PEACE AWARDS |
Madeleine Trichel, Executive Director of the Interfaith Center for Peace, has announced that Anthony Hawkins has been named recipient of the 1998 Peacemaker Award. Mr. Anthony Hawkins is a peacemaker and a teacher at Weinland Park Elementary School in Columbus, Ohio. He believes in cooperation rather than competitive disputes, in peacemaking rather than conflict, and peer mediation rather than open hostility. He also practices what he teaches. Mr. Hawkins participated in the initial training of peer mediations at Weinland Park School and incorporates cooperation and constructive resolution of disagreement into his classroom activities. He answered a need in the Weinland Park neighborhood where complaints were heard that there was nothing for kids to do during the summer months. He helped organize and volunteered in a five day a week, ten week summer program for kids, supervising structured activities for the neighborhood, including lunch, and opportunities for informal sports and games. Hawkins devoted two summers to insure the success and continuance of this program. He is also a basketball and football coach. According to Trichel, Hakwins is a good teacher, a peacemaker, and an excellent male role model for the children. |
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Thomas Gentry, Akron, Ohio Mr. Gentry is a leader in peace and justice work throughout Ohio and the world. He has worked for nuclear disarmament, arms control, and peacemaking education. In recent years, Mr. Gentry has focused much attention on the issues of World Hunger. He has consistently worked both locally and nationally through advocacy in Akron and Summit County, Ohio, and with policy makers in the U.S. He is a long-time member of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America; he served on the Peace and Justice Commission of the Ohio Council of Churches, and he played a key role in developing Summit County's annual "Week Without Violence." |
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Special Recognition for Peacemaking Ms. Davis was the first volunteer for the Summer Peace School in 1982. Since then she has been involved in shaping and delivering the program of the Interfaith Center for Peace. She has brought the Center great wisdom, skill and knowledge, and has donated uncounted hours to the development of our work and vision. Her current work for the Center includes materials and training design for early childhood educators. Ms. Davis is well known as a master teacher. |