GLOBAL PEACE INCUBATOR AWARD, June 12, 2019

Awarded to the Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies by Youth Icons: Championing Youth Empowerment and presented by Level 3 trainer, Nana Osei-Darkwa from Ghana for “your dedication and commitment towards Global Nonviolence Studies.”

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. PEACEMAKER AWARD, February 5, 2019

Awarded to the Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies
by the URI Chaplains

THE AVI SCHAEFER SEEK PEACE & PURSUE IT AWARD, April 1, 2019

Awarded to Center Director Paul Bueno de Mesquita, PhD
In recognition of living Avi’s values of mutual respect and understanding through cultivating opportunities for informed dialogue and by empowering young people to be change-makers in the world. To honor the deeds of those who step up publicly for Justice, Peace, and Compassion.

HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD, April 29, 2017

Awarded to Center Director, Professor Paul Bueno de Mesquita, Phd
by Church Women United, Inc., United Nations Office

For leadership service as a mentor and social activist in human rights and human development, an advocate for peace and justice with no boundaries of political system, country, cultural background or religion.

NATIONAL PEACEMAKER OF THE YEAR AWARD, September 2014

Awarded to the Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies
by Interfaith Paths to Peace in Louisville, KY.

For outstanding work in training in nonviolence & peace education using the vision of Nobel Prize Laureate, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

LILLIAN SMITH BOOK AWARD, 2014

Awarded to Kathryn Lee Johnson and Bernard LaFayette, Jr.
by the Southern Regional Council, Inc., at the University of Georgia Libraries & Georgia Center for the Book
for In Peace and Freedom: My Journey in Selma.

For books that are outstanding creative achievements, worthy of recognition because of their literary merit, moral vision, and honest representation of the South, its people, problems, and promises.