Visionary of the Year
Euphrates Institute recognizes change makers doing extraordinary work at a grassroots level, striving to make the idealistic realistic and the impossible possible.
Visionaries are those whose fearless and indomitable spirit has allowed them to transform the hearts, minds, and actions of those around them, and to reveal a solution where there was previously despair. Visionaries are those who embody and practice peace leadership, courageously exploring and connecting the intersections of personal, interpersonal, community, and global peace.
The Visionary of the Year award is a way for the Euphrates Institute to both honor and spotlight their work. The award is presented to
extraordinary individuals who make the idealistic, realistic, and the impossible, possible.
visionary of the year 2022
learn more about our past visionaries
2020
Aqeela Sherrills, Director of Newark Community Street Team
2019
Nipun Mehta, founder and CEO of ServiceSpace
2018
James Offuh, founder and CEO of United for Peace Against Conflict International (UFPACI)
2017
Libby and the late Len Traubman, founders of the Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue
2016
Nousha Kabawat, founder of Syria’s Project Amal ou Salam
2015
Zuhal Sultan, founder of the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq
2014
Thomas Henry Culhane, an investor and sustainability activist in the Middle East
2012/13
Ronny Edry, founder of Israel Loves Iran
2011
Sami Awad, head of Holy Land Trust in Bethlehem