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The Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center announces its 12th Annual Peace Awards Ceremony, set for Saturday, January 23rd via Zoom video conference. The Peace Awards Ceremony is open to the public and will take place from 4:00PM – 5:30PM (PST). Our annual Peace Awards provides a fundraising opportunity for the Center as well as a chance for the community to honor the hard work of those making an impact through their dedication to peace activism.
For this year’s Peace Awards, we have chosen to recognize a Local Hero for Peace and an International Hero for Peace. Our Local Hero for Peace Award is meant to honor any individual / organization who has shown a remarkable dedication to social justice organizing and peace work in our immediate community. The International Hero for Peace Award is intended to recognize an outstanding individual or organization whose work focuses on anti-war and anti-interventionist efforts on a global scale.
Our Local Hero for Peace selection for 2020 is Rossmoor resident and activist – Mary Taylor. As the founder of the Black Lives Matter Committee of the African American and Friends Club in Rossmoor, Mary Taylor has taken an active lead this year organizing in her community by organizing numerous rallies & educational guest speaker events that served to raise awareness around issues of racial & social justice.
Our International Hero for Peace selection for 2020 is the organization, Black Alliance for Peace (BAP). BAP concentrates its efforts on opposing the U.S. war agenda and other projects of militarism abroad through educational activities, movement support, and awareness building. They also work to raise awareness about the link between global militarism and the state-sanctioned repression Black and Brown communities face domestically.. BAP will be represented at the ceremony by two lead organizers, Margaret Kimberley and Bilal Ali.
The virtual celebration will feature keynote addresses from our awardees, a special Peace Center retrospective historical video, a raffle fundraiser, as well as time for small group discussion/mingling via breakout sessions.
Tickets are available via sliding scale pricing, at $25 – $75 per person. Each ticket includes a unique Peace Glass package, with a postcard featuring student artwork & a raffle ticket. Raffle ticket winners will be announced at the end of the evening. Tickets can be purchased on our website.
To find the event page and receive more information and updates, please visit our website at www.ourpeacecenter.org as well as our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/MDPJC For questions or more information, please contact the Center at (925) 933-7850 or andrew@ourpeacecenter.org.
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