“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”

Robert F. Kennedy
Capetown, June 6th 1966

1986: ZBIGNIEW BUJAK, POLAND

Promoting a democratic society in Poland.

Labor organizer and pro-democracy activist, Zbigniew Bujak, led the Solidarity underground in Warsaw during the Communist era. Bujak participated in the The Round Table Negotiations where he and his colleagues came to a peaceful compromise with communist leaders and initiated movement towards a democratic government. Bujak served on the Polish Parliament for six years and is currently serving as Minister of Customs.

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Logo photo: Stanley Tretick, Sidebar photo: Bill Eppridge