The Peace Center had an evening celebrating community as we honored and recognized TWO groups who have inspired us with their dedication to peace activism and grassroots action.
This celebration was the first in-person event of this scale since before the pandemic started. We met members and friends, reconnected and welcomed all back to the Center. The evening featured live music, a full-course dinner, wine, and silent auction, as well as speeches from several of our awardees..
We honored the online publication, ANTIWAR.com and its founder/editor Eric Garris, for their tireless commitment to critical journalism and coverage of often overlooked peace issues. Eric unfortunately was unable to attend as he was dealing with a bout of Covid, but our board chair, Rick Sterling, accepted it on his behalf.
We also recognized the local community group – Rossmoor Advocates for Diversity (RAD). Over the past three years, RAD has organized educational events around diversity and anti-racism issues in the community of Rossmoor. This year, their annual Diversity Festival drew over 1000 participants! The RAD leadership board includes Aki Rasmussen, Cecilia Wambach, Juanita Owens, JoAnne Lawrence and Eleanor Chicolo. The board was present to accept the award and had a large contingent of supporters at the dinner!
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO VOLUNTEERED and ATTENDED THIS ANNUAL FUNDRAISER!
