Washington Peace Center – Activist Awards Gala 2011

The Activist Awards Grassroots Gala is a wonderful event where we celebrate DC activists’ hard work and successes in creating a more just and peaceful world.  We honor local activists and throw a party for the entire community.

This year’s winners are:
Leslie Salgado, Howard County Friends of Latin America

• Earline Budd, Transgender Health Empowerment
• Demissie Abebe, Director of Torture Abolition and Survivor Support Coalition
• Jon Liss, Director of VA New Majority, former Director of Tenants and Workers United
• Kristen Kane-Osorto, Luther Place, Steinbruck Center for Urban Studies
• Netfa Freeman, IPS, SALSA, WPFW, Empower DC
• Sylvia Robinson, Emergence Community Arts Collective, Georgia Ave Task Force, Diverse City Fund
• Vasudha Desikan, former Left Turn and NCOR, active in INCITE and at Occupy DC
• Michael Kemp,  Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop, the school to prison pipeline.
• The Walter Reed Vigil

Every year, the Washington Peace Center throws the activist party of the season! 2011 Activist Awards will be Thursday, Dec 8, 6-9 pm, at All Soul’s Church, 1500 Harvard St, NW.

 This year we will give the newly dedicated Helga Herz Lifetime Achievement Award. Helga Herz led a life devoted to peace and equality. She had a sincere, unyielding faith that one person can change the world. When she passed away at age 97 in February 2010, she left a legacy that embodies her personal philosophy of advocacy and activism. 

Buy your tickets today!  Sliding scale donations, $15-150.  Click here to buy online or buy at the door.

For more information go to: http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/activistawards