Nominations are Open for Kennedy Prize.

The nominations are open for the 2017 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. Here’s the link to the nomination form.

The award, according to a message from Caroline Kennedy, Honorary President of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, which administers the award process. According to Ambassador Kennedy, “[E]ach year, we rely on your help to find inspiring examples of modern-day elected officials in federal, state or local office who have chosen to govern for the greater good, even when it meant taking an unpopular stand or offending powerful groups.”

The award will bear special significance next year, the centennial of President Kennedy’s birth, in a home not far from the library that bears his name.

Hint for those submitting nominees: It’s safe to nominate someone who refused to offer any assistance to Central American child refugees. Turning away refugee children is no impediment to being awarded the prize. It also helps to be a Democrat.