29 Jul GEORGIA: Former UN Ambassador Honored for Efforts to Improve Human Rights
Former UN Ambassador Andrew Young is being honored for his lifelong efforts to improve civil and human rights through the world. According to ajc.com Young will be awarded the Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage, from Georgia Tech University in an event that will include a town hall discussion for students. Georgia Tech president Bud Peterson told reporters at the announcement, [Young’s] eloquent advocacy for human rights as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations helped cement his visionary legacy around the world …”