Friends,
Each year, the Fellowship of Reconciliation awards three peace prizes -- international, national, and local -- to individuals or organizations whose commitment to peace, justice, and reconciliation is recognized as extraordinary.
Three decades ago, in 1984, FOR's Martin Luther King Jr. Award recipients were Pete and Toshi Seeger, whose memories we now mourn. (Photo above from Washington Square Park in 2005, courtesy of Len Tsou.) An article in Fellowship magazine about the January 1984 event honoring Pete and Toshi reports, "When the award was presented to the Seegers, Toshi said she was taking the opportunity to speak publicly for the first time. She was accepting the award on behalf of all the women who do the 'behind-the-scenes work, who stay at home with a baby in one hand while stirring the soup with the other hand. I haven't dropped a baby in the soup pot yet, but I've melted a lot of telephone cords!'"
 Our inspiring awardees in 2013 were the International Council of Indigenous Grandmothers (Grandmother Agnes, in photo at right, with FOR-USA's Shauen Pearce and three International FOR Fellows), Dr. Dorothy Cotton and Dr. Vincent Harding, and Steve & Emilia White.
We need your help to find our 2014 awardees. Please nominate your favorite individual or organization working for peace by Friday, April 11.
Make a nomination for the FOR Peace Awards today!
Awards are made in three categories:
- International Pfeffer Peace Prize: Honors those around the world working for peace and justice. Established in 1989 by Leo and Freda Pfeffer (who died in November 2013, and whose memory we honor).
- Martin Luther King Jr. Award: Recognizes those working in the United States to further Rev. Dr. King's nonviolent approach to transforming racial, social, and economic injustice. Established by FOR in 1979.
- Nyack-Area Peace Prize: Celebrates unheralded local groups and individuals in the Nyack, New York area, where FOR is headquartered. Established by FOR in 2006.
- Browse the list of past winners of FOR's peace awards
Make your nominations now, before April 11!
There is no requirement that you or the nominee have any affiliation with the Fellowship of Reconciliation, so please share this announcement with your networks of peace and justice advocates!
 Linda Kelly
Peace Awards Coordinator
Fellowship of Reconciliation
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