El-Hibri Peace Education Prize

Established in 2007 when Fuad and Nancy El-Hibri were approached and requested to raise awareness about peace work, the El-Hibri Peace Education Prize recognizes outstanding individuals or organizations in peace education demonstrating successful and innovative approaches to promoting peace and social justice globally. The Prize is awarded annually at the El-Hibri Peace Education Prize Ceremony in Washington, DC.

Purpose
To recognize individuals or organizations for their contributions to the field of Peace Education, and to increase awareness for the positive impact peace education work has on people.

Goals

• To promote the importance of peace education globally by recognizing individuals and organizations for their work.
• To encourage the integration of knowledge about peacemaking into curricula at all levels of education; and
• To reward innovative approaches to the theory, practice, and teaching of peace and social justice.

The Prize

• Cash award of $20,000;
• Public recognition of achievements;
• Promotion of the Laureate’s work; and
• Assistance in arranging speaking engagements to raise awareness about Peace Education.

Selection
All Prize Laureates are selected based on nominations. The selection process may include interviews with references who can speak to the nominee’s contributions to the field of Peace Education.

The selection of the prize Laureate is made by El-Hibri Peace Education Prize Selection Committee, chaired by Nonviolence International President Mubarak Awad. Membership of the Committee includes experts in the field of Peace Education and Prize Laureates.

The El-Hibri Peace Education Prize will be presented at the annual El-Hibri Peace Education Prize Ceremony in Washington, DC.

Timeline
July 15, 2012: Nomination Deadline
August 1, 2012: Selection Announcement
Fall, 2012: Prize Presentation Ceremony

Our partner, Nonviolence International, administers the nomination process for the Prize. All nominations for the 2012 El-Hibri Peace Education Prize should be sent to Nonviolence International at the address below and must be received by July 15, 2012.

In addition to filling out the Nomination Form, please attach a statement explaining your decision to nominate this individual or organization for the El-Hibri Peace Education Prize. In your statement, please include an enumeration of the nominee’s contributions to peace education and social justice, both lifelong and within the past year in particular. Also indicate ways in which the nominee has played, and will continue to play, a role in expanding the field of peace education and heightening its profile.

If necessary, please print and mail the nomination form to:
The El-Hibri Peace Education Prize
c/o Nonviolence International
P.O. Box 39127
Friendship Station
Washington, DC 20016 USA

Please fill out the form below or download the nomination form and email it along with your supporting documents to nominations@elhibriprize.org

Moreinfo:  http://elhibriprize.org