US Peace Prize Awarded To World BEYOND War | Scoop News – Scoop.co.nz

Friday, 5 November 2021, 3:50 pmPress Release: David Swanson

By US Peace Memorial Foundation

The 2021 US Peace Prizehas been awarded to World BEYOND War for exceptionalglobal advocacy and creative peace education to end war anddismantle the war machine.

Michael Knox, Chair ofthe US Peace Memorial Foundation, thanked World BEYOND Warand its members for years of outstanding and prolificantiwar actions and extensive peace educational projectsinvolving many people and organizations. We appreciate yourleadership and the significant impact your members andprograms have had throughout the world.

Uponlearning of the award, David Swanson, Executive Director,said, World BEYOND War has grown so large that this prizeneeds to be shared among hundreds of thousands of people,not just in the United States but around the world. We aredeeply honored to be placed in the company of the amazingindividuals and organizations who have previously receivedthe US Peace Prize and are grateful for all the work done bythe US Peace Memorial Foundation to advance demilitarizationand the building up of a culture of peace in the worldsleading war-making nation.

WBW President LeahBolger remarked, I am thrilled that World BEYOND War isthe recipient of the 2021 US Peace Prize! I believe thatWorld BEYOND War is doing some tremendous work, and it is sogratifying to have that work recognized and lifted up by theUS Peace Memorial. Winning this years US Peace Prize isquite an honor and validation that WBW might just be ontosomething! The publicity and attention this award will bringwill only help broaden our international network workingtogether to abolish war forever.

See photos andmore details at: http://www.USPeacePrize.org.

Inaddition to receiving the US Peace Prize, our highest honor,World BEYOND War has been designated as a Founding Member ofthe US Peace Memorial Foundation. WBW joins previous USPeace Prize recipients Christine Ahn, Ajamu Baraka, DavidSwanson, Ann Wright, Veterans For Peace, Kathy Kelly,CODEPINK Women for Peace, Chelsea Manning, Medea Benjamin,Noam Chomsky, Dennis Kucinich, and Cindy Sheehan.

TheFoundation honors Americans who stand for peace bypublishing the US Peace Registry, awarding the US PeacePrize, and working to promote and raise funds for the USPeace Memorial in Washington, DC. We celebrate these rolemodels to inspire other Americans to speak out against warand work for peace.

https://worldbeyondwar.org/us-peace-prize-awarded-to-world-beyond-war/

Videoof Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtvcZp_FP8E

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