Gandhi Foundation

The Gandhi Foundation is a United Kingdom-based voluntary organisation which seeks to further the work of Mahatma Gandhi through a variety of educational events and activities.

Aims and activities

As part of its mission, the Gandhi Foundation focuses on promoting nonviolence as a remedy for war and aggression and egalitarian economics that emphasize self-reliance, cooperation, and trusteeship. The principal activities of the foundation are a quarterly newsletter and three annual events: a Multifaith Service, a Summer School, and an Annual Lecture. The newsletter is entitled "The Gandhi Way".^[1]

In 2008 the Gandhi Foundation helped to organise The Festival of Non-violence. As part of the festival the British Library unveiled a new travelling exhibition "The Life of Gandhi",^[2] with six 'panels' focusing on the following aspects of Gandhi's life and work: Non-violence and the influence of Jainism, Gandhi's work in South Africa, Gandhi's Philosophy, the Non-Cooperation and Quit India movements, and the independence of India.

Gandhi International Peace Award

"Gandhi International Peace Award" redirects here. Not to be confused with the Gandhi Peace Prize or the Gandhi Peace Award.

Recipients have included:

• 2001: Jubilee 2000 founders Martin Dent and Bill Peters.^[3]
• 2003: Denis Halliday, former UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Iraq. In his acceptance speech,^[4] he described Gandhi as one of his formative influences.

• 2004: Helen Steven and Ellen Moxley received the award in 2004 for their non-violent campaigning against weapons of mass destruction.^[5]

• 2007: Media Lens founders David Edwards and David Cromwell. Media Lens is a British media analysis website established in 2001 which criticises what the editors view as bias and omissions in the British media. In his acceptance speech,^[6][7] Cromwell cited Gandhi's maxim that "non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind".
• 2009: Coram Children's Legal Centre (CLC)^[8]
• 2010: The Parents Circle-Families Forum (PC-FF)^[9]
• 2011: Binayak Sen and Bulu Imam for their humanitarian work with India's Adivasis. The award was presented by Lord Bhikhu Parekh.^[10]
• 2012: St. John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group, for their humanitarian work.^[11]
• 2013: Jeremy Corbyn, for his "consistent efforts over a 30 year Parliamentary career to uphold the Gandhian values of social justice and non‐violence."^[12][13]
• 2014: Godric Bader and the Scott Bader Commonwealth, for "the alternative business model created by him and his family."^[14]
• 2015: Bike for Peace founders Tore Nærland and Frank Tomlinson.^[15]
• 2016: Peter Tatchell for his "consistent dedication over many decades in promoting human and gay rights".^[16]
• 2017: Ramzi Aburedwan and his organisation, Al Kamandjâti, which teaches music skills to children in the Occupied Palestinian territories and south Lebanon.^[17]
• 2018: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and Roger Moody of Mines and Communities.^[18]
• 2022: Esther Trienekins of Action Village India.^[19]

Annual Lecture

Lecturers, together with the title (or theme) of their lecture, are as follows:

• 1985: Johan Galtung. "Gandhi today".^[20]
• 1986: Jonathon Porritt. "Gandhi and the Green Movement".^[20]
• 1987: Martin Ennals. "The international concept of human rights".^[20]
• 1988: Paul Blau, Austrian Green Party. "The beginning of an epoch: time for the Great Peace Treaty".^[20]
• 1990: David Ennals. "Non-violence in international relations".^[20]
• 1991: Laxmi Mall Singhvi. "Gandhi today".^[20]
• 1992: Desmond Tutu. "Gandhi in South Africa".^[20]
• 1993: The Dalai Lama. "Compassion: the basis of non-violence".^[20]
• 1996: Donald Soper. "The total repudiation of mass violence as the only way to peace".^[20]
• 1997: Madhu Dandavate. "Gandhi's human touch".^[20]
• 1998: Mairead Maguire. "Building a culture of non-violence".^[20]
• 1999: Bruce Kent. "Time to abolish war".^[20]
• 2000: Adam Curle. "Mahatma Gandhi: the master of truth".^[21]
• 2001: Scilla Elworthy. "Gandhi's legacy: the vibrancy of non-violent conflict resolution in the 21st century".^[22]
• 2002: John Hume. "An eye for an eye".^[23]
• 2003: Simon Hughes. "India and Gandhi: their legacy to London".^[20]
• 2004: Helen Steven and Ellen Moxley, founders of The Scottish Centre for Nonviolence.^[24] "Our world at the crossroads: non-violence or non-existence".^[25]
• 2005: Mark Tully. "Was the Mahatma too great a soul? Pulling Gandhi off his pedestal".
• 2006: Kamalesh Sharma. "Encounters with Gandhi".^[26]
• 2007: Bhikhu Parekh. "Why is Gandhi still relevant?".^[27]
• 2008: Harold Good. "The essentials of peaceful conflict resolution".^[28]
• 2009: Aftab Alam. "The role of the Indian Supreme Court in upholding secularism in India".^[29]
• 2011: Anthony Parel. "Pax Gandhiana: Is Gandhian non-violence compatible with the coercive state?".^[30]
• 2013: Vince Cable. "What would a Gandhian business model look like? and what steps would a LibDem Government take to get there".^[31]
• 2014: Navichandra Ramgoolam. "The rule of law and nation building".^[32]
• 2016: Rowan Williams. "Empathy, ethics and peacemaking: reflections on preserving our humanity".^[33]
• 2017: Satish Kumar. "Gandhi for the 21st century".^[34]
• 2019: Gopalkrishna Gandhi. "Atonement in politics. Perspectives from Gandhi".^[35]
• 2020: Graeme Nuttall. "EO v3.0 – Employee ownership with added Gandhian purpose". (delivered online)^[36]
• 2022: Alexandre Christoyannopoulos. "Peacefully preventing and stopping war: Some challenges to conventional wisdom".^[37]
• 2023: Paul Bazely. "Becoming Gandhi".^[38]

In some years there has not been a lecture. In 1989 and 2010 there were panel discussions instead of a lecture.^[39]

References

1. . Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
2. . Liverpool Hope University. Archived from the original on 24 March 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
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4. Denis Halliday. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
5. "Obituary: Ellen Moxley: 12 March 1935 – 8 July 2019 | Peace News". peacenews.info. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
6. David Cromwell. "2007 Gandhi International Peace Award acceptance speech" (PDF).
7. John Pilger (29 November 2007). "The Cyber Guardians of Honest Journalism". New Statesman.
8. "The Gandhi Foundation Peace Award and Annual Lecture 2009". gandhifoundation.org. The Gandhi Foundation. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
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12. . gandhifoundation.org. The Gandhi Foundation. 9 January 2014. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
13. . gandhifoundation.org. The Gandhi Foundation. 9 January 2014. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
14. "The Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award 2014". gandhifoundation.org. The Gandhi Foundation. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
15. "Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award 2015 handed over to Bike For Peace". Bike For Peace. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
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17. "Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award 2017". 24 August 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
18. "Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award 2018 – presented in 2019". The Gandhi Foundation. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
19. "Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award 2022". The Gandhi Foundation. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
20. Annual Report 2011-2012, The Gandhi Foundation, Annual Lecturers 1985-2009, and lecture titles.
21. Curle, Adam (15 January 2000). "2000 Peace Award and Annual Lecture". The Gandhi Foundation. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
22. Elworthy, Scilla (14 November 2001). "2001 Annual Lecture: Scilla Elworthy". The Gandhi Foundation. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
23. "2002 Annual Lecture: John Hume". The Gandhi Foundation. 14 November 2002. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
24. "Obituary: Helen Steven, peace activist". The Scotsman. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
25. Moxley, Ellen; Steven, Helen (14 November 2004). "2004 Peace Award and Annual Lecture: Helen Steven and Ellen Moxley". The Gandhi Foundation. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
26. Rowley, John (3 November 2006). "2006 Annual Lecture: Kamalesh Sharma". The Gandhi Foundation. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
27. "2007 Annual Lecture: Bhikhu Parekh". The Gandhi Foundation. 2 December 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
28. Hayat, Omar; Good, Harold (30 October 2008). "2008 Peace Award & Annual Lecture – Harold Good & Alec Reid". The Gandhi Foundation. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
29. Hayat, Omar (28 October 2009). "The Gandhi Foundation Annual Lecture and Peace Award 2009 – The Children's Legal Centre". The Gandhi Foundation. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
30. Parel, Anthony (13 October 2011). "Pax Gandhiana: Is Gandhian non-violence compatible with the coercive state?". Sevagram Ashram. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
31. "Vince Cable on Gandhi today in business". Asian Voice. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
32. "Gandhi Foundation Annual Lecture – 2014 The rule of law and nation building". Minority Voice. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
33. Sill, Jane (6 June 2019). "Annual Lecture 2016 – Empathy, ethics and peacemaking". The Gandhi Foundation. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
34. Hoda, Mark; Kumar, Satish; Rhind, William (6 June 2019). "GF Annual Lecture 2017 – Gandhi for the 21st century". The Gandhi Foundation. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
35. "The Gandhi Foundation Annual Lecture 2019". The Gandhi Foundation. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
37. "Gandhi Foundation Annual Lecture 2022". The Gandhi Foundation. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
38. "Gandhi Foundation Annual Lecture 2023". The Gandhi Foundation. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
39. "Activities". The Gandhi Foundation. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

External links

• Gandhi Foundation Peace Award
• "Gandhi Foundation, registered charity no. 292629". Charity Commission for England and Wales.