The Gandhi Peace Award is an annual award named in honour of Mahatma Gandhi, and bestowed for contributions made in the promotion of international peace and good will. The annual award has been issued since 1960, presented by the Quaker affiliated American-based organization Promoting Enduring Peace. The award consists of a certificate, a ceremony, and the presentation of a bronze medallion inscribed with a quote by Gandhi, "Love Ever Suffers/Never Revenges Itself." The award was first proposed by Jerome Davis, on March 13, 1959. The award is unrelated to the International Gandhi Peace Prize presented annually by the government of India. A year is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. ... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869–January 30, 1948) (Devanagari: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी, Gujarati મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી) was a national icon who led the struggle for Indias independence from British colonial rule, empowered... A year is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, or Friends, is a religious community founded in England in the 17th century. ... An organization (U.S. spelling) or organisation (U.K. spelling) is a formal group of people with one or more shared goals. ... Assorted bronze castings found as part of a cache, probably intended for recycling. ... The heart, a frequent modern symbol of love Love has many different meanings in English, from something that gives a little pleasure (I loved that meal) to something one would die for (patriotism, pairbonding). ... Revenge or vengeance consists of retaliation against a person or group in response to perceived wrongdoing. ... Jerome Davis (1891-?) was labor organizer and sociologist. ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The International Gandhi Peace Prize, named after Mahatma Gandhi, is awarded anually by the government of India for outstanding work and contribution to social, economic and political transformation through non-violence and other Gandhian methods. ...

List of recipients:

• Eleanor Roosevelt
• The Rev. Dr. Edwin T. Dahlberg
• Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath
• The Rev. John Haynes Holmes
• Dr. Linus C. Pauling
• James Paul Warburg
• Dr. E. Stanley Jones
• A.J. Muste
• Norman Thomas
• Jerome Davis
• The Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr.
• Dr. Benjamin Spock
• Senator Wayne Morse
• Dr. Willard Uphaus
• U Thant
• Dorothy Day
• Dr. Daniel Ellsberg
• Peter Benenson and Petretti Ennals
• Prof. Roland Bainton
• Dr. Helen Caldicott
• Dr. Corliss Lamont
• Randall Watson Forsberg
• Robert Jay Lifton
• Dr. Kay Camp
• Dr. Bernard Lown
• Prof. John Somerville
• César Chávez
• Marian Wright Edelman
• Senator George McGovern
• Ramsey Clark
• The Rev. Lucius Walker, Jr.
• Father Roy Bourgeois
• Edith Ballantyne
• The New Haven/Leon Sister City Project
• Howard and Alice Frazier
• Michael True and NEPSA
• Dennis Kucinich
• Karen Jacob and David Cortright (2004)

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External link

• Gandhi Peace Award (official website)