This award ceremony honors Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times columnist, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and an influential voice drawing public attention to humanitarian issues around the world, such as human trafficking and war crimes. His coverage of Tiananmen Square protests and the Darfur genocide, as well as his reports about the violations of human rights across the globe have raised awareness about the humanitarian crisis the world faces today. Mr. Kristof was The New York Times’s first blogger and currently has more than 1.4 million followers on Twitter.

Nicholas Kristof will speak about Jan Karski, a heroic eyewitness to Nazi atrocities:

“Imagine Karski in the 21st Century: What Should We Fight for Today?”

See the PROGRAM.

Business attire. Free and open to the public.

Visit the JKEF website for information about VIP access and sponsorship opportunities. Or contact Karolina Koziura at 347-479-3868 or kkoziura@jankarski.net.

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The Spirit of Jan Karski Award is granted annually by the Jan Karski Educational Foundation, whose mission is to instill in people - especially youth - the values of leadership, courage and integrity, as exemplified by the life of Jan Karski, a Polish Catholic and emissary of the Polish Underground, who risked his life to bring his eyewitness report about the Holocaust to the attention of Western leaders. His lifetime of service to humanity as an emissary, a distinguished educator at Georgetown University and as a voice of conscience, is an ongoing inspiration. Once called “One Man Who Tried to Stop the Holocaust,” Karski was recognized posthumously by President Barack Obama with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, thanks to the Foundation’s Centennial Campaign.

The award is given to distinguished individuals who have demonstrated the principles represented by Jan Karski through their actions. The past recipients include: John McCain, US Senator; Samantha Power, the US Ambassador to the United Nations; and Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka, Consul General of the Republic of Poland in New York.

The program is organized by the Jan Karski Educational Foundation in collaboration with The New School for Social Research.