MIRTALA LOPEZ, EL SALVADOR Advocate for the rights of refugees and villagers displaced by civil strife in El Salvador.

SAUVEUR PIERRE, UNITED STATES Legal aide working for the rights of migrant farm workers.

ABUBACAR SULTAN, MOZAMBIQUE Director of a counseling program which heals child soldiers forced to serve in Mozambique's civil war.

CARLOS TOLEDO, GUATEMALA Advocate for the rights of street children in Guatemala who are targets of violence and murder.

ASHLEY BLACK, UNITED STATES Youth in Action awardee who, when she was 11, spearheaded a movement to ban hate video games in New Jersey.