On Saturday, November 15th, 2003, the Foundation will host its 20th Annual Evening for Peace. The honorees will be illustrious singer/songwriter and humanitarian Harry Belafonte and critically-acclaimed author Jonathan Schell. In addition, four local individuals will be honored as "Community Peace Heroes" for their lifelong commitment and activities aimed at building a more peaceful world: Babatunde Folayemi, Gene Knudsen Hoffman, Frank K. Kelly and Genevieve Nowlin. This event also celebrates the Foundation's 20th anniversary of waging peace.

Since 1984, the Foundation has honored some of the great peace leaders of our time with its Distinguished Peace Leadership Award, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Helen Caldicott, Jody Williams and King Hussein of Jordan. The Foundation's World Citizenship Award has been presented since 1998 to such luminaries as Ted Turner, Queen Noor of Jordan, Daisaku Ikeda and Dr. Robert Muller.

20th Annual Evening for Peace Press Release

For more information or to make reservations, contact: Michelle Myers at 1 (805) 965-3443 | development@napf.org

Harry Belafonte will recieve the Foundation's 2003 World Citizenship Award in honor of his lifelong service to humanity and the children of the world. He has given voice to the aspirations of people seeking peace and justice from all corners of the planet. He worked closely eith Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on civil rights issues and is currently a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Biography.

Jonathan Schell will recieve the Foundation's 2003 Distinguished Peace Leadership Award in recognition of his clear, intelligent and tireless voice for ending the nuclear weapons threat to humanity. He is the Pultzer Prize -- nominee author of the seminal book, The Fate of the Earth, and numerous other books. He lectures widely and has taught at Yale, Harvard and other top universities. Biography.