[act-ma] 11/16: Cambridge Peace & Justice Awards Dinner: 2008

[Corr, Brian]

2008 Cambridge Peace and Justice Awards
Peace Begins at Home: Celebrating the Peacemakers in our Midst

The Cambridge Peace Commission<http://www.cambridgema.gov/peace> will hold the 11th Cambridge Peace and Justice Awards Dinner -- honoring an amazing set of individuals and groups for their contributions to peacemaking in our city and in the world -- on Sunday, November 16, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Dante Alighieri Cultural Center, 41 Hampshire St., Cambridge. RSVPs are now being accepted (see below) and I hope you will join us!

The event includes an informal dinner, an keynote address by activist and academic Rev. Edward Rodman of the Episcopal Divinity School, and presentations to the recipients, with live music performed by students from the School of Groove.

Individual Awards:
* Janet Gillespie: Community Change, Inc.
* Richard Harding: Cambridge Public Health Department/Men of Color Health Initiative and Port Action
* Principal Robin Harris: Fletcher/Maynard Academy
* Sheila Hoffman: Community Art Center and Cambridge Public Schools
* Charles Knight: Project on Defense Alternatives and Women's Theological Center
* Mary Leno: Cambridge Women's Commission and Cambridge Community Television
* Maria Elena Letona: Centro Presente and the Interaction Institute for Social Change
* Bet MacArthur: Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities and St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
* Officer Nicole Pacheco: Cambridge Police Department
* Jada D. Simmons: Fitzgerald Neighborhood Council and Community School

Group Awards:
* Boston Area Rape Crisis Center
* Quaker Prison Fellowship: Friends Meeting at Cambridge (Thomas Patrick Ash, Michael Carey, Lynn Lazar, Mehmet Rona, and Gatewood West)
* Student Mediation Team: Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
* Tarek El Jahmi and Zander Sebenius: Buckingham Browne & Nichols and NoSweat

Program
4:00-4:30 - Quiet music and dinner
4:30-4:45 - Welcome, Opening and Music
4:45-5:05 - Address by Rev. Canon Edward W. Rodman
5:05-5:55 - Recognition of Individual Awardees
5:55-6:00 - Musical performance
6:00-6:20 - Recognition of Group Awardees
6:20-6:25 - Closing remarks
6:25-6:50 - Musical performance
6:50-7:00 - Closing music

Suggested donation: $10 - Adult, $5 - Children under 12 -- or whatever you can joyfully contribute
RSVP by November 8 to bcorr at cambridgema.gov<mailto:bcorr at cambridgema.gov>, call 617.349.4694, or mail checks made out to "Cambridge Peace Commission" to the Cambridge Peace Commission, 51 Inman St., Cambridge, MA 02139
Child care available upon request by Monday, November 3

The Dante Alighieri Cultural Center is located at 41 Hampshire St., Cambridge. Limited parking is available at the Dante Alighieri Center parking lot for people with limited mobility. On-street parking in the neighborhood is also unrestricted on Sunday. The center is also about one block from the Kendall Square Theatre garage, where validated parking will be available for $5.00.

Thanks to our community sponsors: The Middle East Restaurant * School of Groove * Camie's Bakery * S&S Restaurant * Carberry's Bakery * Harvest Co-op Market * Shaw's Supermarkets * Picante Mexican Grill * Christopher's Restaurant * Craigie St. Bistrot

Brian Corr
Executive Director
Cambridge Peace Commission
51 Inman St., Cambridge, MA 02139
617.349.4694 voice
617.349.4764 fax
bcorr at cambridgema.gov
www.cambridgema.gov/peace
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