The award will be presented by the National Civil Rights Museum of Memphis to Winter on October 20th. It recognizes men and women whose civil and human rights work has had a significant global and national impact. “Gov. “Gov. It is truly amazing to be recognized for the great work he does. He does a lot every day and is now being recognized internationally among social justice luminaries. The Freedom Award includes a $10,000 honorarium that Winter will dedicate to his university’s namesake institution at the University of Mississippi. The money will be used to launch a crowdfunding campaign to raise $10,000 more to support its initiatives. The Summer Youth Institute is one of them. It brings together a diverse group from high school sophomores and juniors for nine days in Oxford to learn more about civil rights advocacy and advocacy. They develop a project that combines one of their interests and a community need, and they commit to continuing the development of the project for two more years. Schultz stated that the Winter Institute is available to help any community who needs assistance in overcoming past discrimination or race. “Every dollar that the Winter Institute receives allows them to continue this work.”_x000D