It is out of a desire to recognize and promote the causes of peace and justice through cooperative civic action, community-directed rebuilding, and grassroots and diplomatic advocacy that the Rebuilding Alliance Peacemakers Award is humbly given. Here are the distinguished recipients of the Rebuilding Alliance Peacemakers Awards, listed in order of receiving the award:
Awarded in 2008
1. Luisa Morgantini, Vice President of the European Parliament
presented by Alan Kaufman, 2008 chair of the Rebuilding Alliance Board of Directors
2. Representative Barbara Lee, D-CA
for her sponsorship of H-Res 1369 “In Recognition of Israeli and Palestinian Peacemakers”
presented by Gene St. Onge, co-founder of the Middle East Policy Advisory Committee
3. Huwaida Arraf, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement
presented by Cindy Corrie, Rebuilding Alliance Board Member
4. Haj Sami Sadik Sbaih, Head of the Village Council of Al Aqabah
presented by Rabbi Jeremy Milgrom, Rebuilding Alliance Board Member
5. Shmuel Groag, co- founder of BIMKOM: Planners for Planning Rights
presented by Ghassan Abdullah, Rebuilding Alliance Board Member
To be Awarded on April 24, 2010
6. Cindy and Craig Corrie
The Parents of Rachel Corrie, Board and Advisory Board members of the Rebuilding Alliance
7. Professor Richard Falk
U.N. Special Rapporteur on Palestinian Human Rights
8. Congressman Brian Baird
Visited Gaza 3 times in past year, a clear advocate for Palestinian and Israeli human rights
