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SUMMARY:MEPEACE Awards 2011
DESCRIPTION:On this day exactly five years ago I registered mepeace.or
 g and MEPEACE was born.  Today I became a father. We named our baby da
 ughter Love.  Here we shine a light on 5 women, 5 men and 5 organizati
 ons inspiring peace.\n PEACEMAKERS:  Online Dedication -  Irit Hakim,
   Zsuszi Schindler,  Jane Young These 3 women and friends are recogn
 ized for their dedication to mepeace.org: Irit Hakim - Artist and acti
 vist  Zsuszi Schindler - Activist and organizer Jane Young - Spiritual
 ist and founder of Permanent Prayer 4 Peace  On-the-ground organizatio
 n - Adam Nerk Long time contributor and organizer for MEPEACE, Adam le
 ads Peace Cafes, Interfaith events, and Natural Peacetours  Contributi
 on - Dr. Gershon Baskin This year's \"Contribution - The pen  is migh
 tier than the sword\" Award, is earned by MEPEACE Board Member, Dr. Ge
 rshon Baskin, for: 1. The key role in the  exchange which freed 1,000
  prisoners and returned Gilad Shalit 2. 'Encounter Peace' - Gershon co
 ntinuing weekly column at the Jerusalem Post 3. Current book-writing a
 s the new Chair of the Board at IPCRI  Leadership -  Dr. Taleb Al Har
 ithi, Hagit Ofran, Dr. Stephen Eric Bronner These three individuals ar
 e recognized for their inspired leadership: Dr. Taleb Al Harithi - Lea
 ding Palestinian geologist and ALLMEP board member  Hagit Ofran - Cour
 ageous leader overcoming threats and obstacles in mapping settlements 
 Dr. Stephen Eric Bronner - Author and Distinguished Professor of Polit
 ical Science at Rutgers University  Innovation -  Lejla Mavris Lejla 
 is recognized for her innovation and entrepreneurial spirit for peace.
  Lejla was recommended by Nicholas Tomb, President of the board at Glo
 bal Majority which Lejla co-founded  Promise - Muayad Khaled Abu Awwad
  Muayad represents what is possible: having been physically injured in
  the conflict, he shows the bright-light promise of optimism, clear-th
 inking and inspired leadership.  ORGANIZATIONS:  Possibilities -  The
  Peace and Collaborative Development Network (PCDN) Khaled Hassanin fr
 om Cairo, Egypt, found mepeace.org on the PCDN and recommended. PCDN w
 as created by Dr. Craig Zelizer in 2006.  Innovation - All for Peace R
 adio All for Peace Radio is led by Maysa Baransi Siniora and MEPEACE b
 oard member Mossi Raz. All for Peace radio station's Hebrew frequency 
 was forced to go off air in November 2011. Innovatively, the radio too
 k to the internet at allforpeace.org.  Education - The Best Plans - Ed
 ucation for Peace The Best Plans Project is helping Israelis and Pales
 tinians win support for peace plans. Best Plans Project offers practic
 al hope for conflict resolution.  Initiative - EcoME and PRV-ME EcoME 
 Centre -  a pioneering grassroots project taking a unique holistic ap
 proach to peace work, modeling environmental, social and personal sust
 ainability in a multi-cultural context, amidst conflict.  PRV-ME -  P
 eace Research Village Middle East PRV-ME is a model a positive global 
 transition through the development of research centers and communities
  with peace culture.  Thank you to our volunteers, supporters, WIP and
  board.   Please consider contributing today to support MEPEACE, at me
 peace.org/support.  Yours,  Eyal Raviv Founder, MEPEACE Email: eyal@me
 peace.org\n\nFor more information visit http://mepeace.org/events/mepe
 ace-awards-2011
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LOCATION:International
WEBSITE:http://mepeace.org
URL:http://mepeace.org
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ORGANIZER:MEPEACE - Network for Peace
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