{"id":36030,"date":"2024-11-18T12:36:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T11:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=36030"},"modified":"2024-11-18T12:37:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T11:37:50","slug":"friends-committee-on-national-legislation-awarded-2024-us-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=36030","title":{"rendered":"Friends Committee on National Legislation Awarded 2024 US Peace Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Excerpts from the website of the US Peace Prize<\/a><\/p>\n

The 2024 US Peace Prize has been awarded to the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)\u00a0\u201cFor Efforts Over 81 Years to Educate, Build Coalitions and Influence Congress to Stop Funding War and Nuclear Weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n

The US Peace Prize was presented\u00a0on November 16, 2024, at the FCNL Annual Meeting\u00a0by Michael Knox, Chair and Founder of the US Peace Memorial Foundation. In his remarks, Dr. Knox said, \u201cWe greatly appreciate the crucial work that FCNL is doing to end war, militarism, and nuclear weapons by educating the public, building coalitions, and lobbying Congress and\u00a0the administration.\u00a0For over eight decades, the Friends Committee has developed an impressive portfolio of antiwar actions. Most recently, demanding that the U.S. call for a ceasefire in Palestine and Israel, de-escalation, and humanitarian access to Gaza. The US Peace Prize is a commendation that will help call attention to and reinforce your important work for peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The award was accepted by Bridget Moix,\u00a0General Secretary,\u00a0who responded, \u201cOn behalf of our board and staff, thousands of advocates around the country persisting for peace with us, and all those who have been part of FCNL’s work over the years, we are honored and grateful to receive this 2024 US Peace Prize. For over 80 years, FCNL has sought to be a clear and consistent voice for peace and justice on Capitol Hill.\u00a0Receiving this prize is especially significant as we face escalating war in the Middle East,\u00a0growing global violence and authoritarianism, and enormous threats to our own democracy here at home. A world of justice and peace for all people may seem a distant dream, but our Quaker faith and the powerful communities with whom we work every day sustain us in this ongoing struggle for the world we seek.\u201d
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Friends Committee on National Legislation is a nonpartisan Quaker organization that lobbies Congress and the administration to advance their priorities of peace, justice, environmental stewardship, and a world free of war and the threat of war. FCNL played a pivotal role in helping to create the Peace Corps and promoting the slogan \u201cWar is Not the Answer\u201d through signs and bumper stickers. The organization also advocates for peacebuilding and against nuclear weapons and U.S. Militarism. FCNL works with a grassroots advocacy network of tens of thousands of people across the country and leads a coalition of organizations pushing for U.S. support for a ceasefire in Israel\/Palestine.
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\nThe other US Peace Prize final nominees this year were\u00a0Community Peacemaker Teams,\u00a0Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal,\u00a0Louis H. Pumphrey,\u00a0and\u00a0Ellen Thomas.\u00a0You can read about all nominees’ antiwar\/peace work in\u00a0the\u00a0US Peace Registry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0US Peace Memorial Foundation\u00a0<\/a> awards the\u00a0US Peace Prize\u00a0to\u00a0recognize and honor the\u00a0most\u00a0outstanding\u00a0and\u00a0prominent\u00a0American\u00a0antiwar leaders. These\u00a0courageous\u00a0people and organizations have publicly championed\u00a0peaceful solutions to international conflicts involving the U.S. and\/or opposed\u00a0U.S. war(s), militarism, and interventions including invasion, occupation, production and distribution of weapons of mass destruction, use of weapons, threats of war, or other hostile actions that endanger peace. We celebrate these extraordinary role models to inspire other Americans to speak out against war and work for peace.\u00a0Recipients have been designated as\u00a0Founding Members\u00a0<\/a>of the\u00a0US Peace Memorial Foundation. Read details about the inspiring antiwar\/peace activities of the recipients and all nominees in the\u00a0US Peace Registry<\/a>
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Previous US Peace Prize\u00a0recipients <\/a> are\u00a0National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth,\u00a0Costs of War, World BEYOND War, Christine Ahn,\u00a0Ajamu Baraka,\u00a0David Swanson, Ann Wright, Veterans For Peace, Kathy Kelly, CODEPINK Women for Peace, Chelsea Manning, Medea Benjamin, Noam Chomsky, Dennis Kucinich, and Cindy Sheehan.<\/p>\n

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