Noam
Chomsky Awarded 2011 Peace Prize
The Board of
Directors of the US Peace Memorial Foundation has voted unanimously to
award
its 2011 Peace Prize to Noam Chomsky, whose antiwar activities for five
decades both educate and inspire. This award was presented on October 1st
at a Conference marking the 10th Anniversary of United for Justice
with Peace held at Suffolk University in Boston,
MA.
In presenting the award, Michael Knox,
Chair of the Foundation, thanked Professor Chomsky for almost 50 years of peace
activism during which he has taught, written, and spoken about ending war; has
actively resisted violent responses to conflict by our government; and has
served as a role model for others.
In addition to receiving the 2011 Peace
Prize, our highest honor, Professor Chomsky has also been designated as a
Founding Member of the US Peace Memorial Foundation. Many of his actions against war and for
peace are documented at www.uspeacememorial.org/registry.htm.
In response to receiving the Peace
Prize, Professor Chomsky commented, “No need to say that I am pleased and honored
to receive this award, and to be invited to join the former recipients, who
have dedicated themselves with such courage and integrity to achieve peace with
justice – which must be our goal, in a world of far too much needless
misery and oppression, and facing such dire consequences unless action is
undertaken vigorously and without delay.”
The US Peace Memorial Foundation
recognizes and honors citizens and organizations that have advocated for peace
and/or voiced opposition to a U.S. war or wars. The Foundation
awards an annual peace prize, publishes the US Peace Registry, and
will build the US Peace Memorial in Washington DC. Noam Chomsky joins previous Peace Prize recipients
Dennis
Kucinich and Cindy Sheehan.
Congressman
Dennis Kucinich Awarded 2010 Peace Prize
The Board of Directors of the
US Peace Memorial Foundation has voted unanimously to award Congressman Dennis Kucinich
its 2010 Peace Prize in
recognition of his national leadership to prevent and
end wars. In addition to
this, our highest honor, he has also been designated as a Founding Member of
the US Peace Memorial Foundation.
He received the award on December 9. Michael Knox,
Chair of the Foundation, thanked him for his peace leadership and for
serving as a role model to others. Congressman
Kucinich stated, "Peace is not only an absence of conflict, but an active
engagement which includes reaching out to others in the spirit of cooperation
to resolve what can sometimes be significant differences. I accept this recognition in honor of
the countless individuals who bring peace and love into the lives of those
around them."
Representative
Kucinich has, since 9/15/01, consistently spoken out for peace and against
war. In 2004 and 2008 he was the only candidate for the Democratic
nomination for President of the United States who voted against the Iraq war authorization and every funding appropriation related
to that war. We are honored to award him the 2010 Peace Prize. Many of
his actions against war and for peace are documented at www.uspeacememorial.org/registry.htm (scroll down to his name).
The US Peace Memorial
Foundation recognizes and honors citizens and organizations that have advocated
for peace and/or voiced opposition to a US war or wars. The Foundation awards an annual peace
prize, publishes the US Peace Registry,
and will build the US Peace Memorial in Washington DC.
Cindy Sheehan Awarded 2009 Peace
Prize
The Board of Directors of the
US Peace Memorial Foundation has voted unanimously to award Cindy Sheehan its
2009 Peace Prize for extraordinary and innovative antiwar activism. In
addition to this high honor, she has been designated as a Founding Member of
the US Peace Memorial Foundation.
Her history of diverse and impressive activities that advocate against
war and for peace is documented at www.uspeacememorial.org/registry.htm (scroll down to her name).
Michael Knox, Chair of the
Foundation, made the official announcement on December 12 at an antiwar rally
in front of the White House. A reading of the inscription on the plaque
was met with great applause. Ms. Sheehan received the award on December
30. Knox thanked her for her peace leadership and for serving as a role
model to others. She has served to
raise the awareness of those who are not inclined to think about peace and the
devastation of war.
The US Peace Memorial Foundation, a national,
not-for-profit, grassroots organization, is spearheading a nationwide effort to
recognize peace leadership by building the US Peace Memorial in Washington, DC,
and publishing the US Peace Registry. These projects will honor the
millions of thoughtful and committed Americans who have taken a public stand
against a particular U.S. war or who have devoted their time, energy, and other
resources to peace.
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