The Women’s DMZ Peace Walk generated global media attention and an outpouring of support from world leaders, including Nobel Peace Laureates, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, former US President Jimmy Carter, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, authors Alice Walker, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Naomi Klein, actor Robert Redford, physician Deepak Chopra, and former UN Ambassador and US Governor Bill Richardson. The Women’s DMZ Peace Walk was made possible by the generous support of hundreds of individual and institutional donors, some of whom we list here.
Akonadi Foundation
Amaranth Pediatric Health
Arca Foundation
The Arsenault Family Foundation
Benjamin Fund Inc.
Channel Foundation
Channing and Popai Liem Family Fund
The Chicago Community Foundation
Compton Foundation
Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation
Don and Lore Rasmussen Fund of the Tides Foundation
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Georgia W.A.N.D. Education Fund
Global Fund for Women
Here We Go Liquors, Inc.
Janelia Foundation
Jewish Communal Fund
Kanghan Medical Services P.C.
Livingry Foundation
MPROTECH
National Philanthropic Trust
NoVo Foundation Radical Hope Fund
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Open Society Foundations
Pathfinder Fund
Peace Development Fund
Ploughshares Fund
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Round Hill Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Samuel Rubin Foundation
The San Francisco Foundation
Schwab Charitable Fund
Secure World Foundation
Smartgirl Productions
Starry Night Fund
Stewart R. Mott Charitable Trust
Tides Foundation
TNS Plus
United Methodist Women
Urgent Action Fund
War Times
WATER
Womanshare
The Women’s Alliance, All Souls Unitarian Church
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
World Beyond War
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet—Spiritual leader of the Tibetan people
Jimmy Carter—39th President of the United States
Archbishop Desmond Tutu—1984 Nobel Peace Laureate
Rigoberta Menchú Tum—1992 Nobel Peace Laureate, Goodwill Ambassador for the Peace Accords
José Ramos-Horta—1996 Nobel Peace Laureate, former President of Timor-Leste
Jody Williams—1997 Nobel Peace Laureate, Founding Coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines
Shirin Ebadi—2003 Nobel Peace Laureate, Founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center
Tawakkol Karman—2011 Nobel Peace Laureate, Founder of Women Journalists Without Chains
Arun Gandhi—Author, Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi
Ev Williams—Co-founder of Twitter, Medium, Blogger
Robert Redford—Actor and filmmaker
Danny Glover—Actor
Deepak Chopra—Physician and Author
Alice Walker—Author and Activist
Noam Chomsky—Linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, social justice activist
Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-Jung—Korean Roman Catholic Archbishop of Seoul, de facto Primate of Korea
Cora Weiss—President, Hague Appeal for Peace
Bill Richardson—Diplomat and Former Governor of New Mexico, United States
Bruce Cumings—Professor, University of Chicago
Eve Ensler—Playwright and Founder of V-Day, USA
Elizabeth Holtzman—Former Member of the US Congress, Attorney
David Krieger—President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Richard Falk—Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice, Emeritus. Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Emeritus. Princeton University
Helen Caldicott—Physician, Co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibilityy
Patch Adams—Physician, Activist, and Author
Robert Aldridge—Advisor, British American Security Information Council and Founder, Pacific Life Research Center
Fadi Abi Allam—President, Permanent Peace Movement, Lebanon
Ms. Lydia I. Alpízar—Association for Women’s Rights in Development. Trustee, International Committee for the Peace Council
Lic. Miguel Alvarez-Gandara—Founder, Director, and Coordinator of SERAPAZ (Servicios y Asesoria para la Paz) – Mexico, Trustee of International Committee for the Peace Council
Xavier F. Amador—Founder and Director, LEAP Institute, New York, USA
Colin Archer—Secretary-General, International Peace Bureau
John Scales Avery—Chairman, Danish Peace Academy
Walden Bello—Foremer Congress Member, Republic of Philippines
Maria Bello—Actor and Activist
Liz Bernstein—Executive Director, Nobel Women’s Initiative
Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls—Founder, FemLINKPACIFIC; Chair, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), Member, UN Civil Society Advisory Group on UNSCR1325/Women, Peace and Security
Taina Bien-Aime, Executive Director—International Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
Ana Bourse—Executive Director, Coordinadora Regional de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales (CRIES) (Argentina) / GPPAC \Regional Representative
Reiner Braun—Executive Director, International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms
Charlotte Bunch—Founder, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Rutgers University
Helen Caldicott—Physician, Co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility
Paul Chappell—Author
Paulette Cole—CEO, ABC Home
Peter Coyote—Actor and Director
Brett de Bary—Professor, Cornell University
Wendi Deetz—Operations Manager, Global Fund for Women
Fiona Dove—Director, Transnational Institute
Prof. Joseph W. Elder—President, International Committee for the Peace Council
Daniel Ellsberg—Pentagon Papers whistleblower, Right Livelihood Award winner
Cynthia Enloe—Research Professor, Clark University
John Feffer—Director, Foreign Policy in Focus
David Finegold—Chief Academic Officer, American Honors and Former Professor and Dean, Rutgers University
Ekkehard Forberg—Manager Peacebuilding and Advocacy, World Vision Germany
Jane Fountain—Distinguished Professor, Founder and Director of the National Center for Digital Governance, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Bruce Gagnon—Coordinator Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
Dr. Daniel A. Gomez-Ibanez—Founder and former executive director, International Committee for the Peace Council. Founder and former Executive Director, Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions. Trustee, International Committee for the Peace Council
Jonathan Granoff—President, Global Security Institute
MP Annette Groth—Member of Parliament, Germany
MP Heike Haensel—Member of Parliament, Germany
Tone Olaf Nielsen—Director of CAMP (Center for Art on Migration Politics), Copenhagen
Frederikke Hansen—Director, Center for Art on Migration Politics (CAMP)
David Hartsough—Director, Peaceworkers
Raisa Kadyrova—President of Foundation for Tolerance International, GPPAC Central Asia Regional Representative (Kyrgyz Republic)
Mr. Jim Kenney—Executive Director, Interreligious Engagement Project (IEP21). Formerly Global Director, Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions.
Dr. Irfan Ahmad Khan—Islamic scholar and author. Founder, World Muslim Council for Interfaith Relations. Trustee, International Committee for the Peace Council
Dr. Sallie B. King—Professor and Head, Department of Philosophy and Religion, James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Virginia). Trustee, International Committee for the Peace Council
Frances Kissling—Center for Health, Ethics and Social Policy and former President, Catholics for Choice
Naomi Klein—Journalist, Columnist and Author
Judy Kluger—Executive Director, Sanctuary For Families and former Judge, New York State
Dr. Paul Knitter—Professor Emeritus of Theology, Xavier University, Cincinnatti, Ohio (USA). Trustee, International Committee for the Peace Council
Sr. Marcelline Koch, OP—Member: Leadership team, Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois (USA); Trustee, International Committee for the Peace Council
Ms. Mary LaMar—President, Wisconsin Branch, Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship; Director, SEVA Foundation; Trustee, International Committee for the Peace Council
Namhee Lee—Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Hali Lee—Founder, Asian Women Giving Circle, New York, USA
Rev. Steve Minnema—Senior Pastor, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Madison, Wisconsin (USA). Trustee, International Committee for the Peace Council
Chandra Talpade Mohanty—Professor, Syracuse University
Luisa Morgantini—Italian Member of European Parliament
Clare Munn—Zimbabwean woman activist
Holly Near—Singer and Songwriter
Tone Olaf Nielsen—Director, Center for Art on Migration Politics (CAMP)
Ana L. Oliveira—President, New York Women’s Foundation
Glenn Durland Paige—Professor Emeritus, University of Hawai‘I and Chair of Governing Council, Center for Global Nonkilling
Parker J. Palmer—Author and Founder, Center for Courage & Renewal
Kavita Ramdas—Executive Director, Program on Social Entrepreneurship,Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University and former President and CEO,Global Fund for Women.
Diane Randall—Executive Director, Friends Committee on National Legislation
Jack Rendler—North Korea Country Specialist, Amnesty International
Ludo C.P. Scheffer—Professor, Drexel University
Vandana Shiva—Environmental Activist, Author, 1993 Right Livelihood Award Winner
Alice Slater—NY Director, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and Coordinating Committee Member, Abolition 2000
Ven. Geshe Lhundup Sopa—Director, Deer Park Tibetan Buddhist Center. Trustee Emiritus, International Committee for the Peace Council
Steven Starr—Associate, Nuclear Age Peace Founation and Board Member and Senior Scientist, Physicians for Social Responsibility, University of Missouri
David Swanson—Director, World Beyond War
John Udelhofen—Certified Public Accountant. Chief Financial Officer, Prefinished Millwork Corp. Trustee, International Committee for the Peace Council
Peter van Tuijl—Executive Director, Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC)
Marianne Williamson—Spiritual Teacher and Author
Marilyn Young—Professor, New York University
Heather Booth—Founder, President Midwest Academy, Democracy Partners, USA
Carole Artigiani—Founder, President Emerita, Global Kids, USA
GABRIELA Philippines—An alliance of more than 200 women’s organizations that address human rights, poverty, militarism, violence, and other issues affecting women
Yasmin Louise Sooka—Executive Director: Foundation for Human Rights, South Africa; Former Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner, South Africa; Former Truth Commissioner, Sierra Leone
Barry A. Fisher, esq.—International human rights lawyer (worked for final settlement of Holocaust lawsuits)
Jane Kagon—Executive Director, Robert F. Kennedy Legacy in Action
Gale A. Brewer—Manhattan Borough President, New York, USA
Mary L. Schwanke—Professor Emerita of Biology, University of Maine, USA
Amy J. Davidoff—Professor of Pharmacology, University of New England, USA
Isabelle Geuskens—Executive Director Women Peacemakers Program
Mary Ingouville Burton—Human rights activist and former national President of Black Sash (women against apartheid); Commissioner, South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (1995-1998).