Cole Miller (activist)
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Mayne Cole Miller is an American peace activist
and radio producer
.
He is the Founding Director of No More Victims, a non-profit organization
which pairs war-injured Iraqi children with communities across the United States in an effort to advocate and educate for peace. Because of this, Miller has appeared in People
magazine’s “Heroes Among Us” section, and been featured representing No More Victims in national and international media, including two appearances on Democracy Now!
with Amy Goodman
. Miller has also been a guest on numerous radio programs including Antiwar Radio with Scott Horton
.
He was the co-creator, producer and senior writer/editor of Isla Earth, an environmentally focused radio series, produced by the Catalina Island Conservancy
. The radio series won the 2008 Los Angeles Times
News Bureau category award.
Miller is the grandson of Gwendolyn and Hidenari Terasaki who were the subject of the 1961 film, Bridge to the Sun
, based on Gwen Terasaki's autobiography of the same name.
Miller currently resides in Los Angeles, California
with his wife, Ann, and continues his work on issues involving peace, justice and human rights
.
Peace activist
This list of peace activists includes people who proactively advocate diplomatic, non-military resolution of political disputes, usually through nonviolent means.A peace activist is an activist of the peace movement.*Jane Addams*Martti Ahtisaari...
and radio producer
Radio producer
A radio producer oversees the making of a radio show. There are two main types of producer. An audio or creative producer and a content producer. Audio producers create sounds and audio specifically, content producers oversee and orchestrate a radio show or feature...
.
He is the Founding Director of No More Victims, a non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
which pairs war-injured Iraqi children with communities across the United States in an effort to advocate and educate for peace. Because of this, Miller has appeared in People
People (magazine)
In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006. Subscribers to this magazine received...
magazine’s “Heroes Among Us” section, and been featured representing No More Victims in national and international media, including two appearances on Democracy Now!
Democracy Now!
Democracy Now! and its staff have received several journalism awards, including the Gracie Award from American Women in Radio & Television; the George Polk Award for its 1998 radio documentary Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria's Oil Dictatorship, on the Chevron Corporation and the deaths of...
with Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman is an American progressive broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter and author. Goodman is the host of Democracy Now!, an independent global news program broadcast daily on radio, television and the internet.-Early life:Goodman was born in Bay Shore, New York...
. Miller has also been a guest on numerous radio programs including Antiwar Radio with Scott Horton
Scott Horton
Scott Horton may refer to:*Scott Horton , human-rights attorney and journalist*Scott Horton , libertarian activist and host of Antiwar Radio...
.
He was the co-creator, producer and senior writer/editor of Isla Earth, an environmentally focused radio series, produced by the Catalina Island Conservancy
Catalina Island Conservancy
The Catalina Island Conservancy is a nonprofit organization established to protect and conserve Santa Catalina Island, California. CIC was established in 1972 through the efforts of the Wrigley and Offield families...
. The radio series won the 2008 Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
News Bureau category award.
Miller is the grandson of Gwendolyn and Hidenari Terasaki who were the subject of the 1961 film, Bridge to the Sun
Bridge to the Sun
Bridge to the Sun is a 1961 film, directed by Etienne Périer, starring Carroll Baker, James Shigeta, James Yagi and Tetzuro Tamba. It is based on the 1957 autobiography Bridge To The Sun by Gwendolen Terasaki, which detailed events in Gwen's life and marriage.The memoir narrates the life of Gwen...
, based on Gwen Terasaki's autobiography of the same name.
Miller currently resides in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
with his wife, Ann, and continues his work on issues involving peace, justice and human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
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External links
- Democracy Now broadcast featuring interview with Cole Miller, Director of No More Victims, October, 2007, http://www.democracynow.org/2007/10/19/no_more_victims_grassroots_group_assists
- Democracy Now broadcast featuring interview with Cole Miller, Director of No More Victims,March, 2006, http://www.democracynow.org/2006/3/20/three_years_after_u_s_invasion
- The Austin Chronicle, Bringing the War Home No More Victims works for peace, one wounded child at a time, December, 2005, http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2005-12-30/322075/
- Cole Miller interviewed on Antiwar Radio, March, 2010, http://antiwar.com/radio/2010/03/17/cole-miller-2/
- Cole Miller interviewed on World Focus with Blase BonpaneBlase BonpaneBlase Bonpane is Director of the Office of the Americas which he co-founded with his wife Theresa in 1983. His attention has been primarily on human rights and identification of illegal and immoral aspects of domestic and foreign policies of the United States.Bonpane served as a Maryknoll priest...
, http://il.youtube.com/user/OfficeoftheAmericas1#p/c/10/YPc4SK1zRN0 - UCSF Today, UCSF Team Performs Surgery to Restore Iraqi Boy’s Hearing, January, 2009, http://today.ucsf.edu/stories/ucsf-team-performs-surgery-to-restore-iraqi-boys-hearing/