Cole Miller (activist)

{{Short description|American peace activist and radio producer}}

File:Cole Miller receives award from Haskell Wexler at annual Office of the Americas event.jpg, receives Lottie Wexler Award for Peace and Justice from the Office of the Americas, 2008]]

Mayne Cole Miller (born December 4, 1956, in Johnson City, Tennessee{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}}) is an American peace activist and radio producer.

He is the Founding Director of [http://www.nomorevictims.org No More Victims],Kalson, Sally, [http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/wounded-iraqi-boy-returns-to-pittsburgh-for-face-surgery-514049/ Wounded Iraqi boy returns to Pittsburgh for face surgery], Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12/7/2007 a non-profit organization which pairs war-injured Iraqi children with communities across the United States in an effort to advocate and educate for peace. NECN.com, [http://www.necn.com/pages/landing?blockID=130424&tagID=29905 “No More Victims” helps Iraqi boy recover], May 22, 2008{{cite news|last=Alongi|first=Paul|title=Iraqi girl arrives in Greenville to receive prosthetic legs|url=http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20110214/NEWS0501/102140021/Iraqi-girl-arrives-in-Greenville-to-receive-prosthetic-legs|newspaper=The Greenville News|date=July 8, 2007}}The Austin Chronicle, [http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2005-12-30/322075/ Bringing the War Home No More Victims works for peace, one wounded child at a time], December 2005UCSF Today, [http://today.ucsf.edu/stories/ucsf-team-performs-surgery-to-restore-iraqi-boys-hearing/ UCSF Team Performs Surgery to Restore Iraqi Boy’s Hearing] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121215015714/http://today.ucsf.edu/stories/ucsf-team-performs-surgery-to-restore-iraqi-boys-hearing/ |date=2012-12-15 }}, January, 2009 Because of this, Miller has appeared in People magazine’s “Heroes Among Us” section,{{cite news|last=Perry|first=Beth|title=A Second Chance for Salee|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20060437,00.html|newspaper=People|date=September 24, 2007|author2=Truesdell, Jeff}} and been featured representing No More Victims in national and international media, including two appearances on Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman.Democracy Now broadcast featuring [http://www.democracynow.org/2007/10/19/no_more_victims_grassroots_group_assists interview with Cole Miller], Director of No More Victims, October 2007 Democracy Now broadcast featuring [http://www.democracynow.org/2006/3/20/three_years_after_u_s_invasion interview with Cole Miller], Director of No More Victims, March 2006 Miller has also been a guest on numerous radio programs including Antiwar Radio with Scott HortonAntiWar Radio, [http://antiwar.com/radio/2011/02/27/cole-miller-3/ Scott Horton Interviews Cole Miller] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406204944/http://antiwar.com/radio/2011/02/27/cole-miller-3/ |date=2011-04-06 }}, February 27, 2011.[http://antiwar.com/radio/2010/03/17/cole-miller-2/ Cole Miller interviewed on Antiwar Radio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305140131/http://antiwar.com/radio/2010/03/17/cole-miller-2/ |date=2011-03-05 }}, March 2010 and World Focus with Blase Bonpane.[https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficeoftheAmericas1#p/c/10/YPc4SK1zRN0 Cole Miller interviewed] on World Focus with Blase Bonpane

He was the co-creator, producer and senior writer/editor of Isla Earth, an environmentally focused radio series, produced by the Catalina Island Conservancy. The radio series won the 2008 Los Angeles Times 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, 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 Casper, Wyoming, with his wife, Ann, and continues his work on issues involving peace, justice and human rights.