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Tribute
to Peacemakers
Heroes / Role Models
Each year The Conflict Center acknowledges and honors several youth and adult Peacemakers within our community
2004 Adult Peacemaker
This
year’s Eighth Annual Ambassador
of Peace Award Dinner
honored Opalanga with the 2004 Ambassador of Peace Award. She serves the peacemaking community with her personal stories and metaphors about solving problems non-violently.
honored Opalanga with the 2004 Ambassador of Peace Award. She serves the peacemaking community with her personal stories and metaphors about solving problems non-violently.
Opalanga's programs harness the power of stories to instruct and inspire. As a Denver native, she is well known as the "project weaver" of Denver's Kwanzaa celebration.
Past Ambassador
of Peace Award recipients were:
YEAR
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Awardees
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| 2004 | Opalanga Nationally renowned entertainer and African-American storyteller |
2003
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William
Ritter, Jr. Denver District Attorney, Leadership in restorative justice and support for victims |
2002
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Elizabeth Loescher Founder of The Conflict Center and lifelong commitment to human rights & social justice |
2001
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Barbara Coloroso Speaker and author on parenting, teaching and non-violent discipline |
2000
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Tom Rauch Activist in peace, justice and disarmament issues |
1999
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Mary Luke Tobin, Sister of Loretto A lifetime of leadership in peacemaking |
1998
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Deborah Prothrow-Stith, M.D. Nationally recognized authority on violence as a healthcare issue |
1997
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Swanee Hunt, Ph.D. Director of the Women & Public Policy Program at Harvard and founder of "Women Waging Peace" |
2004 Youth Peacemakers
This
year's Sixth
Annual Youth Peace Leadership Conference will
honor two students in the Denver/Boulder Area. This
year's recipients are yet to be determined.
Past Youth
Peace Leadership Award recipients were:
YEAR
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Awardees
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2003
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Brandon Heiney Alejandro Castano |
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Interested in more Peacemaker Heroes / Role Models.....
Please visit other web resources that
acknowledge / honor Peacemakers:
Organization
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Comments
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| Nobel Peace Prize | This site lists all past Nobel Peace Prize Laureates |
| Canadian Peace Web Site | This site provides a list Peace Heroes - many Canadian |
| Peacemaking Heroes | This Web Service provides an interactive Peacemaking Hero / Role Model "Database." Your are invited to add your Peacemaker Hero to this database. |
