Bianca Jagger

Overview

Bianca Jagger (née Pérez Mora-Macias) born Managua, Nicaragua May 2, 1945. Human rights activist, following Gandhi's example. Opposed US intervention in Nicaragua; opposed death penalty. Received Right Livelihood Award, 2004; World Citizenship Award from The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, 2005; Office of the Americas Peace and Justice Award, 2006; Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador.

Quotations

On the bombing of Serbia: "The killing of innocent people is always wrong." (Kurt Jacobsen interview, 2003; photo architectsofpeace.org)

Michaële Jean

Overview

Michaële Jean born Port-au-Prince, Haiti September 6, 1957. Governor-General of Canada 2005-10; first woman head of International Francophone Organization 2015; UNESCO Special Envoy for Haiti; nominee for UN Secretary General 2016.

Quotations

“We will stop bullying, verbal abuse, violent intimidation, and knee-jerk hatred for differences, by creating and nurturing a culture of respect, a culture of nonviolence, a culture of curiosity for the other, a culture of amazement before what we do not yet understand. Break the silence, dare to speak out, and the whole edifice of intimidation comes crumbling down. The tool of violence becomes powerless. . . That’s the power of words, of words and action, together.” (International Day of Pink, Jan. 29, 2015; photo michaëledean)

Marion Patrick Jones

Overview

Marion Patrick Jones Glean O’Callaghan born Woodbrook, Port of Spain, Trinidad August 16, 1931 (d. 2016). Trinidadian international civil servant, social anthropologist and novelist; Quaker pacifist; in Britain as Marion Glean founding Secretary of Campaign Against Racial Discrimination 1964; in Paris as Marion O’Callaghan Director of UNESCO Social Science Programs 1965-90, including anti-Apartheid.

Quotations

“I have done some rifle shooting. But I’m a Quaker and I’m not going to shoot at anything but wooden ducks.” (The Guardian, Dec. 12, 1964; photo Wikipedia)