The 2019 Thomas Merton Center Nomination season is OPEN!
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Sponsorships and Donations
Presenting Sponsor
$5,000
- Opportunity to speak during the on-stage program
- Your logo/name will appear in all press releases, event promotions, and social media
- Your logo/name will appear in the event Program Book
- Full-page back cover color ad the event Program Book
- Fifteen tickets to the Thomas Merton Award Dinner on November 28th
Supporting Sponsor
$750
- Three tickets to the Thomas Merton Award Dinner on November 20th
- Your name will appear in the event Program Book
- Business card ad
Community leader Sponsor
$3000
- Ten tickets to the Thomas Merton Award Dinner on November 20th
- Your logo/name will appear in the event Program Book
- Full-page ad in the event Program Book
Honorary Sponsor
$100
- One ticket to the Thomas Merton Award Dinner on November 20th
- Your name will appear in the event Program Book
Patron Sponsor
$1500
- Five tickets to the Thomas Merton Award Dinner on November 20th
- Your name/logo will appear in the event Program Book
- Half-page ad
Program Book Ads
(Please email to programad@thomasmertoncenter.org)
- $600 - Full-page acknowledgement ad: 5’’w x 8’’h
- $400 - Half-page acknowledgement ad: 5”w x 3.875”h
- $200 - Quarter-page acknowledgement ad: 2.375”w x 3.875”h
- $100 - Business Card Ad
Sponsorship and Ad opportunities coming soon
PAST THOMAS MERTON AWARDEES
Over the years, the Thomas Merton Center has honored the following activists who work on national and international issues that transform our world. We honor them yearly at an annual awards dinner which is open for our community of activist members to attend.
1972- James Carroll
1973- Dorothy Day
1974- Dick Gregory
1975- Joan Baez
1976- Dom Helder Camara
1978- Dick Hughes
1979- Bishop John Burt & James Malone
1980- William Winpisinger
1981- The People of Poland
1982- Archbishop Ramon Hunthausen
1983- No Awardee
1984- Bernice Johnson Reagon
1985- Henri Nouwen
1986- Allen Boesak
1987- Miguel D’ Escoto
1988- Daniel Berrigan
1989- Comrades of El Salvador & Elizabeth
1990- Marian Wright Edelman
1991- Howard Zinn
1992- Molly Rush
1993- Reverend Lucius Walker
1994- Richard Rohr, OFM
1995- Marion Kramer
1996- Winona LaDuke
1997- Ron Chisolm
1998- Studs Terkel
1999- Wendell Berry
2000- Ronald V. Dellems
2001- Sister Joan Chittister
2002- Bishop Leontine T.C. Kelly
2003- Voices
2004- Amy Goodman
2005- Fr. Roy Bourgeois
2006- Angela Davis
2007- Cindy Sheehan
2008- Malik Rahim
2009- Dennis J. Kucinich
2010- Noam Chomsky
2011- Vandana Shiva
* 40th Anniversary Peace and Justice Award – Medea Benjamin
2012- Martin Sheen
2013 – Bill McKibben
2014 – Jeremy Scahill
2015 – Congresswoman Barbara Lee
2016 – Frida Berrigan