A prestigious honor for the Twin Cities community announced Thursday.
The "people of the Twin Cities of Minnesota" are being honored with the 2026 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.
The JFK Library Foundation says it's presented annually to public servants who have made "courageous decisions of conscience, without regard for the personal or professional consequences. "
The foundation says the people of the Twin Cities are being honored for, "risking their lives to protect their neighbors and immigrant community members from an unprecedented federal law enforcement operation, peacefully defending the human rights and values that serve as the foundation of our Constitutional democracy."
The award will be presented May 31 at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.
It's unclear who would represent the Twin Cities to accept the award.
This year's other Profile in Courage Award honoree is Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who the foundation says "protected the independence of the Federal Reserve, despite years of personal attacks and threats from the highest levels of government."
Other recent recipients include former Vice President Mike Pence, Citizen-Heroes of the COVID-19 Pandemic, former Republican Senator Mitt Romney, and former President Barack Obama.
