Table of Contents

Dedication

Introduction: What Is a Peacemaker?

One Name Left Off the List

Preface

Part 1: Prophets and Visionaries

  • Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi
  • Dorothy Day
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Masahisa Goi
  • Helen Caldicott
  • Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama
  • Desmond Mpilo Tutu
  • Jim Wallis

Part 2: Litany of Martyrs

  • Anne Frank
  • Victor Jara
  • Stephen Biko
  • Rutilio Grande and Oscar Arnulfo Romero
  • Jerzy Popiełuszko

Part 3: Peace Theorists

  • Paulo Freire
  • Gustavo Gutiérrez
  • William Ury
  • Gene Sharp
  • John Paul Lederach

Part 4: Advocates

  • Frederick Douglass
  • Jeannette Rankin
  • Peter Benenson
  • Alison Des Forges
  • Shirin Ebadi
  • Leymah Gbowee

Part 5: Trainers and Teachers

  • Myles Horton
  • James Lawson
  • Hildegard Goss‑Mayr and Jean Goss
  • George Lakey
  • Mubarak Awad
  • Ouyporn Khuankaew

Part 6: Organizers

  • Thomas Clarkson
  • Ella Baker
  • Bernard Lafayette
  • César Chávez
  • Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
  • Ken Sehested
  • Lucius Walker
  • Teresita “Ging” Quintos-Deles
  • Mayerly Sánchez

Part 7: Mediators

  • Adam Curle
  • Carl Upchurch
  • Óscar Arias Sánchez
  • Jimmy Carter
  • Wati Aier
  • Hizkias Assefa

Part 8: Nonviolent Activists

  • Abdul Ghaffar Khan
  • Diane Nash
  • John Lewis
  • Bolivian Women Hunger Strikers
  • Daniel Berrigan and Philip Berrigan
  • Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
  • Lech Wałęsa
  • Maha Ghosananda
  • Women in Black

Part 9: Artists

  • Pete Seeger
  • Arnold Ap
  • Václav Havel
  • Vedran Smajlović
  • Yuri Shevchuk
  • Zargana
  • Banksy
  • Bono

Epilogue: “Hope, with its eyes wide open!”

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Acknowledgements

Sources

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