The Interfaith Center for Peace and Justice awards the Peacemaker Award to a local resident who has helped significantly in making us a more just and peaceful community. A ceremony celebrating the recipicient is held every year at the Adams County Public Library, Gettysburg Branch. The recipient receives a plaque, and books are given to the Adams County Public library in honor of the recipient.

2006 Peacemaker Awards

The 2006 Peacemaker Awards were presented to Sam Mudd and Suse Greenstone at the ceremony on Monday, April 3, at 7:00 pm in the Eisenhower Room of the Adams County Public Library in Gettysburg. Click here for more information about this year's honorees.

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Materials donated to the library in honor of the award recipients

Click on the titles for more information about the selections (e.g., reviews, excerpts, etc.) from amazon.com

In honor of Sam Mudd, 2006 Lifetime of Peacemaking Award Winner

Kristen Balouch, Mystery Bottle
Helen Bannerman, The Story of Little Black Sambo
James Clavell, King Rat
Victor Davis Hanson, Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
John Hersey, Hiroshima
Kathryn Lasky, John Muir: America’s First Environmentalist
Paul Johnson, Creators from Chaucer and Dürer to Picasso and Disney
Sonia Nazario, Enrique’s Journey
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and Drew Nelson, Juneteenth
Cassandra Pybus, Epic Journeys of Freedom: Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and their Global Quest for Liberty
Mattie J. T. Stepanek, Just Peace: A Message of Hope
John Updike, Memories of the Ford Administration

In Honor of Suse Greenstone, 2006 Peacemaker Award Winner

Carol A. Butler, 100 Interactive Activities for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Recovery
Sandra Negley, Crossing the Bridge: A Journey in Self-Esteem, Relationships, and Life Balance
Mike O’Neil, Boundary Power: How I Treat You, How I Let You Treat Me, How I Treat Myself
Glenn R. Schiraldi, Matthew McKay, and Patrick Fanning, The Self-Esteem Workbook
This One Moment: Skills for Everyday Mindfulness (DVD)

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Previous recipients
2005 Herman Stuempfle and Rajmohan Ramanathapillai
2004 Lou and Patricia Hammann
2003 Nancy Forgang
2002 Ernie Simpson
2001 Dick and Elizabeth Scott
2000 Jane and Marty Malone
1999 Nancy Whitman
1998 Father Joseph C. Hilbert
1997 Marjorie Smith
1996 Jean Odom
1995 Will Lane and Jan Powers

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