[psych-hr] 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize

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From: <hieber@usfca.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 1:27 PM
Subject: [pjsa] 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I am involved in a very exciting project to nominate a group of 1,000
women from all countries of the world for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize.
This is to recognize, honor, and make visible women's ongoing courageous
efforts to create peace in our communities and nations, and across
communities and nations. Choosing 1,000 is symbolic-a way of saying that
you cannot make peace alone. This idea originated in Switzerland and is
organized by an international coordinating group. I am the
representative for the United States, Canada, Japan, and Korea.

The project has two parts:
1. to nominate a group of outstanding women to the Nobel Peace Prize
committee, and
2. to document the nominees' work and their fields of activity through
video, photography, and writing to create a permanent record that will
be visible long after 2005.

I am collecting nominations for women who are exemplary peace-makers.
This includes women working at the community-level, the city level, and
national or international levels, women who daily invest their
experience and competence in the cause of greater human security. We
want to highlight the efforts of women working in local communities who
are not widely known, and who are, typically, overlooked for major
recognition and honors.

For the purposes of this project, peace-making is defined very broadly.
It includes work to
. alleviate poverty
. maintain a healthy environment
. struggle against structural violence and discrimination based on
gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, ability, or culture
. establish a just economic and social order
. change priorities in government spending away from military budgets
and toward social needs
. ensure universal access to resources
. promote peace education and conflict mediation
. enhance health and education-policies and practices
. analyze mechanisms that endanger peace at community, national or
international levels
. promote gun control
. protect women's rights and human rights
. document war crimes and violations of human rights

The deadline for nominations is June 30, 2004 and the nomination form is
attached. I also attach a more detailed document to give additional
background about this remarkable project. Or to learn more, please go to
www.1000peacewomen.org.  You may also nominate online in several
languages.  Online deadline is May 31.

The names of nominees and the information you provide will be handled in
confidence. I will coordinate a preliminary screening for nominees from
US, Canada, North and South Korea, Puerto Rico, and Japan. An
international group will make the final selection in November 2004 to
reflect the diversity and strength of women's peace-making efforts
worldwide.

Please nominate women whose exemplary efforts should be recognized and
honored in this way. Feel free to forward this call widely. Preferably,
send your nominations by e-mail, or by fax or mail. I look forward to
hearing from you.

With best wishes

Margo Okazawa-Rey
Director, Women's Leadership Institute
Visiting Professor, Women's Studies
Mills College
5000 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94613 USA
Email: mokazawa@ella.mills.edu
1 510 430 2239
1 510 430 3233 (fax)


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