Search for Common Ground Live-streams its awards ceremony

Thursday 14 November, 7:30pm

Right here! http://www.sfcg.org/common-ground-awards 

The 2013 Common Ground Awards Recipients

NO LABELS A Congressional coalition committed to building trust and finding negotiated solutions;Senator Joe Manchin and Governor Jon Huntsman, Co-Chairs

SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK An internationally renowned all-women African American a capella ensemble

JOHANN OLAV KOSS Founder and CEO of Right to Play—using games to educate and empower children facing adversity

JOHN HUNTER Educator and creator of the World Peace Game—promoting the mission of peace and developing self awareness in children

AMBASSADOR LIVIA LEU AND THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SWITZERLAND for diplomatic efforts as a mediating channel between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, in the absence of official diplomatic relations during the past 34 years.

Performance by Sweet Honey in the Rock

“It isn’t enough to talk about peace, one must believe in it. It isn’t enough to believe in it, one must work at it.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

THE COMMON GROUND AWARDS are presented annually to honor outstanding accomplishments in conflict resolution, negotiation, community building, and peacebuilding. Recipients have made significant contributions toward bridging divides and finding solutions to seemingly intractable problems. We honor those who have dealt with conflict in new ways, and who met crises with creativity, wisdom, and courage, and have inspired and brought hope to others. Recipients of the Awards work in their local communities or internationally. They show us what can be achieved when we work with, and for, each other.

For more on the Common Ground Awards and their history, please click here.

We would like to thank our generous sponsors for their support:

AIG

Anonymous

Bill & Robin King

Clarke & Sampson, Inc.

Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman

Georgetown University

Honest Tea

Jim Meier and Judith Edelstein

John Mullins & Greystone Financial Group

Eric Berman and his colleagues at Kekst & Co.

Michael and Marlana Kain

Monib and Jane Shaw Khademi

Paul Keats

Tom and Elizabeth Manley

Location: National Geographic Society, 1600 M Street NW, Washington, DC USA

Can you tell how excited we are??? It is our extreme pleasure to share time with Shantigarbha Warren, who will visit the PSU campus and community of Plymouth from November 15-24, 2013. Do join us for any or all of these activities! 

The Peace & Social Justice Studies Council is very proud to be co-sponsoring Shantigarbha's visit and activities this month, in partnership with the Center for Global Education at PSU, who annually produce an astounding array of activities as part of PSU's participation in International Education Week.