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Christin Hinojosa (married name Kirschenbaum; born October 3, 1976) is an American former actress best known for her role as Sabrina in Dazed and Confused. After a few other small roles in films and on television, Hinojosa left acting in the late 1990s and became an anti-war activist. [ 1 ]
In December 2023, Women of the Sun and Women Wage Peace were both nominated by the Nobel Peace Prize Working Group of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. [12] [13] Women of the Sun founder and director Reem Al-Hajajreh was selected as one of the 2024 TIME Women of the ...
Women Wage Peace along with Women of the Sun and EcoPeace were nominated for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize by academics at the Free University Amsterdam for their efforts to build peace between Israelis and Palestinians. [9] In addition, WWP co-founder and leader Yael Admi has been selected as one of the 2024 TIME Women of the year. [10]
His efforts on behalf of his Carter Center, founded to “wage peace, fight disease and build hope,” yielded a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Even into old age, Carter remained a polarizing ...
On 15 January 1962, around 1,800 peace activists organized by Ruth Chenven and members of Women Strike for Peace boarded a train at Pennsylvania Station in New York City. [12] [29] The activists, mainly from Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York were traveling to Washington, D.C. to meet up with activists from twenty other states and protest nuclear testing and demand universal disarmament.
Women Wage Peace said Silver was a pivotal member of the group and had pushed the Israeli government to seek a political solution to its long-standing conflict with Palestinians. Hani vowed that ...
As a member of Women Wage Peace, Braudo-Bahat has criticized government policies that restrict the entrance of Palestinian activists into Israel, [6] and the continued 2023 Israel-Hamas war. [1] [7] Braudo-Bahat has been interviewed by ABC News, [1] France 24, [7] and NPR's Here & Now [8] about the peace movement's response to the 2023 Israel ...
[1] [11] One group she founded, Creating Peace, focused on fostering business connections between Palestinian and Israeli artisans. [1] Silver was a former board member of B'Tselem, a Jerusalem-based human rights organization. [8] She was also involved with Alliance for Middle East Peace, as well as a number of their member organizations. [12]