Pacifist Posse

Not only does Desmond Tutu understand the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, he’s to be honored with an award from the Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence at James Madison University in Harrisonburg (VA, US). The Gandhi Center will make the award on 21 September, International Peace Day.

Here’s a clip from the press release:

The Most Rev. Desmond Tutu, recipient of the 1984 Nobel
Peace Prize, will be visiting James Madison University to receive JMU Mahatma
Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence’s top honor, the Mahatma Gandhi Global
Nonviolence Award, at 7 p.m. Friday, September 21, 2007, the International Day
of Peace, at JMU Convocation Center, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Archbishop Tutu’s
award presentation is entitled “Goodness is Powerful.”

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The name Desmond Tutu resonates profoundly with people all around the
world. While his vigorous anti-apartheid activism in his native South Africa first
propelled him into the glare of international news media, today he is revered as
a “moral voice” and someone who speaks with gravitas on a range of issues.
While he is an Anglican Archbishop emeritus and steadfast in his religious
beliefs, Tutu places great value on religious inclusiveness and interfaith
dialogue.

Archbishop Tutu will receive the Gandhi Award “for his contributions to peace,
encouragement of a nonviolent approach to human relations and world affairs,
and efforts to promote reconciliation and forgiveness among people,” said
Professor Sushil Mittal, Director of the Gandhi Center.

Link for the Gandhi Center.