Past Awardees
Congratulations to everyone who has been honored with an Activist Award in the past. It's an amazing list of powerful local activists - thanks to everyone for all your hard work!
2008 Awards
The Sowing the Seeds of Resistance award to the National Conference on Organized Resistance (NCOR)
The People United award to the Franklin Shelter campaign
The Empowering the Future award to Robby Diesu, Our Spring Break
The Sisterhood is Powerful award to Girls Rock! DC
The Power to the People award to Sonia Umanzor, FMLN
The Another World is Possible to Chioma Oruh, Resist AFRICOM Working Group.
The Port in the Storm award to Andy Shallal, Busboys and Poets.
The Be the Change You Wish to See in the World award to Ruth Castel-Branco, Jobs with Justice DC
The We Shall Overcome award to Union de Trabajadores de Washington DC.
Lifetime Acheivement: The Prophetic Voice for Peace and Justice award to Rev. Graylan Haglar.
2007 Awards
Peaceful Warriors – IVAW
(Geoff Millard, Evan Knappenberger, Adam Kokesh)
Grassroots Guerilla
Tina Richards
Media Heroes-
WHYNot News – (Kathleen Gabel, Tyler Westbrook, Kevin, et al.)
Starving for Wisdom/Hungry for Humanity
Start Loving
Starving for Peace, Justice & Climate Sanity
Ted Glick
Community Mobilization/Most Dynamic Local Organizers –
EMPOWER DC – Linda Leeks/Parisa Norouzi
Housing Justice
Jim McGrath – TENAC
Housing Justice/Human Rights/Community Organizing
Eleanor Johnson – Former ANC Commissioner
Justice For All
Mexicanos Sin Fronteras - John Steinbach (or other)
Unsung Heroine
Rossana Batista – Everywhere Support
Unsung Hero
Jim Preston – Code Pink Gentlemen’s Auxilliary, WPC backbone, etc.
Henry Moses Tribute
Lifetime Achievement I
Colman McCarthy -Teach Peace and Pursue It
Lifetime Achievement II
Nadine Bloch – Peaceful Environmental Warrior – No War! No Warming!
Street-wise Leadership/Taking One For the Team
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr.
Legal Mongoose-
Jack Barringer – Activist Attorney
Legal Dove-
Ann Wilcox – Independent Attorney, DCSGP/GPAX
Counter-Recruitment – Showing the Peaceful Way/Eye For the Future
Peace Action Montgomery County – CR Working Group
Pat Elder et al
Creative Escalation (& Permit Pooh-bah) -
Jose Rodriguez (VIDEO)
Ultra Intern
Chris Lotz – Created our new website.
(Recognize all interns: Haynes Bunn, Matt Theologus, Ned Goodwin, Yong Kwan, James Springer, Johanna Pizer, Hallie Goertner, Amanda Lazorchack, Glenn Waltersdorf, Andy Kennedy, Suv)
Courage of Her Convictions
Eve Tetaz
Hub of the Resistance Residence
Code Pink House (Group)
Joan Stallard – Vision to Reality/Movement Expansion (CODEPINK house)
Liz Hourrican – Activist Enabler (Super Support Sister) -
Desiree Fairooz – Activist Enabler (Truth to the Face of Power)
Midge Potts – Peace Through Art/Free to Be All You Can Be
Lori Purdue – Banned from the District!
Col. (Ret.) Ann Wright– You Oughta Be President
2006 Awards
Elizabeth McAlister
Jonah House
Ambrose I. Lane Sr.
Gael Murphy
Perry King
Malachy Kilbride
Donte Smith
Marian Franz
Anais Sensiba
John Judge
Ellen Barfield
Dr. Arnold Peterson
Garrett Repenhagen
Tim D’Emilio
Zainabu Danze
Michael Boyd
The Washington Spark
Kevin McCarron
Jonathon Hutto
CASA de Maryland
Joe Reiner
Mark Croatti
Michele and Rick Tingling-Clemmons
Sr. Dianna Ortiz
Mkawasi Mcharo
Dick Gregory
Art Laffin
Robert Vandivier
2005 Awards
Featuring Amy Goodman and Damu Smith
1. Alem, Mo – Best Crunch Time Supporter
2. Anders, Brian - WPC Staff Service Award
3. Andersen, Mark – WPC Board Service Award
4. Barrows David – Courage Award
5. Blair, Laurelle – Artivist Activist
6. Bloch, Nadine - Direct Action Organizer
7. Cesar Chavez High School – Most Supportive Faculty
8. Civela, Concei and Café Mawonaj – Humanitarian Award
9. Clark, Gordon – Gandhian Activism
10. Cleghorn Steve – Gandhian Activist
11. Cohen, Joshua – Student Activist – Goucher College
12. Colman McCarthy – Universal Peace Educator
13. Cunneen, Seton – Teacher Activist – Gonzaga H.S.
14. Davis, Rebecca – Teacher Activist, Good Counsel H.S.
15. DC Action Medical Network – Street Medic Activism
16. DC Guerilla Poetry Insurgency – Creativity in Action Award
17. Deane, Gita – Queer Activist
18. Egan, Karen - Teacher Activist, Good Counsel
19. Eidinger, Adam - Cultural Event of the Year – Operation Ceasefire
20. Elder, Pat – Counterrecruiter of 2005
21. Faith & Jude - DC Statehood Activists
22. Furmansky, Dan/Equality Maryland – Queer Activism Award
23. Goldstone, Mark – Activist Legal Support
24. Goodman, Amy – Courage in Broadcasting
25. Gosney, Christine – Student Activist, Good Counsel H.S.
26. Grollman, Eric – UMBC student activist
27. Hagler, Rev. Graylan – Unity Award
28. Hamilton, Riley – WPC Tech Activist
29. Harbury, Jennifer – for Fighting Torture
30. Heetderks, Kathryn – Teacher Activist, Good Counsel H.S.
31. Hilliard, Gwendolyn – Student Activist, Carroll H.S.
32. Hunt, Michael – UMBC Student Activist
33. Infoshop - Activist Bookstore
34. Jane Henderson – For fighting the death penalty
35. Katherine, Murphy – Teacher Activist – Carroll H.S.
36. Katkhouda, Ryme/Voices With Vision – Local Radio Activist
37. Kemp, Sister Carroll Ann – Teacher Activist, Gonzaga H.S.
38. Law, Paris – Student Activist, Goucher College
39. Leaks, Linda – Social Justice Organizer
40. Lewis, Michael – Effective Regional Support/Most free spirited peace worker
41. McKenna, Georgia – WPC Librarian
42. Murphy, Luci – Peace and Justice Community Organizer
43. Nelson, Harold – Fighting Torture
44. Nelson, Katie – Gandhian Activism
45. Newell, Roger – for WPC board service
46. Nickens, Mark – Musician Peace Activist
47. Pallechia, Victor – teacher activist, Carroll H.S.
48. Penna, Christopher – Teacher Activist, Good Counsel H.S.
49. Perry, Pete – Most Passionate Activist for Peace
50. Petropoulos, Pete – Unsung Hero Award
51. Piccioto, Concepcion - Longest Peace Vigil
52. Positive Force – Community Service Award
53. Reinhard, Rick – Peace Photographer Activist
54. Schiller, Nikolas – The Everywhere Man Award
55. Shallal, Andy – Ambassador Award
56. Singh, Basav – Global Justice Organizer
57. Smith, Damu – Lifetime Commitment to Peace
58. Smith, Harriet – Student Activist, UMBC
59. St. Stephens and the Incarnation – Peace Activist Church
60. Steinbach, John – Indigenous Survival Award
61. Stepanek, Matthew – Child Peacemaker Poet
62. Talero, Catalina - Teacher of Nonviolence
63. Thomas, William– Longest Vigil of DC
64. Wilkinson, Arlene. – best 2005 WPC intern
65. WPFW – radio station promoting peace
