The Common Ground Awards

The Common Ground Awards are presented annually to honor outstanding accomplishments in conflict resolution, negotiation, community building, and peacebuilding. Recipients have made significant contributions toward bridging divides between people, finding solutions to seemingly intractable problems, and providing inspiration, and hope where often there was none. Whether awardees are involved internationally or in their local communities, the work they do and the transformation they bring are essentially the same.

An Introduction to the Common Ground Awards

The 2009 Common Ground Award Recipients
	Congressman John Lewis and Elwin Wilson, for their inspirational reconciliation after Wilson’s apology for his civil-rights era violence against Lewis.
	Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, for his unwavering advocacy of peace between Israel and Palestine, despite losing three of his daughters to the conflict.
	Karen Armstrong, for the creation of the Charter for Compassion.
	Coach Luma Mufleh and the Fugees Family, a soccer team and support system for refugee boys.
	CeaseFire, a community-based violence reduction effort based in Chicago.
	Stand by Me by Playing for Change, an international musical collaboration.
	Ring the Bells by Melissa Etheridge and Salman Ahmad & Participant Media, a fusion of rock and sufi devotional singing that calls for unity and change.

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