Stories of Moral Courage
The Sharp-Joukowsky Award for Moral Courage
Photo of Martha Sharp, 1919 (Sharp Family Archives)
Our Call for Your Story |
In honor of the Sharps and in recognition of the moral courage they exhibited, the Committee is inviting submissions of personal stories of moral courage and/or psychological profiles of altruism and moral courage as illustrated by people like Waitstill and Martha Sharp.
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Submission |
Stories should be submitted via e-mail message by March 1st, 2017
All submissions will be featured on the Defying the Nazis website (Defying the Nazis) in the order received. The award-winning story will receive $10K, $5K of which will go to the nominator and $5K of which will go to the charity selected by the nominator. A panel of experts in moral courage and altruism, under the direction of Professor Kristen Monroe, will review all stories. The best stories will be collected and published in a volume every five years. Organizations participating in this contest include Facing History and Ourselves (the educational partner for the film "Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War "), No Limits Media (disability rights organization), US Holocaust Memorial Museum, The UCI Ethics Center, and Brown University. |