Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan scientist, environmentalist and democratic activist who founded the Green Belt Movement. By linking tree planting with women’s empowerment, human rights and political accountability, she helped transform environmental conservation into a movement for community power and peace.
Chiune Sugihara
Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat who defied official restrictions in Lithuania in 1940 and issued more than two thousand recorded transit visas to Jewish refugees. His decision helped thousands begin an escape across the Soviet Union and through Japan during the Holocaust.