Awards and Nominations
- Pax Christi USA Teacher of Peace Award. 1998
- Newberry Library Free Speech Award. 1998
- Detroit City Council Testimonial Resolution commending humanitarian efforts. February 1999
- Robert O. Cooper Fellowship in Peace and Justice Award, Southern Methodist University. March 1999
- University of the Incarnate Word Distinguished Speaker Award. March 1999
- California State Assembly Certificate of Recognition for Founding of Voices in the Wilderness. November 1999
- The Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award for her extraordinary commitment to befriend the Iraqi people and bring to light their great suffering under the immoral UN/US economic sanctions. 1999.
- Consortium on Peace Research and Development Social Courage Award. 1999
- Dan Berrigan Award, DePaul University. 1999
- Office of the Americas Peace and Justice Award November. 1999
- International Fellowship of Reconciliation Pfeiffer Peace Award. February 2000
- Arab American Anti Discrimination Committee Humanitarian Award. June 2000
- American Friends Service Committee (1947 laureate) nomination for the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize
- Chaldean Iraqi American Association of Michigan Appreciation Award for Dedication in Lifting Sanctions Against Iraq. July 2001
- Newberry Library "1st place" orator – Bughouse Square Debates. August 2001
- Life for Relief and Development Humanitarian Services Award. September 2001
- Nomination by 1976 Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire for the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.
- 'special recognition' as a Woman of Peace at the Global Exchange Human Rights Awards in San Francisco with Bianca Jagger, Barbara Lee and Arundhati Roy. May 2003
- Archbishop Oscar Romero Award, Mercyhurst College. March 2003
- Anonymous nomination for the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize
- Call to Action Leadership Award, with Voices in the Wilderness 2003
- Thomas Merton Center Award, Pittsburgh, PA. 2003
- Adela Dwyer St. Thomas of Villanova Peace Award, Villanova University, Voices in the Wilderness. 2003
- William Scarlett Award from The Witness, Voices in the Wilderness. 2003
- Association of Chicago Priests, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Common Ground Award with Voices in the Wilderness. 2004
- First Annual Award for Justice on behalf of the Religious Orders Partnership given to Kathy Kelly and Voices in the Wilderness
- Cranbrook Peace Foundation Annual Peace Award. 2004
- Houston Peace and Justice Center National Peacemaker Award
- Peace Seeker of the Year 2005, Montana Peace Seekers Network
- Doctor of Theology honoris causa from Chicago Theological Seminary awarded. May 14, 2005
- Honorary degree awarded from Lewis University. May 15, 2005
- Elliott Black Award for 2006 awarded by the American Ethical Union
- De Paul Center for Church/State Studies 2007 John Courtney Murray Award. April 2007
- Bradford-O'Neill Medallion for Social Justice Recipient, Dominican University. September 2007
- The Oscar Romero Award presented by Pax Christi Maine. October 2007
- The War Resisters League (WRL) 2010 Peace Award, presented by WRL. May 2, 2010
- The Chomsky Award of the Justice Studies Association. 2011
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