Nominate Pete Seeger for the Nobel Peace Prize
THE PETITION
Pete Seeger has been an ambassador for Peace and Social Justice over the course of his 87 year lifetime. As a prominent musician his songs, messages and performance style have worked to engage other people, particularly the youth, in causes to end the Vietnam war, ban nuclear weapons, work for international solidarity, and ecological responsibility. It is time that a cultural worker receives the recognition that this work has great influence and global reach, that it is not only a medium of entertainment but of education, compassion and action.
DESIRED OUTCOME
To persuade American Friends Service Committee to enter Pete Seeger as their nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize 2008
WHO WE NEED TO INFLUENCE
The Nobel Prize Committee of the Norwegian Parliament
HOW LONG WILL WE CAMPAIGN
As long as it takes