The Joe A. Callaway Award for Civic Courage is presented annually by The Shafeek Nader

Shafeek Nader

Shafeek Nader was the first son of Rose Nader, and older brother of Ralph Nader, Laura Nader and Claire Nader. He was a community advocate and the principal founder of Northwestern Connecticut Community College. After his death in 1986, The Shafeek Nader Trust for the Community Interest was...

 Trust for the Community Interest. The Callaway Award "recognizes individuals who take a public stance to advance truth and justice, at some personal risk". In 2007, award recipients were: Dahr Jamail

Dahr Jamail

Dahr Jamail is an American journalist who is best known as one of the few unembedded journalists to report extensively from Iraq during the 2003 Iraq invasion. He spent eight months in Iraq, between 2003 to 2005, and presented his stories on his website, entitled Dahr Jamail's MidEast Dispatches....

 (independent journalist in Iraq) and Linda Peeno

Linda Peeno

Linda Peeno is a physician, ethicist and lecturer from Louisville, Kentucky known for being a whistleblower for the United States managed healthcare industry....

, M.D., (whistleblower

Whistleblower

A whistleblower is a person who tells the public or someone in authority about alleged dishonest or illegal activities occurring in a government department, a public or private organization, or a company...

  and patient advocate).

The first recipient of the award was Joseph A. Kinney, of the National Safe Workplace in Chicago, who was credited for his fearless advovacy of safety for America's workers.

In 2006 the Sharon Shaffer, Charlie Swift and Bunnatine Greenhouse were awarded the prize.
Shaffer and Swift were military officers who vigorously defended Guantanamo captives before Guantanamo military commissions.
Greenhouse was a contracting offer employed by the US Army Corps of Engineers, who exposed financial improprieties.