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DESCRIPTION:Today DePaul University announces the 2023 recipient of the Ber
 rigan-McAlister Award\, a recognition created in 2021 to honor those whose
  active Christian nonviolence-—like that practiced by Fr. Daniel Berriga
 n\, SJ\, Phillip Berrigan\, and Elizabeth McAlister—resists injustice\, 
 transforms conflict\, fosters reconciliation\, and seeks justice and peace
  for all.. . . . Elizabeth Kanini Kamau\, an activist engaged in building 
 a culture of peace in Northern Kenya and Southern Sudan\, will receive the
  2023 Berrigan-McAlister Award. A founder of Horn of Africa Grassroots Pea
 ce Forum\, Kimau focuses on capacity building of those directly impacted b
 y inter-ethnic violence to support their becoming agents of peace. A lay C
 hristian woman working without funding or an official position\, Kimau has
  spent many years building trust among peoples divided by ongoing violent 
 conflict\, including the Rendille and Borana communities. She has often pu
 t her life at risk to foster nonviolent options.. . . . “Nonviolence\,
 ” Kimau writes\, “is the solution to the protracted conflicts which ha
 ve resulted in the loss of meaning to the preciousness of life and subject
 ed many people to live in dehumanizing conditions.” She has recently bec
 ome an adjunct professor at St. Paul’s University in Kenya and is pursui
 ng a doctorate at the Centre for Nonviolence in Durban University of Techn
 ology\, South Africa.. . . . “Working on her own\, without the backing o
 f a large institution or NGO\, Ms. Kimau is proof that an individual commi
 tted to Christian peacemaking can sometimes bring life and light to the wo
 rld in unexpected ways and places\,” said Michael L. Budde\, Professor o
 f Catholic Studies and Political Science\, and coordinator of the Berrigan
 -McAlister Award Committee. “She has risked her life and placed herself 
 in difficult situations in the service of peace and the hope of reconcilin
 g onetime enemies. Like Philip and Daniel Berrigan and Elizabeth McAlister
 \, Ms. Kimau’s light shines from local circumstances in ways that enligh
 ten the entire world.”. . . . Elizabeth Kanini Kimau will be honored at 
 an in-person (and live-streamed) event at 6:30 p.m. May 15 in Room 120 of 
 DePaul’s Student Center\, located at 2250 N. Sheffield Ave. Admission is
  free. Advance registration is required for persons interested in livestre
 aming the event and recommended for persons attending in person. Members o
 f the DePaul community will welcome Kimau and speak about the importance o
 f her work. The Berrigan-McAlister Award will be presented during the cele
 bration.. . . . About the Berrigan-McAlister Award:. . . . The Berrigan-Mc
 Alister Award is given to a person or organization that exemplifies the pr
 actice of active Christian nonviolence. Such nonviolence is rooted in the 
 life of Jesus\, who combined the refusal of violence in violent situations
  with the power of universal love.. . . . From the Civil Rights Movement t
 o the Vietnam War\, through the movement against nuclear weapons and beyon
 d\, few Catholics in the United States have been more influential than the
  Berrigan brothers (Daniel and Philip) and Elizabeth McAlister (McAlister 
 married Philip Berrigan and was his lifelong collaborator). Their work aga
 inst war and in support of peace — a life of provocative nonviolent prot
 est\, extensive writing and teaching\, and everyday experiments in intenti
 onal community — has earned them international stature in the Church and
  secular society.. . . . Hosted by the College of Liberal Arts and Social 
 Sciences | Center for World Catholicism & Intercultural Theology (CWCIT) |
  Department of Catholic Studies | Peace\, Justice\, and Conflict Studies |
  Division of Mission & Ministry. . . . Media contact:. . . . Michael L. Bu
 dde\, Catholic Studies and Political Science\, DePaul University. . . . Ph
 one: 773-325-1974. . . . Email: mbudde@depaul.edu\n---\nEvent Details: htt
 ps://dehub.depaul.edu/rsvp?id=378996
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SUMMARY:The Third Annual Berrigan-McAlister Award Celebration
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