Living Legends in North America: the people changemakers recommend

The selection

• Aaron SorkinLos Angeles, USA“Because he understood that the gap between democratic ideals and institutional reality is where drama lives, and because works like “The West Wing” and “The Newsroom” showed millions of people what genuine public-spirited argument could look like before they’d ever witnessed it in their actual institutions.”Recommended by Alberto Alemanno
• Angela DavisOakland, USA“Angela Davis is undoubtedly one of the most clear-sighted pacifists of the 21st c. And, without a doubt, when it comes to the notion of incarceration, she is a figure we cannot afford to overlook.”Recommended by Coralie Custos Quatreville
• Donna HarawaySanta Cruz, USARecommended by Søren Hermansen
• Equal Justice InitiativeMontgomery, USA“Bryan Stevenson says change starts when you get close to injustice. I believe him.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• Ralph NaderWashington D.C, USA“Because he demonstrated that one person armed with rigorous research and moral clarity can reshape entire systems of power, and because he never confused access to elites with actual influence over them.”Recommended by Alberto Alemanno
• Wildlife Conservation Fund / Hélène GrimaudNew York, USA“A great pianist who gives her fame to wolves. Art and wildness together, and it moves me.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume
• World Access for the BlindLos Angeles, USA“Daniel taught himself to see with sound, and now he teaches thousands. It changes what we think a person can learn.”Recommended by Florian Guillaume