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War Resisters League Peace Award

Since 1958, the War Resisters League, the pacifist group founded in 1923, has awarded almost annually its War Resisters League Peace Award to a person or organization whose work represents the League's commitment to radical nonviolent action.

Laureates

YearAwardeeSpeaker at ceremonyNotes
1958Jeannette Rankin
1959AJ MusteMartin Luther King Jr.
1960Fenner Brockway and Bayard Rustin
1961Tracy Mygatt and Frances M. WitherspoonMurray Kempton and Bayard Rustin
1962Jim PeckDouglas Campbell and Bayard Rustin
1963Dorothy DayEvan Thomas and AJ Muste
1964James Bevel and Diane NashA. Philip Randolph
1965Bayard RustinMilton Mayer
1966Norman ThomasMulford Sibley
1967Barbara DemingRalph DiGia
1968The Resistance
1969Ammon HennacyDinner was canceled
1970People Resisting within the Military
1971Majorie SwannLanza del Vasto
1972Ann UpshureRecognition only; not an official award
1973No dinner
1974Daniel BerriganAllen Ginsberg
1975Dave Dellinger
1976Julius Eichel
1977Marion Bromley and Ernest Bromley
1978David Berkingoff and Prafulla Mukerj
1979Igal Roodenko
1980Grace Paley
1981Ralph DiGiaRecognition only; not an award
1982Bent Andreson
1983Virginia Eggleston, Thomas Grabell, and Ashley King
1984Larry Gara
1985Barbara Reynolds
1986Plowshares Disarmament Community
1987Dorie Bunting
1988Don Luce, Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), John McAuliff, David Truong, Bob Eaton, and Lady Borton
1989Children of War
1990Esther Pank and Riley Bostrom
1991Gulf War Resisters
1992War Tax Resisters, especially activists in Colrain, Massachusetts, An Act of Conscience
1993WRL’s 70th Anniversary
1994No dinner/award
1995No dinner/award
1996The Living Theatre
1997Bob Moses
1998Odetta, Charlie King, People's Voice Cafe, and Pete Seeger
1999David McReynolds
2000Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques, Puerto Rico
2001Kate Donnelly and Clay Colt
2002Christian Peacemaker Teams
2003September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
2004Fernando Suarez del Solar of Military Families Speak Out
2005Karl Bissinger and Ralph DiGia
2006Women Resisting War from within the Military: Diedra Cobb, Anita Cole, Kelly Dougherty and Katherine JashinskiPresented by Ann Wright
2007Center for Constitutional Rights and Torture Abolition Survivors and Support Coalition International
2008Kali Akuno and Shana Griffin representing grassroots groups working to rebuild New OrleansA concert with Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Stephanie McKay, Red Baraat Festival, and Jan Bell and the Cheap Dates
2009Dennis Brutus, Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), and Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ)
2010Kathy Kelly
2011Afghan Youth Peace VolunteersAward was declined. The group didn’t want to distract from the people in Afghanistan needing support and a voice.
2012Asma Mohammed, Suez Port Worker and Labor Leader
2013Joan Baez, Harry Belafonte, Daniel Ellsberg
2014No Peace Award
2015Mumia Abu-Jamal
2016Jannat Al Ghezi
2017Mariame Kaba
2018Corrina Gould and The Peace Poets
2019Highlander Research and Education Center

References

References

  1. (27 March 2015). "WRL Peace Awards".
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