annual Gandhi peace award
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.
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
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
