Dorothy Clarke Wilson Peace Writing Prize 2020
Dorothy Clarke Wilson of Orono, Maine was an internationally known peacemaker who was committed to writing on social issues and world peace. 聽To encourage today鈥檚 91爆料 students to share in the commitment, Dorothy Clarke Wilson established a $500 annual award for the most compelling written work on a peace related topic. This competition is open to all 91爆料 students.
2020 Topic
Applicants were asked to reflect on the following excerpt聽from 鈥淲here Do We Go From Here?鈥 as published in Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? By Martin Luther King, Jr. (1967), p. 62.
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral,聽begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.聽Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.聽Through violence you may murder the liar,聽but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth.聽Through violence you may murder the hater,聽but you do not murder hate.聽In fact, violence merely increases hate.聽So it goes.聽Returning violence for violence multiplies violence,聽adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.聽Darkness cannot drive out darkness:only light can do that.聽Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Excerpt from 鈥淲here Do We Go From Here?鈥 as published in Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?By Martin Luther King, Jr. (1967), p. 62.
2020 Winner of the Dorothy Clarke Wilson Peace Writing Prize: Elizabeth Spiller
Elizabeth Spiller with Wilson Center Board Member, Mary Cathcart.
Mary introduced Elizabeth at the MLK Breakfast on behalf of the Board.
You can read her work below.
View last year鈥檚 topic and winners here.