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FREE EXPRESSION AWARDS CELEBRATING THE WORLD’S CHAMPIONS FOR FREE EXPRESSION FREE EXPRESSION AWARDS 2021 THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2021 HOST LESTER HOLT VIRTUAL CELEBRATION News anchor of NBC Nightly News 7-8 p.m. Awards Presentation HONOREES The Freedom Forum invites you to help advance our mission to JULIE K. BROWN Investigative Reporter, Miami Herald foster First Amendment freedoms for all by joining us as a sponsor of Power Shift Award the 2021 Free Expression Awards, an annual benefit to support the JIMMY LAI educational work of the Freedom Forum Institute. Former chairman and founder, Apple Daily and Next Digital The awards recognize individuals for their courageous acts of, and DERAY MCKESSON contributions to, free and fearless expression. The 2021 awards will Activist and Educator bring together thought leaders, policymakers and philanthropists to GEN. COLIN L. POWELL Former U.S. secretary of state and chairman of the celebrate those who are working in the areas of free speech, freedom Joint Chiefs of Staff of the press, religious freedom and freedom in arts and entertainment. Global Freedom of Expression Leadership Award SUSAN STAMBERG, NINA TOTENBERG, LINDA EVENT CHAIRS WERTHEIMER and in memory of COKIE ROBERTS John and Cynthia Lee Founding Mothers of NPR Lifetime Achievement Award SUSAN WOJCICKI CEO, YOUTUBE PAST HONOREES TARANA BURKE AVA DUVERNAY JOHN LEWIS JUDY WOODRUFF Founder of the #MeToo Filmmaker United States Representative, Georgia Anchor and managing editor, movement “PBS NewsHour” BOBBY BERK, KARAMO BROWN, TAN FRANCE, ARTHUR O. SULZBERGER JR. TIM COOK ANTONI POROWSKI, JONATHAN VAN NESS Chairman, The New York Times Company CEO, Apple Inc. 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