{"id":50260,"date":"2019-02-28T13:11:28","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T21:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=50260"},"modified":"2019-02-28T13:11:28","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T21:11:28","slug":"another-award-for-levar-burton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2019\/02\/another-award-for-levar-burton\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Award For LeVar Burton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em>‘s LeVar Burto<\/strong>n has won an award for his “tireless, decades-long dedication to children’s literacy and AIDS research and treatment.”<\/p>\n

The award is the 2019 Inamori Ethics Prize<\/em>, to be given to Burton this autumn by the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“I couldn’t have been more surprised by the news,” said Burton. “This is a very prestigious honor, and as the first recipient from the field of the Arts, I look forward to being able to accept the prize and thank the committee in person.”<\/p>\n

“I’m delighted to have LeVar Burton as our first prize-winner from the Arts,” said Shannon E. French<\/strong>, Inamori<\/em> Professor in Ethics and director of the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence<\/em>. “His work for children’s literacy has had such profound impact. He has truly transformed lives through PBS’s Reading Rainbow<\/em> and his nonprofit work. And he has also been a change agent in support of more funding for AIDS research.<\/p>\n

“Beyond these enduring contributions, as an actor he made the world confront the inhumanity of slavery with his searing, unforgettable performance as Kunta Kinte in Roots<\/em> and helped us all imagine a better, more just future as a star of Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em>. He’s a wonderful example of what it is to be an ethical leader in the arts, and I know he will inspire our students and our community.”<\/p>\n

Burton will receive his award at the Inamori Center<\/em> events which run from September 19-20 on the Case Western Reserve<\/em> campus in Cleveland, Ohio. He will also give a free public lecture about his work as “part of an academic symposium and panel discussion.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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