Scilla elworthy biography

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Priscilla "Scilla" Elworthy is a peace builder, and the founder of the Oxford Research Group, a non-governmental organisation she set up in 1982 to develop effective dialogue between nuclear weapons policy-makers worldwide and their critics, for.

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SCILLA ELWORTHY

“When it comes to weapons of mass destruction, this is unacceptable.”

Happy Birthday, dear Scilla – your laughing and smiling during the interview made us very cheerful and your words were full of hope and passion. We are very lucky to have the opportunity to spread your knowledge and wisdom to the people.

LOVE & PEACE

Interview: Maja Tittelbach
Thanks to: Kertin Löber

About Scilla Elworthy (Source: Wikipedia):
Scilla Elworthy (born 3 June 1943) is a peace builder, and the founder of the Oxford Research Group, a non-governmental organisation she set up in 1982 to develop effective dialogue between nuclear weapons policy-makers worldwide and their critics, for which she was nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize. She served as its executive director from 1982 until 2003, when she left that role to set up Peace Direct, a charity supporting local peace-builders in conflict areas. In 2003 she was awarded the Niwano Peace Prize.

From 2005 she was adviser to Peter Gabriel, Desmond Tutu and Richard Branson in setting up The Elders. S

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A distinguished activist for peace for over 30 years, Dr. Scilla Elworthy has met with scientists and nuclear weapons policy makers from all five nuclear powers. She founded the Oxford Research Group, Peace Direct, and co-founded 'Rising Women, Rising World' and FemmeQ, and was nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize. She is interviewed here about her latest book, "The Business Plan for Peace: Building a World without War." In it, she points out that while 1,686 billion dollars is spent on militarization every year, it would only cost two billion dollars to put into action methodologies that are known to work to prevent war and armed conflict worldwide. What follows is the edited transcript of an Awakin Call interview with Scilla Elworthy. You can listen to the full recording here.

Aryae Coopersmith: It's a real honor to introduce Dr. Elworthy but it's a challenge because she's done so much. I'll give a few highlights and then we'll get started.

Dr. Scilla Elworthy is a distinguished activist for peace, working

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Scilla Elworthy

British anti-war activist (born 1943)

Priscilla "Scilla" Elworthy (born 3 June 1943) is a peace builder, and the founder of the Oxford Research Group, a non-governmental organisation she set up in 1982 to develop effective dialogue between nuclear weapons policy-makers worldwide and their critics, for which she was nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize. She served as its executive director from 1982 until 2003, when she left that role to set up Peace Direct, a charity supporting local peace-builders in conflict areas. In 2003 she was awarded the Niwano Peace Prize.^[1] From 2005 she was adviser to Peter Gabriel, Desmond Tutu and Richard Branson in setting up The Elders.^[2] She is a member of the World Future Council^[3] and in 2012 co-founded Rising Women Rising World, a community of women on all continents who take responsibility for building a world that works for all.

In 2017 she wrote The Business Plan for Peace: Building a World Without War (Peace Direct, 2017) and now leads an organisation of the same name which