PeaceJam
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| Founded | 1996 |
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Foundation (United States law) (IRS exemption status): 501(c)(3) |
| Focus | Water, Equal Rights, Disease, Poverty, Human Rights, The Environment, Weapons, Ending Violence |
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Area served
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Global |
| Method | Educating Youth and Activism |
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Key people
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Dawn Engle, co-founder and executive director Ivan Suvanjieff, co-founder and president |
| Website | http://www.peacejam.org |
The PeaceJam Foundation is an international organization whose mission statement is "to create young leaders committed to positive change in themselves, their communities, and the world through the inspiration of Nobel Peace Laureates who pass on the spirit, skills, and wisdom they embody." The PeaceJam program was launched in February 1996 by co-founders Dawn Engle and Ivan Suvanjieff to provide the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates with a programmatic vehicle to use in working together to teach youth the art of peace.
To date, 13 Nobel Peace Laureates, including the 14th Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, President Oscar Arias, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Betty Williams, José Ramos-Horta, Aung San Suu Kyi, Sir Joseph Rotblat (Emeritus), Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi, and Leymah Gbowee, serve as members of the PeaceJam Foundation. On September 15, 2006, 10 of the Nobel Laureates launched the PeaceJam Foundation's Global Call to Action with the youth of the world as a part of PeaceJam's 10th Anniversary Celebration.
The PeaceJam Foundation has been nominated eight times for the Nobel Peace Prize.
In May 2014, the PeaceJam Foundation launched the 'One Billion Acts of Peace Campaign', a global citizen's campaign designed to tackle the toughest issues facing humanity. In January 2015, the campaign and organizers Dawn Engle and Ivan Suvanjieff were honored with seven Nobel Peace Prize nominations.
The story of PeaceJam began in the summer of 1993 when Ivan Suvanjiff had a discussion with four neighborhood youth who were carrying guns. Suvanjieff found out that these youth were inspired by the Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu, and had an idea to bring Nobel Peace Prize Laureates to youth in the Denver area. Dawn Gifford Engle, a colleague of Suvanjieff's, had contacts with the Dalai Lama. They began creating a business plan to present to the Dalai Llama. They flew to India and presented their idea to the Dalai Lama, who agreed to help them. Engle and Suvanjieff's idea became PeaceJam.
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