The
DQ
Award
Presented to
John Anderson
He is known as Brother John across Greater Kansas City and beyond. Young children and senior citizens and all folks between have been mesmerized and inspired by his high-energy scene-stealing performances as historical figures with soul-stirring messages. At HateBusters annual Human Family Reunions and all our impromptu gatherings, Brother John leads us in a rousing rendition of our theme song.
Brother John has dedicated his considerable talent to raising the consciousness of his audience to issues of fairness and justice. Wherever he goes he leaves in his wake a heightened awareness of how fragile and precious is the life we share together as community.
From his voracious reading and his careful thinking, Brother John understands with Don Quixote that wickedness wears thick armor. And Brother John also responds as Don Quixote: “And for that you would have me surrender? Nay, the enchanter may confuse the outcome ten thousand times. Still must a man arise and again do battle, for the effort is sublime.”
HateBusters takes great pleasure in bestowing upon John Anderson our highest honor, the DQ Award, named for Don Quixote, that fictional hero that inspires and fascinates all who read his story or see him on stage.
Given at the Human Family Reunion held on the 26th day of April in the year 2003 and meeting on the campus of William Jewell College, Time Magazine’s Liberal Arts College of the Year.
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Ed Chasteen, Founder and President
HateBusters
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