TO RECOGNIZE, HONOR AND PERPETUATE THE COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL AND/OR ORGANIZATION WHOSE WORK IS PROVEN TO HAVE ALLEVIATED DISCRIMINATION AND PROMOTED TOLERANCE OF ANY KIND; TO KEEP ALIVE THE LESSONS OF THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS OF 1692; TO MAKE THE UNHERALDED, HEROIC WORK OF BRINGING JUSTICE TO FRUITION IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY KNOWN IN OUR REGION.