Susan Hyatt, Senator Metzenbaum’s daughter, commented, “Dad would be very proud to have his name associated with the work that Caroline Beidler is doing. She exemplifies the citizen action that dad so valued and she is proof that one person can make a significant difference.”
— Sandy Buchanan, Executive Director, Ohio Citizen Action
 Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum The Ohio Citizen Action Howard M. Metzenbaum Award is the highest honor the organization can give. Since 1995, it has been presented to an Ohioan who best reflects Senator Metzenbaum’s example of principled tenacity.
Ohio Citizen Action is inviting nominations for this year’s award by April 30, 2010.
When Howard M. Metzenbaum retired from the U.S. Senate in 1994, Ohio Citizen Action wanted to honor him by presenting an award in his name each year. Throughout his years of service in the Senate, Senator Metzenbaum’s name was synonymous with fighting for what’s right. For every day of his eighteen years of service in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Metzenbaum never stopped fighting for the rights of workers and consumers, never stopped being outraged at injustice, and never gave an inch to special interests.
Award Criteria: The nominee must be a resident of or have a strong connection to Ohio and must have demonstrated achievements exhibiting “principled tenacity.”
Nominations Process:
Please provide the following:
- Nominee’s name, address, phone, occupation and/or organizational affiliations.
- Your reasons for nominating this individual for the Metzenbaum Award.
- Relevant background information, such as nominee’s biographic sketch or resume, newspaper articles or other materials.
- Your name and contact information.
Please send nominations to Sandy Buchanan, Executive Director, Ohio Citizen Action, 614 W. Superior Ave, Suite 1200, Cleveland, OH 44113 or email to sbuchanan@ohiocitizen.org.
Thank you.
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