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annual Gandhi peace award

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Picture Archie Archuleta won the award in 2015.
Every year we give the Gandhi Peace Award to a Utahn or group who has worked tirelessly for peace.

What is the Gandhi Peace Award? Let us explain.

One of the more famous Gandhi quotes is, “You must be the change you want to see in the world.”  This quote leaves a lot not said.  And it leaves a lot open.  What change do I most want to see in the world?  What change do you most want to see in the world?  And how long do we want to make our list of changes?

The people chosen for a Gandhi Peace award have in some way lived a change that is needed in our world.  Generally speaking, our award recipients stand out because of a life of service.  But service comes in many forms.  The recipient may or may not be considered a leader.  As one of our recipients shared when she received the award, “I’m a foot soldier for peace.”

We seek people who share the ideal of nonviolence, but who also have an awareness that we don’t live in a world where all have equal opportunity. We thus have a responsibility to attempt to right some of the wrongs of our world.

We share the attitude expressed by the 17th century rabbi who said,  God will not ask me, ‘Why weren’t you Moses?’ Rather he will ask me, ‘Why were you not Zusya?'  We are not asking anyone to be another Gandhi, but rather to allow their own light to shine.


Past award recipients

2021    Sanctuary Steering Committee, Unitarian Church of SLC (for providing 3 years of sanctuary to Vicky Chavez and children).
2020   Dayne Goodwin
2019    Utah Poor Peoples Campaign
2018    March for Our Lives, Student Organizers, SLC
2017    Aden Batar
2016    Elise Lazar
​2015    Robert 'Archie' Archuleta
2014    Gail Blattenberger
2013    Emma Lou Warner Thayne
2012    Kathryn French
2011    Hiram Chodosh
2010   Peggy Christensen
2009   Marshall Thompson
2008   George Cheney and Michael Minch
2007   Jane Beckwith
2006   Gail Johnson, Terry Tempest Williams
2005   Lou Borgenicht
2004   Most Rev. George H. Niederauer
2003   Forrest C. Crawford, Pat Gamble-Hovey, Nancy Hedrick
2002   Dorothy Freed, Corbin Harney, Florien Wineriter
2001    Khando Chazotsang, Rt. Rev. Carolyn Tanner Irish, Joan W. Smith
2000   Andy Schoenberg, Pete Suazo, Edith Zimmer
1999    Rev. France Davis, Diana Hirschi, Scott Leckman, Dee Rowland
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  • Home
  • About
    • Contact
    • about Gandhi
    • Gandhi's teachings >
      • Quotes by Gandhi
      • 21 Simple Rules to Live By
    • What we do >
      • Gandhi birthday celebration
      • Peace award
      • Peace in the schools
      • Other projects
    • Our beginnings
  • Peace Everywhere
    • Inner peace
    • peace in communities
    • Peace and young people >
      • Peace lesson plans
    • Peace among nations
  • Join
  • Act
  • What's new?
  • Resources
    • Newsletter- Peace Advocate >
      • Older newsletters
    • Videos on peace
    • Books for elementary students
  • Peace and young people