FOR
Pfeffer Peace Prize and
Martin Luther King, Jr. Award
FOR SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR ANNUAL PEACE PRIZES
Annually, the Fellowship of Reconciliation awards two national peace prizes to individuals or organizations whose commitment to peace, justice, and reconciliation is recognized as a life-long commitment. The awardees receive a cash prize and a commemorative scroll. Peace groups as well as individuals are encouraged to submit nominations for the 2010 awards. To submit a name for consideration, indicate the award recommended (Pfeffer or King; see details below), write a 150 to 300-word statement of the nominee’s work for peace and justice, including the nominee’s contact information and your name as the nominator.
Send the information to FOR by mail: Development
Office, P.O. Box 271, Nyack, NY 10960, or by e-mail to development@forusa.org. Deadline
for nominations is March 1, 2010.
The International Pfeffer Peace Prize was established in 1989 by Leo and Freda Pfeffer to particularly honor those around the world working for peace with justice. Leo Pfeffer was the United States’ leading theoretician on religious liberty and the separation of Church and State, and he argued these constitutional issues before the Supreme Court. A long-time FOR member, Leo was also a founding member of the Jewish Peace Fellowship. He died in 1993, but his legacy continues to contribute to a more peaceful society.
Past Recipients, International Pfeffer Peace Prize
The Pfeffer Peace Prize
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Award was established by FOR in 1979 to recognize unheralded persons or groups working in the United States in the tradition of Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King was very involved with FOR, and was serving as a member of FOR's Advisory Council at the time of his death. The award honors those who make a significant contribution to the furtherance of Dr. King’s nonviolent approach to transforming racial, economic, and social injustice.
Past Recipients of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Award
The King Peace Prize
1979 |
Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick (Louisiana/ New York; d. 1987) |
1980 |
Fay Honey Knopp (Shoreham, VT; d. 1995) |
1981 |
Robert C. Aldridge (Santa Clara, CA) |
1982 |
Katherine Garry |
1983 |
Septima Poinsette Clark (Charleston, SC; d. 1987) |
1984 |
Pete Seeger & Toshi Seeger (Beacon, NY) |
1985 |
Shelley Douglass & Jim Douglass (Birmingham, AL) |
1986 |
Miles Horton (New Market, TN) |
1987 |
Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen (Seattle, WA) |
1988 |
Maurice McCrackin (Cincinnati, OH; d. 1997) |
1989 |
Carl Upchurch (Bexley, OH; d. 2003) |
1990 |
Randall Kehler (Colrain, MA) |
1991 |
Glenn Smiley (Glendale, CA; d. 1993) |
1992 |
Charles Alphin (Atlanta, GA); Sam Day (Madison, WI; d. 2001) |
1993 |
One Day at a Time (founded by Henry T. Wells, Philadelphia, PA) |
1994 |
Daniel Alejandrez (Santa Cruz, CA) |
1995 |
Margaret Moseley (Cape Cod, MA; d. 1997) |
1996 |
Louis Coleman (Louisville, KY; d. 2008) |
1997 |
Anne Brooks |
1998 |
Ken Brown (North Manchester, IN) |
1999 |
Edith Bush (West Palm Beach, FL) |
2000 |
Kay Camp (Haverford, PA; d. 2006) |
2002 |
Dustin Washington (Seattle, WA) |
2005 |
Margaret Lawrence (Pomona, CA) |
| 2006 |
Walter Wink & June Keener Wink (Sandisfield, MA) |
| 2007 |
Samina Faheem Sundas & American Muslim Voice (Palo Alto, CA) |
| 2008 |
George Lakey (Philadelphia, PA) |
| 2009 |
Cynthia Brown (Durham, NC) |
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