Gandhi Peace Award

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For the award given by the Government of India, please see Gandhi Peace Prize.
Not to be confused with the award of the same name bestowed by the Gandhi Memorial International Foundation.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Father of the independence of India

The Gandhi Peace Award is an annual award and cash prize bestowed by the peace education organization Promoting Enduring Peace for "contributions made in the promotion of international peace and good will." It is named in honor of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.[1] In 2011 the Award was presented to Rabbis Ehud Bandel & Arik Ascherman for their leadership of Rabbis for Human Rights.


Gandhi Peace Award laureates are recognized for having made, over a period of years, a significant contribution to the promotion of an enduring international peace founded on justice, self-determination, diversity, compassion, and environmental harmony, achieved through cooperative and non-violent means in the spirit of Gandhi. The Award itself is symbolized by a heavy medallion and a certificate with an inscription summing up the recipient's work for peace. The medallion 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 Award has always been presented and received in person.

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Like all perennial activities of Promoting Enduring Peace (PEP), the Gandhi Peace Award was conceived by the organization’s founder, Jerome Davis. He first proposed the award to the board of Promoting Enduring Peace on 13 March 1959. It has been issued since 1960, when it was 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 portrait of the founder of the century’s international movement for nonviolent change. He wrote, “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.

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  1. ^ Kucinich is not included in the list of recipients' biographies,[2] but his name is mentioned in the list at the foot of the main peace award page.[1] See also his acceptance speech.[3]

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  1. ^ a b c "Gandhi Peace Award". pepeace.org. http://pepeace.org/gandhi-peace-award. Retrieved 18 November 2010. 
  2. ^ "Gandhi Peace Award - Recipients". pepeace.org. http://pepeace.org/gandhi-peace-award. Retrieved 18 November 2010. 
  3. ^ Kucinich, Dennis (2003). "Dennis Kucinich's Acceptance Speech for the 2003 Gandhi Peace Award". Promoting Enduring Peace. http://supportcom.com/PEP/www.pepeace.org/current_reprints/06/Dennis%20Kucinich.htm. Retrieved 18 November 2010. 
  4. ^ "Cortright and Jacob Receive Gandhi Peace Award" (pdf). fourthfreedom.org. 2004. http://www.fourthfreedom.org/pdf/Gandhi_Peace_Award.pdf. Retrieved 18 November 2010. 
  5. ^ "Promoting Enduring Peace presents Gandhi Award to Rabbis for Human Rights". Promoting Enduring Peace. May 2, 2011. http://pepeace.org/journal/2011/5/2/promoting-enduring-peace-presents-gandhi-award-to-rabbis-for.html. Retrieved May 4, 2011. 

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