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Call for Nominations for the 2012 Cambridge Peace & Justice Awards
A Lifetime of Peacemaking • Sunday, June 10, 2012 • West Cambridge Youth Center, 680 Huron Ave.
The Cambridge Peace Commission is seeking nominations for this year's Peace & Justice Awards, to be presented on Sunday, June 10, 2012 at the West Cambridge Youth Center at 680 Huron Ave. from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Do you know individuals in Cambridge that we should recognize and celebrate for their work as peacemakers? If you know someone (or more than one person), please contact the Peace Commission by email, fax, or mail by 8:00 PM on Monday, May 14, 2012: bcorr@cambridgema.gov , 617.349.4766 fax, or 51 Inman St, Cambridge, MA 02139.
For your nomination to be considered, please provide:
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a few sentences and/or a brief biography about why you are nominating the person; and
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an email address and a phone number for you.
This year's theme is “A Lifetime of Peacemaking: Honoring Those Who Guided Us Here.” We will honor individuals who have spent their lives in service of peace, social justice, equity, and equality. We plan to recognize people who have worked for peace and justice in a variety of ways and on a range of issues — from the very local to the global. We will recognize people who work for peace in families, schools, congregations, and neighborhoods - and those working across the U.S., and internationally. We are particularly encouraging the nominations of people who have retired or have simply spent decades working for a better world. We ask for your help in identifying lifelong peace and justice makers, whose daily lives are inspirations to their communities.
Please make any nominations by Monday, May 14.
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The Cambridge Peace Commission promotes peace and social justice within Cambridge and in the wider world. It works to reduce violence and advocates ideas and programs that affirm diversity and build community within our city. It links peace groups, social justice efforts, anti-violence coalitions and the municipal government, and pays special attention to violence affecting youth.
The Commission builds community by celebrating local people and efforts with programs and events, and by organizing community forums on issues affecting the community. It supports Cambridge’s sister-city relationships, including those with Yerevan, Armenia and San José Las Flores, El Salvador.
Read more about who we are and what we do.
RECENT EVENTS:
Cambridge’s Annual Commemoration of the Holocaust
Tuesday, May 1 • 7:00 to 9:00 PM
Temple Beth Shalom, 8 Tremont St., Cambridge
Recalling all who perished during the Holocaust, this year’s program features an evening of music, candle lighting, and remembrance. The guest speaker is Max Michelson.
Max Michelson was born in Riga, Latvia where he lived with his parents when that country was overrun by the German army in June 1941. Together with the entire local Jewish community, he was forced into the Riga Ghetto. Following the “liquidation” of the Ghetto in December 1941, he survived a number of concentration camps and was liberated in Germany in May 1945. The sole survivor of his family, Michelson came to New York City after World War II and completed his education as an engineer. He settled in Massachusetts and spent his career as a scientist working on the design of radar systems at Raytheon. Michelson is the author of City of Life, City of Death: Memories of Riga, which describes his childhood and youth in pre-World War II Latvia and tells of his experiences during the Holocaust.
Music will be provided by the Cambridge Community Chorus and cellist Shaheen Lavie-Rouse.
The program is free, open to all, and wheelchair accessible. It welcomes all communities of Cambridge – including children and adults and people of all faiths and traditions. Free and open to the public. This event is wheelchair accessible.
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Fletcher Maynard Academy Classroom 108 receives a 2011 Peace and Justice
Award from Mayor David Maher and Peace Commission director Brian Corr.
Photo by Ellen Shub :: www.ellenshub.com
The 2011 Cambridge Peace and Justice Awards:
Building Bridges, Creating Community
Sunday, June 12, 2011 • 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. • YWCA CambridgeGroup Award:
• Ms. Caitlin O'Donnell and the Students of First Grade Classroom 108, Fletcher Maynard Academy
Individual Awards:
• Holly Aldrich, Center for Homicide Bereavement
• Chris Low, Matènwa Community School in Haiti
• Eva Moseley, Massachusetts Peace Action
• Carolyn Turk, Cambridge Public Schools
Awarded Posthumously:
• Sion Chambers, Margaret Fuller House
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From the 2010 Peace & Justice Awards:
Area IV for Peace activists receive a 2010 Peace and Justice Award from Mayor David Maher
and Peace Commission director Brian Corr. Photo by Ellen Shub :: www.ellenshub.com
Summer of Peace Initiative
Be part of a Summer of Peace in Cambridge!
Every summer, the Cambridge Peace Commission works with schools, youth centers, community groups, churches and religious institutions, the police, artists and musicians — and young people across Cambridge — to create a Summer of Peace.
Read More
Take the Cambridge Youth Violence Survey
If you are under the age of 24 and live in Cambridge, you are invited to participate in this short, simple youth survey on Youth Violence. This is a completely anonymous survey that the Cambridge Peace Commission is conducting to hear about what is really happening from the voices that matter -- those of our City's young people!
Take the Online Survey!
Peace@Home
Helping Men Talk to Men about Violence… Where it Hurts the Most!
This interactive training is focused on helping men talk with other men about domestic violence, its effect on families, and its effects in our communities. It is being offered at no cost to the participants.
What is Peace@Home?
It’s “Men Talking to Men about Violence Where It Hurts the Most.” This program is a new way of reaching men about domestic violence and the impact it has on men’s lives, our relationships, and our communities.
What will I get out of Peace@Home?
We believe that men need to be partners in solving the problem of domestic violence. These two 90-minute workshops will use a “train-the-trainer model.” We’ll talk as peers in a small, all-male group so that we can talk honestly and frankly. We’ll share ideas, beliefs, and experiences – as well as focusing on effective communication with those we know.
What will Peace@Home cover?
Session One: Men, Violence, & Peace at Home
• Manhood, Masculinity, and Violence: what does it all mean?
• What is Domestic Violence?
• “I’m not violent. How does domestic violence affect me?”
Session Two: Taking Action for Peace at Home
• How to Talk with Other Men – and What You Should Know
• Making the Connections: “What kind of man do you want to be?”
• Getting Real: Questions and Answers
• Getting Involved: What to do with this information…and how to spread the word
The most recent training was held in May 2011. If you would like to be part of the next training, please contact Brian at the Peace Commission: 617.349.4694 or peace@cambridgema.gov.