Rage for Justice Awards
Each year, Consumer Watchdog hosts the Rage for Justice Awards to honor the heroes and heroines of the public interest movement. The awards are named after Congressman Phillip Burton, one of the most productive and driven progressive legislators in American history. His story is told in John Jacobs’ acclaimed book A Rage for Justice.
Watch our honorees' speeches below.
View a 3-minute 'highlights' reel from our last Rage For Justice event here.
Our Honorees
Phillip Burton Public Service Award
- 2011 Tom Steyer [bio video] [intro by Benjamin Bratt] [speech]
- 2009 Dennis Quaid [video]
- 2008 US Senator Barbara Boxer [video]
- 2007 Elizabeth Edwards [video 1] [video 2]
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2006 Rose Ann DeMoro
[intro by Warren Beatty] [speech pt. 1] [speech pt. 2] - 2004 Warren Beatty [video]
- 2003 Betty and Stanley Sheinbaum
- 2002 Hon. John Burton
Lifetime Legal Achievement Award
- 2011 Joe Cotchett [bio video] [intro by John Burton] [speech]
- 2009 David Casey, Jr. [video]
- 2008 Mike Bidart [video 1] [video 2]
- 2007 Wylie Aitken [video]
- 2006 Browne Greene
- 2004 Bruce Broillet
- 2003 Herb Hafif
- 2002 William Shernoff
Consumer Advocate Hall of Fame
- Dana Christensen [bio video] [intro by Jamie Court] [speech]
- Hilda Sarkisyan [bio video] [intro by Jamie Court] [speech]
- Joan B. Claybrook [video]
- Wally Marks, Jr. [video]
- Mary Lee
- Kathy, Scott and Steven Olsen
- Harry Snyder
- Strumwasser & Woocher
Citizen Activist Award
- 2007 Mike Farrell [intro by Robert Greenwald] [speech]
- 2004 Robert Greenwald
- 2003 Margery Tabankin
Public Servant Award
- 2009 CA Senator Sheila Kuehl [intro by Rose Ann Demoro] [speech]
- 2006 Hon. Antonio Villaraigosa
- 2003 Hon. Nancy Pelosi
- 2002 Hon. Martha Escutia
Watch Consumer Watchdog's founder, Harvey Rosenfield,
speak at the 2011 Rage for Justice Awards.
Our "Year In Review" Videos
- Our 2011 Video
- Our 2009 Video
- Our 2008 Video
- Our 2007 Video
- Our 2006 Video
- Our 2005 Video
- Our 2003 Video
- Our 2002 Video
