Activist Awards

5th Annual Activist Awards Grassroots Gala

Join us on Thursday, December 10, 2009 from 6-9pm at All Soul's Church (1500 Harvard St NW) to celebrate DC activists' hard work and successes in creating a more just and peaceful world.

Click HERE to attend on facebook!

Keynote speakers:

• Kathy Kelly, Founder of Voices for Creative Nonviolence and Nobel Peace Prize nominee
• Fahima Vorgetts, Director of Afghan Women's Fund and winner of the "UN Human Community Award" by the UN Association of the National Capital Area

FEATURING...
Delicious food, great company, cash bar, and groovy music, poetry and art:

• Jonathan Tucker and Sol y Soul's youth poetry brigade: Generations Leading Us (GLU)
• Girls Rock! DC DJ Jam Swizzle
  
• Son Cosita Seria, a Mexican folk band
  
• DC 51 artist collective
• and more!

There will also be awesome activist-y holiday gifts by local artists for sale.

And the winners are...

The Another World is Possible Award
Rita D'Escoto Clark
Nicaragua-US Friendship Office

The Be the Change Award
Alexis Browne and Cortez Riley
SMYAL

The Planting Seeds of Peace Award
MJ + Jerry Park
Little Friends for Peace

The Port in the Storm Award
Sharmus Outlaw
HIPS

The Peace Drum Award
Ellen Thomas
Proposition 1
 
The Social Justice Award
Kevietta McCants, Kiara Ramirez-Giron and Lamar Ramos-Peterson 
TimeBank Youth Court

The Empowering the Future Award
Michele Baskin and Ikechukwu Umez-Eronini
DC Student/Teacher Alliance

The People United Award
Franklin Brooks
ONE DC organizer, housing justice

The Power to the People Award
Mackenzie Baris
DC Jobs for Justice

This is a GRASSROOTS gala, so please feel free to wear your old prom suit, your favorite party dress or your best tutu. Come celebrate and enjoy our community!

Entry: $10-$30 (sliding scale)      Premier Entry with a gift: $50              

You can purchase tickets online or at the door. If you purchase online, type 'Activist Awards' under 'Purpose'.

Click here to see the impressive awardees from past Activist Awards.

And afterwards... join us for the Human Rights After Hours Concert at 9pm!

Chief Ikes
1725 Columbia Road NW  Washington, DC

Celebrate Human Rights Day! BCBC,Featuring Alec and Luci, formerly of Flinch

Suggested Donation: $ 10.00 - No One Turned Away

Co-sponsored by the Washington Peace Center &
Committee to Save Franklin Shelter

Shelter and Affordable Housing are human rights!