Colleen Kelly was named the 2011 recipient of the Pax Christi USA Teacher of Peace Award. “At a time when our nation needed models for how to deal with our grief and anger, Colleen and the members of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows showed us how to do so – seeking our own healing by committing ourselves to the work of making a more peaceful and just world for all,” Ronaldo Cruz, Pax Christi USA.