Name: Chico Whitaker (aka Francisco Whitaker Ferreira)
Organization: Brazilian Commission on Justice and Peace
Brief profile:
- Social activist
- Co-founder of the World Social Forum
- Member of the Brazilian Commission Justice and Peace (of the Catholic Church)
- Elected in 1989 and 1992 as São Paulo Councillor on the PT ticket
- Received in 2006 the Right Livelihood Award (Alternative Nobel Prize)