At the America at 250 Conference on May 1, 2026, at Loeb House, Harvard University, Jason Carter will receive the 2026 World Leader for Peace and Security Award as a symbolic representative of the moral leadership legacy of the United States through President Jimmy Carter. In its official announcement, the Boston Global Forum states that Jason Carter, Chairman of The Carter Center Board of Trustees and grandson of President Jimmy Carter, will receive the award in this role and deliver special remarks titled “America as a Moral Beacon: Continuing the Carter Legacy of Peace, Human Rights, and Trusted Innovation in the Age of AI.”
This recognition carries profound meaning because Jimmy Carter’s legacy remains one of the clearest expressions of American moral leadership in the modern world. The Carter Center describes President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter as partners guided by integrity, faith, and service to others. Founded in 1982, The Carter Center has worked to advance peace, human rights, democratic principles, the rule of law, and global health, carrying out its mission in more than 90 countries. Its enduring purpose, in its own words, is to “wage peace, fight disease, and build hope around the world.”
Through this legacy, Jimmy Carter came to symbolize a distinctive dimension of American leadership: not leadership defined primarily by power, but by conscience, service, peacebuilding, and human dignity. The official BGF announcement highlights President Carter’s lifetime of service in advancing health and human rights, brokering peace, combating disease, and defending democracy around the world, describing it as one of the most powerful expressions of American moral leadership.
