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Grea
t Pea
cemakers
Like Y
ou and Me
The accomplishments of great peacemakers are described below. Complete each table by explaining what
qualities you think the individual possesses, enabling him or her to work for peace.
accomplishments
Living in the troubled province of Northern Ireland,
They also won the Carl von Ossietsky Medal
they founded the Community of Peace People in
for Courage from the International League of
1976, whereby Catholics and Protestants could work
Human Rights.
together for peace.
They preached nonviolence as the way forward.
They have traveled to many countries trying to find
Máiread Corrigan,
nonviolent answers to problems, and both were
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976.
Betty Williams

“We are deepl
y,
passiona
tel
y dedica
ted
to the cause of
nonviolence, t
o the qualities
force of truth and
love, t
o soul-f
orce.
To those who sa
y tha
t
we are naive, ut
opian
idealis
ts, we sa
y
tha
t we are the onl
y
realis
ts...”
accomplishments
Mahatma Gandhi was born in what is now Gujarat
He would starve himself when arrested, and force the
in 1869 and was educated in London. He became a
British to give in through fear of his followers if anything
lawyer and, while working in South Africa, he was
happened to him. His idea of peaceful noncooperation
appalled at the way that Indians were treated by the
helped gain independence for India in 1947, and by
British and began to work for the independence of
then he had become a famous world figure.
India from British rule.
He was assassinated in 1948. His methods of peaceful
Having been imprisoned several times in South Africa,
protest later inspired others like Dr. Martin Luther King,
Maha
tma
and won many freedoms for the Indians there, he
Jr. Practical Peace Tools: Gandhi developed the force
returned to India. He preached nonviolence and soon
Gandhi
of passive resistance successful in driving the British
built up a following of millions to his cause of gaining
out of India.
independence for India.
“Violence is the
weapon of the weak; qualities
nonviolence the
weapon of the s
trong”
Resource B3 – Great Peacemakers Like You and Me Resource B4 – Great Peacemakers Like You and Me
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