On Saturday October 29th, 2005, The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is pleased to announce it will honor Daniel Ellsberg with its 2005 Distinguished Peace Leadership Award and Honorable Douglas Roche, O.C. with its Lifetime Achievement Award. The Distinguished Peace Leadership Award is presented annually to individuals who have demonstrated courageous leadership in the cause of peace. Daniel Ellsberg and Hon. Douglas Roche will accept their awards and be interviewed live by Helen Thomas at the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation’s 22nd annual Evening for Peace gala and ceremony at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort in Santa Barbara, California.

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.

22nd Annual Evening for Peace Press Release

Official Invitation Card

President's Message

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Daniel Ellsberg is America’s best known government whistle-blower for his role in releasing the Pentagon Papers in 1971, a move that harkened an end to US involvement in the Vietnam War and exposed government deceit and illegality at the highest levels. Since the end of the Vietnam War, Daniel Ellsberg has been a lecturer, writer and activist on the dangers of the nuclear era and unlawful interventions. His strong and courageous stances against war, militarism and nuclear weapons have played a pivotal role in promoting government accountability and transparency.

Featured book by Daniel Ellsberg available at Amazon.com:
Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers

The Honorable Douglas Roche, O.C. is an author, parliamentarian and diplomat who has specialized in peace and human security issues throughout his 34-year public career. He is a former Canadian Senator and served as Canada’s Ambassador for Disarmament to the United Nations. He has been, and continues to be, a consistent and eloquent advocate for the global elimination of nuclear weapons and is currently Chair of the Middle Powers Initiative.

Featured book by Hon. Douglas Roche O.C. available at Amazon.com:
The Human Right to Peace

Helen Thomas, widely acknowledged as the dean of the White House press corps, served for 57 years as a correspondent for United Press International and, as White House Bureau Chief, covered every president since John F. Kennedy. She is currently a nationally syndicated columnist for Hearst Newspapers.

Featured books by Helen Thomas available at Amazon.com:
Thanks for the Memories, Mr. President : Wit and Wisdom from the Front Row at the White House
Front Row at the White House : My Life and Times