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2024 Salem Peace Lecture
EventsPeace Lecture Speakers and Honorees
| Year | Speaker | Peacemaker Honoree(s) |
| 1990 | William Sloan Coffin | Hayes Beall |
| 1991 | Simona Sharoni & Mohammed Abu Nimer | Edwin (Ed) Stillings |
| 1992 | Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer | Nancy Burbridge |
| 1993 | William Hartung | Mary Zimmerman |
| 1994 | Daniel Ellsberg | William (Bill) Hoffhines |
| 1995 | Tim Wise | 50th Anniversary of the UN |
| 1996 | Helen Caldicott | Paul Orr |
| 1997 | Robert L. Allen | Myron “Mike” Hall |
| 1998 | Michael Parenti | Vi and Marv Nettleton |
| 1999 | Philip Berrigan | Dorothy Patch Garlinghouse |
| 2000 | Jonathan Schell | Mark O. Hatfield |
| 2001 | Jim Wallis | Polly Hare |
| 2002 | Medea Benjamin | Rosemary & Verne Cooperrider |
| 2003 | Stephen Zunes | Peter Bergel |
| 2004 | Chris Hedges | Ann & Bob Kelly |
| 2005 | Phyllis Bennis | Elizabeth “Betty” Rademaker |
| 2006 | John Heffernan | Andy Harris |
| 2007 | David Korten | Rose & Dick Lewis |
| 2008 | Jo Ann Bowman | Janet Brown & John Roy Wilson |
| 2009 | Dolores Huerta | Gail McDougle |
| 2010 | John Dear | Paul LaRue |
| 2011 | Rami Khouri | Salem Peace Mosaic Project |
| 2012 | Bob Edgar | Fariborz Pakkseresht |
| 2013 | Maud Barlow | Erin & Phil Hanni |
| 2014 | David Hartsough | Charlie Wallace |
| 2015 | Erica Chenoweth | Elaine Hultengren & Tim Buckley |
| 2016 | Robin DiAngelo | Pritam Rohila |
| 2017 | George Lakey | Jayne Downing |
| 2018 | Norman Solomon | Salem for Refugees |
| 2019 | Sarah Myhre | Bill Hayden |
| 2020 | Rev. Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson | Mike Swaim |
| 2021 | Winona LaDuke | Russ & Delana Beaton |
| 2022 | Ira Helfand | Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) |
| 2023 | Liz Theoharis, PhD | Ron Steiner & Frank Thompson |
Can We Prevent Nuclear War? – Dr. Ira Helfand
Important Information, VideosReal-life tales of close calls, screw ups, and nuclear near misses.
Important InformationHow a Nuclear War Would Start
VideosSeth Shelden of ICAN explains the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
VideosConnecting Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Climate Change
Important Information
The money budgeted to be spent on developing new nuclear weapons could instead save us from both these existential threats if we moved it away from nuclear weapons and invested it instead in the infrastructure we need to stabilize our climate.
Read OPW Op-Ed
MediaFor your enjoyment…
VideosHere is a grand send-up of Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues telling us all about the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Enjoy!