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Keep e current r and connected
n c e Former President Jimmy
Carter and former first lady
Rosalynn Carter will visit campus
on Sept. 21 to accept the
Gandhi Center’s top award.
[Gandhi Center Award]
Gandhi Center to honor
Jimmy Carter
JMU community to honor former president on
2009 International Day of Peace
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Former U.S. President and Nobel Peace laureate
Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter will visit
JMU on Sept. 21 to receive the Mahatma Gandhi Center for
Global Nonviolence’s top honor, the Mahatma Gandhi Global
Nonviolence Award.
“The Carters’ presence in the commonwealth will serve to highlight,
especially for our
young people, the values
[they] both embody in
promoting peace, freedom,
human understanding
and the alleviation of
human suffering. These
are universal values that
Virginians hope to instill in our youth,” says Virginia Gov. Timothy
M. Kaine.
President Carter’s Gandhi Award Lecture is titled “The Path
to Peace in the Middle East.” After leaving the White House, he
and Mrs. Carter founded the Atlanta-based Carter Center, a nonprofit
organization that prevents and resolves conflicts, enhances
freedom and democracy, and improves health around the world.
“The Gandhi award recognizes that the Carters exemplify the
importance of tolerance and compassion for other nations and
people from different backgrounds,” says Sushil Mittal, JMU
Gandhi Center director.
The award ceremony is scheduled for Sept. 21, the International
Day of Peace, at 7 p.m. at the Convo. Admission is $10
‘The Carters’ presence in the commonwealth
will serve to highlight, especially for our young
people, the values [they] both embody in promoting
peace, freedom, human understanding
and the alleviation of human suffering.’
— Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine
(lower level Convo) and
$5 (upper level). Tickets
must be purchased in
advance and are available
at www.jmu.edu/gandhi
center/gandhiaward2009.
shtml or by calling (540)
568–3853. M
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