JMU to give Jimmy Carter peace award tonight

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JMU to give Jimmy Carter peace award tonight

Published: September 21, 2009

HARRISONBURG — Former President Jimmy Carter plans to discuss how to achieve peace in the Middle East as he receives an award for his humanitarian efforts.

Carter, a Nobel Peace laureate, and former first lady Rosalynn Carter are to receive the award Monday night from James Madison University’s Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence.

The 84-year-old former president plans to speak on “the path to peace in the Middle East” as he accepts the center’s award.

Carter has maintained a strong interest in the region, which he has visited twice this year.

He and fellow Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu were among a delegation of veteran statesmen who visited Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip last month to support Israelis and Palestinians seeking peace.

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/state_regional/article/jmu_to_give_jimmy_carter_peace_award_tonight/294462/

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