Cole Miller receives award from Haskell Wexler at annual Office of the Americas event

Mayne Cole Miller (born December 4, 1956, in

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) is an American

peace activist A peace movement is a social movement which seeks to achieve ideals such as the ending of a particular war (or wars) or minimizing inter-human violence in a particular place or situation. They are often linked to the goal of achieving world p ...

and

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. He is the Founding Director of
No More Victims
a

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which pairs war-injured Iraqi children with communities across the United States in an effort to advocate and educate for peace. Because of this, Miller has appeared in ''

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'' magazine’s “Heroes Among Us” section, and been featured representing No More Victims in national and international media, including two appearances on ''

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'' with

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. Miller has also been a guest on numerous radio programs including Antiwar Radio with Scott Horton and World Focus with

Blase Bonpane Blase Anthony Bonpane (April 24, 1929 – April 8, 2019) was the director of the Office of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, which he co-founded with his wife Theresa in 1983. Throughout his life, he worked on human rights issues as well as ...

.Cole Miller interviewed
on World Focus with

He was the co-creator, producer and senior writer/editor of ''Isla Earth'', an environmentally focused radio series, produced by the

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. The radio series won the 2008

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News Bureau category award. Miller is the grandson of Gwendolyn and Hidenari Terasaki, a Japanese diplomat, who were the subject of the 1961 film, ''

Bridge to the Sun ''Bridge to the Sun'' is a 1961 film directed by Etienne Périer and starring Carroll Baker, James Shigeta, James Yagi, Tetsurō Tamba and Sean Garrison. It is based on the 1957 autobiography ''Bridge to the Sun'' by Gwen Terasaki, which det ...

'', based on Gwen Terasaki's autobiography of the same name. Miller's mother, Mariko Terasaki Miller, was the first woman appointed Honorary Consul-General of Japan. Miller currently resides in

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, with his wife, Ann, and continues his work on issues involving peace, justice and

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References

External links

Official site of No More Victims
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Cole 1956 births Living people American anti-war activists American radio producers