David T. Suzuki PhD, Chair of the David Suzuki Foundation, is an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster.
He is well known to millions as the host of the popular Canadian television series, The Nature of Things. A powerful advocate for the environment, he has led more than 200,000 people to take the "Nature Challenge" to protect the environment.
Alice Walker
Alice Walker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, poet, teacher and activist. Internationally acclaimed for her vivid depictions of black women’s struggles against sexism, racism and poverty, she has powerfully condemned the practice of female circumcision and put herself on the line to protest against the U.S. war in Iraq.
The What About Peace? Grand Prize will be presented at this year’s Human Rights Awards. To find out more about the national youth contest visit www.whataboutpeace.org