The
Will
Wittkamper Award
The
Will Wittkamper Award is given by the Disciples Peace Fellowship in
recognition of a lifetime
commitment to peace and justice.
The award, given every two years since 1981, is named for Will
Wittkamper, who was a pastor in the Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ)
active in the struggle for racial equality in the mid-twentieth century
in the
United States. Rev. Wittkamper was an active supporter of Clarence
Jordan at
the interracial community Koinonia Farms in Americus, Georgia. The winners are recognized at the DPF
Breakfast at General Assembly, and their names are included on an award
plaque
on display in the Disciples Center.
Past
winners include:
- Lucas
Torres, 2005
- Robert
and Adele Lemon, 2003
- Rhodes and Lois Thompson, 2001
- Dorothy Hunter, 1999
- Garnett Day, 1997
- TJ Liggett, 1995
- VG and AC Cuppy, 1993
- Parker Frank Wilson, 1991
- Nellie Kratz, 1989
- Barton Hunter, 1987
- Joseph B. Hunter, 1985
- Rosa Page Welch, 1983
- Harold Fey, 1981