“When I was in high school,” he recalls, “I heard The Weavers at Carnegie Hall singing songs like ‘If I Had a Hammer’ ‘Follow The Drinking Gourd’ and ‘Wasn’t That a Time.’ I was stunned by the extraordinary effect that music of conscience can have on people, particularly when they sing songs of conscience together.” That lesson launched Peter on a lifelong journey, from #1 albums with Peter, Paul and Mary, to the March On Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to peace concerts at Madison Square Garden, and co-organizing the 1969 peace march in Washington, DC. Peter has also founded the “Save One Child” Fund, providing free radiological and neuro-surgical treatment to children, all expenses paid; been awarded and nominated for Grammys; was a founding board member of the Newport Folk Festival; and with the Kerrville, TX Folk Festival created the New Folks Competition that is today among the most respected events for new singer/songwriters. In 1999 he launched “Don’t Laugh At Me,” to focus on positive, safe, respectful, bully-free school environments; “Don’t Laugh At Me” is now incorporated in an estimated 22,000 schools across America.
Peter places these successes in a greater context as part of a tradition; during his 1987 appearance in the first GVFF, he said “I wanted to be here, to help you carry it on.” He has said he “embraces the premise that if each person finds a way to articulate his or her own voice and joins with others, together they can become a powerful force for society’s transformation.” And adds, “Knowing this, we can't stop now."

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