Guerline Jozef, the co-founder and executive director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance, will receive the 2026 Wallenberg Medal on Tuesday, September 29th at 4:30PM in Rackham Auditorium. In keeping with the tradition of the Wallenberg Lecture, Jozef will draw on her personal experience to share with the audience her understanding of how one person can make a difference.
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2025, Vladimir Kara-Murza
Russian opposition leader, journalist and historian Vladimir Kara-Murza received the 2025 Wallenberg Medal on Nov. 4 at the University of Michigan, delivering a stirring lecture on the power of choosing not to be afraid, even in the face of tyranny.
Wallenberg lecturer Kara-Murza delivers message of hope amid darkness
Russian opposition leader, journalist and historian Vladimir Kara-Murza received the 2025 Wallenberg Medal on Nov. 4 at the University of Michigan, delivering a stirring lecture on the power of choosing not to be afraid, even in the face of tyranny.
Vladimir Kara-Murza to deliver U-M’s 30th Wallenberg Lecture
Vladimir Kara-Murza, Russian politician, author, historian, and former political prisoner, will receive the 2025 University of Michigan Wallenberg Medal on November 4th at 4:30PM in Rackham Auditorium and present the Wallenberg Lecture titled “Free People in an Unfree Country: Standing Up to Kremlin Tyranny, Past and Present.”
2024, Nnimmo Bassey
Nnimmo Bassey—architect, poet, and African environmental activist—addressed a packed Robertson Auditorium at the U-M Ross School of Business on Tuesday, September 10th, as he accepted the 2024 Wallenberg Medal for his outstanding humanitarian work.
Nnimmo Bassey receives 2024 Wallenberg Medal
Nnimmo Bassey—architect, poet, and African environmental activist—addressed a packed Robertson Auditorium at the U-M Ross School of Business on Tuesday, September 10th, as he accepted the 2024 Wallenberg Medal for his outstanding humanitarian work. “One of our key struggles has been to gain an understanding of the mindset that permits inequalities in our societies. The…
2023, Lucas Benitez
Lucas Benitez, a co-founder of the Florida-based labor and human rights organization the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and a key organizational leader and member of the CIW’s Fair Food Program worker education team, received the 2023 Wallenberg Medal from the University of Michigan on October 10, 2023.
Wallenberg Lecturer Benitez Advocates for Farmworkers’ Rights
The exploitation of laborers is a disease that remains rampant throughout the world, says Lucas Benitez, a co-founder of the Florida-based labor and human rights organization the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. To combat these abuses of human rights — including physical and sexual assault, child labor and wage theft — a proper vaccine is needed,…
University of Michigan to Award Wallenberg Medal to Lucas Benitez on October 10, 2023
Benitez has been called “one of the most visible farmworker leaders in the US” by the “Los Angeles Times,” and his work reflects the ongoing need for frontline advocates for vulnerable people in our society. Lucas Benitez, a co-founder of the Florida-based labor and human rights organization the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and a key organizational…
2019, Safa Al Ahmad
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN – Safa Al Ahmad, a Saudi Arabian journalist and documentary filmmaker, received the 2019 Wallenberg Medal from the University of Michigan. She has produced documentaries for the BBC and PBS about uprisings in the Middle East, particularly in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Her 2014 BBC documentary, Saudi’s Secret Uprising, brought attention to…