The Gandhi Center logo includes a spiral form. The spiral is one of the most
basic shapes found in nature and one of the most ancient symbols of growth,
change, and transformation. For the Gandhi Center it evokes the processes that
lead outward, onward, and upward from conflict toward creativity and harmony.
Mahatma Gandhi Global Nonviolence Award 2007
The inaugural 2007 Mahatma Gandhi
Global Nonviolence Award was bestowed upon the Most Reverend
Desmond Mpilo Tutu, Anglican archbishop emeritus of Cape Town,
South Africa and a 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner known for his work
in ending apartheid, at James Madison University on September 21,
2007, the International Day of Peace.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu received the
award in recognition of his exemplary contributions toward the
improvement of human relations and to social, economic, and
political transformation through the creative application of
nonviolent methods.
