SLIDESHOW: Top 11 Celebrity Activists Of 2011

Thursday, December 29, 2011 SLIDESHOW: Top 11 Celebrity Activists Of 2011 When A-list celebrities throw their names behind a noteworthy -- but underrepresented -- cause, they're able to push it to the front of the world's stage to get the much-needed attention and support it never would have garnered otherwise. Whether they're bringing clean water to developing countries, pushing for stricter bullying laws, or demanding world leaders help end the famine in Africa, our top 11 celebrity activists of 2011 have each dared to speak up and out on behalf of those who can't advocate for themselves. What do you think of the picks? Tell us in the comments below. Homeless Former Minister Shares Story Of Arrest In Tent City Firefighter Donates Kidney To His Captain The Best Local Cause Marketing Campaigns Of 2011 (And 3 That Stunk) Charities To Return Donations From $1 Million 'Anonymous' Hacking Scandal Hurricane Katrina Victims Fight To Keep FEMA Aid Money BLOG POSTS Michael Zacka: Global Family Day: Focusing on World Hunger World hunger is the focus on Global Family Day. Solutions come from Howard Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway's new steward of corporate culture. John Sifton: Last Chance to Get It Right in Afghanistan Afghanistan's future should not depend on Hamid Karzai or any other individual, but on democratic institutions that ensure that citizens get the better lives they deserve. Karl Hofmann: 10 Global Health Achievements in 2011 Despite real economic pressures and many competing priorities, across the world, governments, private companies, foundations, doctors, and individual volunteers worked to create a world where opportunity and hope are not crippled by poor health. Sasha Abramsky: The Voices of Poverty Maybe 2012 will be the year that voters and political leaders finally start paying attention to the tragedy that is mass poverty in contemporary America. Katherine Marshall: 'The Common Welfare Is Our Business' - Study Shows Link Between Belief and Giving That people respond to an appeal to their better nature echoes long-standing evidence that charitable giving is highest among those who count themselves as believers.

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