The Common Good Forum & The American Spirit Awards 2014

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As a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, The Common Good honored individuals who have made exceptional contributions to democracy and changing the world with The American Spirit Awards. In 2014 the honorees included Arnon Milchan, the producer of 12 Years a Slave, reform activist and documentary film maker, Jose Antonio Vargas and Lilly Ledbetter, whose tireless pursuit of economic justice led to the landmark Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.

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To present our honorees we had an array of program presenters including; Darren Aronofsky, five time academy award-nominated director, Jonathan Capehart, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Maria Cuomo Cole, producer, director and political activist and finally, Soledad O’Brien, Emmy award-winning journalist.

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