The Gandhi Peace Award is an award and cash prize presented annually since 1960 by Promoting Enduring Peace to individuals for "contributions made in the promotion of international peace and good will." It is named in honor of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi[1] but has no personal connection to Mohandas Gandhi or any member of his family.
Since 1960, when the first Award was accepted by Eleanor Roosevelt, the Award has been presented in person to "peace heroes" who have exemplified to the members of Promoting Enduring Peace the courage of nonviolent resistance to abusive power, to armed conflict, to violent oppression, and to environmental negligence. The Award is also intended to recognize individuals for having made significant contributions, through cooperative and non-violent means in the spirit of Gandhi, to the struggle to achieve a sustainable world civilization founded on enduring international peace.
In the 21st Century the Award is especially intended by its presenters to honor those whose lives and works exemplify the principle that international peace, universal socioeconomic justice, and planetary environmental harmony are interdependent and inseparable, and all three are essential to the survival of civilization.
The Award itself is symbolized by a heavy medallion and a certificate with an inscription summing up the recipient's work. The medallion, forged from Peace Bronze (a metal rendered from decommissioned nuclear missile command systems, evoking "swords into plowshares"), features Gandhi's profile and his words "Love Ever Suffers/Never Revenges Itself" cast in bronze. The Award has been presented at a ceremony held typically once a year in New York or New Haven at which the recipient is invited to present a message of challenge and hope.
The Gandhi Peace Award was conceived by the founder of Promoting Enduring Peace, Yale Professor Jerome Davis. Davis first proposed the award to the board of Promoting Enduring Peace on 13 March 1959, with the name intended to pay tribute to the modern era's foremost advocate of nonviolent resistance, and partly to help rectify the failure of the Nobel Committee to award its Peace Prize to Gandhi before his death in 1948. The Award has been issued since 1960, when it was first presented to Eleanor Roosevelt, and consists of a certificate, a ceremony, and the presentation of a bronze medallion inscribed with a quotation by Gandhi: "Love Ever Suffers / Never Revenges Itself."[1] A prominent New York sculptor, Don Benaron/Katz, was commissioned to create a work of art to serve as the symbol of the Award. He researched Gandhi at the library of the India House in New York City and by 1960 had carved a striking bas-relief portrait in wood of the founder of the century’s international movement for nonviolent change. He wrote of the medallion he also created, “I carved the Gujarati word for peace on one side, and on the other a symbolic plowshare and pruning hook inspired by Isaiah 2:4...″
They shall beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more.
Since 2011 the Award has included a cash prize. The presentation ceremony is held in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. At present the laureates are and have been North Americans and British subjects. A book about the Award from its inception through 1997, In Gandhi's Footsteps: The First Half Century of Promoting Enduring Peace, was written and published by James Clement van Pelt.
Notable laureatesEdit
In 1989 the Award was presented to Cesar Chavez, founder of the United Farm Workers of America, for his use of nonviolent tactics, including a national consumer boycott, to improve the conditions and compensation for migrant farm workers. (His acceptance speech may be viewed here.)
In 2011 the Award was presented to Rabbi Ehud Bandel and Rabbi Arik Ascherman for their leadership of Rabbis for Human Rights and its nonviolent resistance to the persecution of Palestinians in the occupied territories. (Their acceptance speeches may be viewed here.)
In 2012 the Award was presented to Amy Goodman for her contribution to promoting a sustainable peace through the promotion of transparently truthful journalism—one essential part of which is to report the true nature and long-term after-effects of war. Goodman is an internationally known broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter, author, and the anchor and co-founder of Democracy Now!, an independent global news program broadcast daily on radio and television and via the Internet. (Her acceptance speech may be viewed here.)
The 2013 Award was presented to Bill McKibben who is one of the most well-known leaders of the environmentalist movement in the United States. His first book was The End of Nature published in 1989. An activist and journalist, his work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Magazine, Mother Jones, and Rolling Stone. (His acceptance speech may be viewed here.)
Promoting Enduring Peace announced in January 2014 that the Gandhi Peace Award for that year would be received by Medea Benjamin.
^ * Martin Luther King Jr. was designated to receive the Award in 1964 and did formally accept it, but shortly thereafter was designated as the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate for that year. Thereafter he was unable to attend a ceremony for the formal presentation of the Award prior to his assassination.
^ ** Daniel Berrigan formally accepted the Award. Shortly thereafter he made remarks critical of Israeli treatment of Palestinians that led to a proposal by a PEP member that the Award to Fr. Berrigan should be rescinded. Although the organization rejected that course, Fr. Berrigan heard about the proposal and resigned the Award.
^ ab. pepeace.org. Archived from the original on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
^Beach, Randall (2018-07-31). "Jackson Browne is the 2018 recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award; he will accept award in New Haven". New Haven Register. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
^van de Griendt, Monique (1 February 2018). "Hermans, Adrienne Cécile Marie (1931-2007)" (in Dutch). Huygens Instituut. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^(PDF). fourthfreedom.org. 2004. Archived from the original (pdf) on 29 September 2006. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
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External linksEdit
Official website
October 20, 2023
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Rabbis Arik Ascherman and Ehud Bandel of Rabbis for Human Rights 2011 Amy Goodman of Democracy Now 2012 Bill McKibben of 350 org 2013 Medea Benjamin of Code Pink 2014 Tom B K Goldtooth 2015 Kathy Kelly of Voices for Creative Nonviolence 2015 Omar Barghouti 2017 Ralph Nader 2017 Jackson Browne 2018 Dr Zaher Sahloul of MedGlobal and Mayson Almisri a leader of the Syrian White Helmets 2020 and Kali Akuno co founder of Cooperation Jackson in Jackson Mississippi Since 1960 when the first Award was accepted by Eleanor Roosevelt the Award has been presented in person to peace heroes who have exemplified to the members of Promoting Enduring Peace the courage of nonviolent resistance to abusive power to armed conflict to violent oppression and to environmental negligence The Award is also intended to recognize individuals for having made significant contributions through cooperative and non violent means in the spirit of Gandhi to the struggle to achieve a sustainable world civilization founded on enduring international peace In the 21st Century the Award is especially intended by its presenters to honor those whose lives and works exemplify the principle that international peace universal socioeconomic justice and planetary environmental harmony are interdependent and inseparable and all three are essential to the survival of civilization The Award itself is symbolized by a heavy medallion and a certificate with an inscription summing up the recipient s work The medallion forged from Peace Bronze a metal rendered from decommissioned nuclear missile command systems evoking swords into plowshares features Gandhi s profile and his words Love Ever Suffers Never Revenges Itself cast in bronze The Award has been presented at a ceremony held typically once a year in New York or New Haven at which the recipient is invited to present a message of challenge and hope Contents 1 History 2 Notable laureates 3 Gandhi Peace Award Laureates 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditThe Gandhi Peace Award was conceived by the founder of Promoting Enduring Peace Yale Professor Jerome Davis Davis first proposed the award to the board of Promoting Enduring Peace on 13 March 1959 with the name intended to pay tribute to the modern era s foremost advocate of nonviolent resistance and partly to help rectify the failure of the Nobel Committee to award its Peace Prize to Gandhi before his death in 1948 The Award has been issued since 1960 when it was first presented to Eleanor Roosevelt and consists of a certificate a ceremony and the presentation of a bronze medallion inscribed with a quotation by Gandhi Love Ever Suffers Never Revenges Itself 1 A prominent New York sculptor Don Benaron Katz was commissioned to create a work of art to serve as the symbol of the Award He researched Gandhi at the library of the India House in New York City and by 1960 had carved a striking bas relief portrait in wood of the founder of the century s international movement for nonviolent change He wrote of the medallion he also created I carved the Gujarati word for peace on one side and on the other a symbolic plowshare and pruning hook inspired by Isaiah 2 4 They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks nation shall not lift up sword against nation neither shall they learn war any more dd Since 2011 the Award has included a cash prize The presentation ceremony is held in New Haven Connecticut USA At present the laureates are and have been North Americans and British subjects A book about the Award from its inception through 1997 In Gandhi s Footsteps The First Half Century of Promoting Enduring Peace was written and published by James Clement van Pelt Notable laureates EditIn 1989 the Award was presented to Cesar Chavez founder of the United Farm Workers of America for his use of nonviolent tactics including a national consumer boycott to improve the conditions and compensation for migrant farm workers His acceptance speech may be viewed here In 2011 the Award was presented to Rabbi Ehud Bandel and Rabbi Arik Ascherman for their leadership of Rabbis for Human Rights and its nonviolent resistance to the persecution of Palestinians in the occupied territories Their acceptance speeches may be viewed here In 2012 the Award was presented to Amy Goodman for her contribution to promoting a sustainable peace through the promotion of transparently truthful journalism one essential part of which is to report the true nature and long term after effects of war Goodman is an internationally known broadcast journalist syndicated columnist investigative reporter author and the anchor and co founder of Democracy Now an independent global news program broadcast daily on radio and television and via the Internet Her acceptance speech may be viewed here The 2013 Award was presented to Bill McKibben who is one of the most well known leaders of the environmentalist movement in the United States His first book was The End of Nature published in 1989 An activist and journalist his work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly Harper s Magazine Mother Jones and Rolling Stone His acceptance speech may be viewed here Promoting Enduring Peace announced in January 2014 that the Gandhi Peace Award for that year would be received by Medea Benjamin In 2015 the Award was presented to Tom B K Goldtooth and Kathy Kelly In 2017 the laureates were Ralph Nader and Omar Barghouti The laureate in 2018 was Jackson Browne He is the first artist to receive the award 2 Gandhi Peace Award Laureates EditEleanor Roosevelt 1960 Edwin T Dahlberg 1960 Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath 1961 John Haynes Holmes 1961 Linus C Pauling 1962 James Paul Warburg 1962 E Stanley Jones 1963 Martin Luther King Jr 1964 A J Muste 1966 Norman Thomas 1967 Jerome Davis 1967 William Sloane Coffin Jr 1967 Benjamin Spock 1968 Wayne Morse 1970 Willard Uphaus 1970 U Thant 1972 Daniel Berrigan 1974 Dorothy Day 1975 Daniel Ellsberg 1976 Peter Benenson and Martin Ennals 1978 Roland Bainton 1979 Helen Caldicott 1980 Corliss Lamont 1981 Randall Watson Forsberg 1982 Robert Jay Lifton 1984 Kay Camp 1984 Bernard Lown 1986 John Somerville 1987 Cesar Chavez 1989 Marian Wright Edelman 1990 George McGovern 1991 Ramsey Clark 1992 Lucius Walker 1993 Roy Bourgeois 1994 Edith Ballantyne 1995 Alan Wright and Paula Kline 1996 Howard and Alice Frazier 1997 Michael True 2002 Dennis Kucinich 2003 Adrienne van Melle Hermans 2003 3 Karen Jacob and David Cortright 2004 4 Ehud Bandel and Arik Ascherman 2011 5 Amy Goodman 2012 Bill McKibben 2013 Medea Benjamin 2014 Tom B K Goldtooth and Kathy Kelly 2015 Ralph Nader 2017 Omar Barghouti 2017 Jackson Browne 2018 Mayson Almisri and Zaher Sahloul 2020 Kali Akuno 2023 Martin Luther King Jr was designated to receive the Award in 1964 and did formally accept it but shortly thereafter was designated as the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate for that year Thereafter he was unable to attend a ceremony for the formal presentation of the Award prior to his assassination Daniel Berrigan formally accepted the Award Shortly thereafter he made remarks critical of Israeli treatment of Palestinians that led to a proposal by a PEP member that the Award to Fr Berrigan should be rescinded Although the organization rejected that course Fr Berrigan heard about the proposal and resigned the Award Sources Gandhi Peace Award Recipients Promoting Enduring Peace n d Retrieved 2009 11 13 See also EditGandhi Memorial International Foundation Gandhi Peace Prize List of peace activistsReferences Edit a b Gandhi Peace Award pepeace org Archived from the original on 8 October 2010 Retrieved 18 November 2010 Beach Randall 2018 07 31 Jackson Browne is the 2018 recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award he will accept award in New Haven New Haven Register Retrieved 2021 09 08 van de Griendt Monique 1 February 2018 Hermans Adrienne Cecile Marie 1931 2007 in Dutch Huygens Instituut Retrieved 8 January 2023 Cortright and Jacob Receive Gandhi Peace Award PDF fourthfreedom org 2004 Archived from the original pdf on 29 September 2006 Retrieved 18 November 2010 Promoting Enduring Peace presents Gandhi Award to Rabbis for Human Rights Promoting Enduring Peace May 2 2011 Archived from the original on May 19 2011 Retrieved May 4 2011 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gandhi Peace Award amp oldid 1178378818, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
