A Lifetime of
service
Press Release by the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights
Dr. Edgar Cahn Fonder and CEO of TimeBanks USA, received the 2013 Cornelius R. “Neil” Alexander Humanitarian Award for his lifetime work on behalf of lower income and marginalized populations. The
The award – given annually to a District resident who has made a significant contribution to advancing human rights and improving quality of life in the District – will be presented to Dr.
-tions. The award – given annually to a District resident who has made a significant contribution to advancing human rights and improving quality of life in the District – will be presented to Dr. Cahn at the Commission on Human Rights Awards Ceremony on December 5. [At the ceremony Dr. Cahn said, "An award from this city, from the Human Rights Commission has very special meaning to me because this is my home, this is my home of choice."]
Dr. Cahn currently teaches and directs the Community Service Program at the University of DC - David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC-DCSL). He and his late wife, Jean Camper Cahn, were co-founders of the Antiouch School of Law, UDC - DCSL predecessor, the firsr law schoo
Camper Cahn, were co-founders of the Antioch School of Law, UDC-DCSL's predecessor, the first law school in the United States to educate students primarily through
Program at the University of DC - David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC-DCSL). He and his late wife, Jean Camper Cahn, were co-founders of the Antioch School of Law, UDC-DCSL's predecessor, the first law school in the United States to educate students primarily through clinical training in legal services to the poor. He started the Time Dollars project, a service credit program aimed at addressing social through building a non-market economy that recognizes and rewards reciprocal contributions of service and caring.
Dr. Cahn has authored books on ending hunger, alleviating poverty, and advancing self-determination for Native Americans. He received a B.A. from Swarthmore College and a M.A., Ph.D. and J.D. from Yale.
“The members of the Commission on Human Rights are well aware of Dr. Edgar S. Cahn's service and commitment to the legal and economic needs of disadvantaged people in the District of Columbia, and his contributions make this award well-deserved,” said Nkechi Taifa, Chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights. “We are very proud to select him as our Cornelius ‘Neil’ Alexander Humanitarian Award recipient.”
[Cahn and TimeBanks USA look forward to contributing to the great changes of the future. "We are at an age at a point of history where we have unique opportunities to make a change. "[We] have a job ahead of us and the job isn't done."]
"An award from this city, from the Human Rights Commission has very special meaning to me because this is my home, this is my home of choice."
- Dr. Edgar Cahn, CEO Timebanks USA
"[We] have a job ahead of us and the job isn't done."
Dr. Cahn with DC Mayor Vincent Gray. Mayor Gray presented the award.