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2013 common ground awards
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Right to Play leader Johann Olav Koss honored in DC
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Common Ground Awards, presented by the non-profit organization Search for Common Ground, honor outstanding accomplishments in conflict resolution, …
Manchin Preaches Common Sense at Common Ground Awards
Roll Call
Search for Common Ground is an international organization dedicated to resolving conflict, and each year it honors people and organizations that share its goal …
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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.
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“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.
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