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David Hartsough (born May 2, 1940) is an American Quaker peace activist. Formerly a long-time employee of the American Friends Service Committee , he is a co-founder of the Nonviolent Peaceforce . Hartsough's parents were active in the peace movement.
Angela King (born May 26, 1975) is an American peace activist, speaker, and researcher who co-founded the peace advocacy group Life After Hate. [1] King spent eight years in the neo-Nazi skinhead movement before she was arrested, convicted and sentenced to prison for her part in an armed robbery of a Jewish-owned store. [2]
The longest running peace vigil in U.S. history, started by activist Thomas in 1981 Activists employ many different methods, or tactics, in pursuit of their goals. [ 2 ] The tactics chosen are significant because they can determine how activists are perceived and what they are capable of accomplishing.
Betty Williams (22 May 1943 – 17 March 2020) was a Northern Irish peace activist. She was born in Belfast. She started the organization "Community of Peace People", who worked toward getting peace in Northern Ireland. In 1976, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, together with Mairead Corrigan, who also co-founded the organization.
A long-standing supporter of Yesh Gvul, Keller has served several prison terms for refusing reserve military duty in the 1967-occupied territories.In April-May 1988, Reserve Corporal Adam Keller was charged with "insubordination" and "spreading of propaganda harmful to military discipline" in that while on active military duty he had written on 117 tanks and other military vehicles graffiti ...
Thomas William Fox (July 7, 1951 – March 9, 2006) was an American Quaker peace activist, affiliated with Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) in Iraq. He was kidnapped on November 26, 2005, in Baghdad along with three other CPT activists, leading to the 2005–2006 Christian Peacemaker hostage crisis. His body was found on March 9, 2006.
Diana Francis (born 1944 in Lancashire) [1] is a British peace activist, Quaker, [1] and author.. She is a graduate of the University of Oxford, and has a Ph.D. from the University of Bath, earned in 1998 with the thesis Respect in cross-cultural conflict resolution training. [1]
