assistance from the embassy, while Code Pink's Alli McCracken said the embassy did not help Benjamin. Venezuela In January 2019, in a Democracy Now! interview, Benjamin said she was against "US intervention in Venezuela" which had the potential to "create a civil war leading to tremendous violence". In April and May 2019 Benjamin was part of an "Embassy Protection Collective" formed by groups that include CodePink, ANSWER Coalition (led by Brian Becker), Poor Peoples Army (led by Cheri Honkala), People's Power Assembly (led by Sharon Black), Revolutionary Alliance (led by Al R Suarez) and Popular Resistance (led by Kevin Zeese/Dr. Flowers) which occupied the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington. Benjamin said the group had the permission of the Maduro government to stay in the embassy. Awards and accolades In 2010, she received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Prize from the Fellowship of Reconciliation. In 2012, she won the Marjorie Kellogg National Peacemaker Award and the Thomas Merton Center Peace Award. Also in 2012, she was awarded the US Peace Prize "in recognition of her creative leadership on the front lines of the antiwar movement." In 2014, she received the Gandhi Peace Award from Promoting Enduring Peace "to honor her for her unyielding advocacy for social justice of more than 30 years". In 2003, the Los Angeles Times described her as "one of the high profile leaders" of the peace movement. Controversies In 2014, the Anti-Defamation League reported that Benjamin had attended the second annual New Horizons conference in Tehran, which hosted several fascists and Holocaust deniers. She said she was "uncomfortable" with many of the attendees but learnt a lot and had nothing to apologise for. Personal life Benjamin has two daughters and has been married twice. Her daughter, Arlen Benjamin-Gomez, from her first marriage in Cuba and daughter, Maya Mandela Benjamin-Danaher, from her 1985 marriage with activist Kevin Danaher. Her daughter Arlen is named after Sandinista revolutionary Arlen Siu, with her daughter once writing "I grew up believing that protest lines and teach-ins were normal family outings ... I was born in Cuba to an Afro-Cuban father and Jewish-American mother, and the fact that I was named for the first woman to die fighting for the Nicaraguan [Sandinista] Revolution gives you an idea of my politically oriented upbringing". Benjamin lives in Washington, D.C., and in San Francisco. Books See also List of peace activists References Notes External links Code