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Michael Ratner serves<ref>http://www.rfc.org/staffandboards</ref>on the Advisory Board of the [[Rosenberg Fund for Children]]. | Michael Ratner serves<ref>http://www.rfc.org/staffandboards</ref>on the Advisory Board of the [[Rosenberg Fund for Children]]. | ||
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| + | In 2006 Ratner received the Lennon Ono Peace Grant from [[Yoko Ono]] on behalf of the [[Center for Constitutional Rights]]; the Letelier-Moffit award from the [[Institute for Policy Studies]] on behalf of the Center for Constiutional Rights and the NYC [[Jobs with Justice]] award. | ||
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| + | He also won the Hans-Litten-Prize is awarded every two years by the VDJ, the German Association of Democratic Lawyers. <ref>[http://www.eldh.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/ejdm/publications/documentation/Hans-Litten-Prize_Awarding_2006.pdf, H a n s - L i t t e n – P r i z e A w a r d i n g 2 0 0 6 , B e r l i nT o M i c h a e l R a t n e r , N e w Y o r k]</ref> | ||
==Center for Constitutional Rights== | ==Center for Constitutional Rights== | ||
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Template:TOCnestleft Michael Ratner is an Attorney and Professor at Columbia Law School.
Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights Bicentennial Celebration
On November 10, 1991 Michael Ratner was listed as a member of the 1991 Tribute Committee for the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights Bicentennial Celebration.[1]
Peace for Cuba Appeal
In 1994 Michael Ratner was an initiator of the International Peace for Cuba Appeal, an affiliate of the Workers World Party created International Action Center.
Other prominent initiators included Cuban Intelligence agent Philip Agee, academic Noam Chomsky, Congressman John Conyers and Charles Rangel[2].
Rosenberg Fund for Children
In 2003 Michael Ratner was on the Advisory Board of the Rosenberg Fund for Children[3].
Michael Ratner serves[4]on the Advisory Board of the Rosenberg Fund for Children.
Awards
In 2006 Ratner received the Lennon Ono Peace Grant from Yoko Ono on behalf of the Center for Constitutional Rights; the Letelier-Moffit award from the Institute for Policy Studies on behalf of the Center for Constiutional Rights and the NYC Jobs with Justice award.
He also won the Hans-Litten-Prize is awarded every two years by the VDJ, the German Association of Democratic Lawyers. [5]
Center for Constitutional Rights
Ratner serves as the President of the Board of Directors of the Center for Constitutional Rights.[6]
Congressional Testimonies
Ratner submitted a prepared statement, in his role as the director of the marxist Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), in the hearings entitled "Break-Ins at Sanctuary Churches and Organizations Opposed to Administration Policy in Central America", House Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, House Judiciary Committee, February 19 and 20, 1987, Serial No. 42.
References
- ↑ Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights Bicentennial Celebration Program, Nov. 10, 1991
- ↑ International Peace for Cuba Appeal - letterhead, Nov. 14, 1994
- ↑ Rosenberg Fund for Children Letterhead June 19 2003
- ↑ http://www.rfc.org/staffandboards
- ↑ H a n s - L i t t e n – P r i z e A w a r d i n g 2 0 0 6 , B e r l i nT o M i c h a e l R a t n e r , N e w Y o r k
- ↑ Board of Directors