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BE A VOICE FOR CHANGE!
We made it on NPR!
Austin Amistoy from MTPR reached out in September to interview some of our amazing peace members — and now the story’s live! Huge shoutout to Carel, Brendan, and Austin for representing JRPC so beautifully.
Peacemaker Awards
“It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
Missoula Peace Quilters Peacemaker of the Year Award
The annual Peacemaker award is bestowed on a local citizen who demonstrates a clear and enduring commitment to the core values of the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center (JRPC): non-violence, social justice and environmental sustainability. The award is chosen annually by a joint committee of JRPC Board members and members of the Missoula Peace Quilters. The decision of who will receive the award is made on a consensus basis, with all members of the committee agreeing on the final choice. The awardee is chosen each fall, with the announcement and celebration event held the following spring or summer.
Watch Brendan’s event
Past Honorees
2025 - Brendan Work
2024 - Zooey Zephyr
2023 - No award given
2022 - No PMY award given, instead a Legacy Award was given to Betsy & Rusty Mulligan-Dague
2021 - No award given
2020 - KD Dickinson
2019 – Fernanda M.B. Krum and Robert Rivers
2018 – Steve McArthur
2017 – Mary Poole
2016 – Patrick Weasel Head
2015 – Glenn “Woody” and Kathi Wood
2014 – Claudia Brown
2013 – Meyer “Mike” Chessin
2012 – Dan Gallagher
2011 – Jane McAllister
2010 – John Mitchell Baugh
2009 – Jim Caron
2008 – Carel Schneider & the Missoula Women in Black
2007 – Josh Slotnick
2006 – Rev. Peter Shober
2005 – Ethel MacDonald
2004 – Amy Martin
2003 – Rita Jankowska-Bradley
2002 – Bryony Schwan and Scott Nicholson
2001 – Liz Rantz
2000 – Fr. Jim Hogan
1999 – Award date changed to spring.
1998 – Pete Lawrenson
1997 – John and Tammy Agner
1996 – Alice Campbell
1995 – Julie Grant
1994 – Scott Morgan and Tom Javins
1993 – Beth Sirr
1992 – Anita Doyle
1991 – Pat Ortmeyer
1990 – Perry Gliessman
1989 – Connie Skousen
1988 – Butch Turk
1987 – Jim Ranney
1986 – Flo Chessin
