Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards 9/27 id PAA27253; Wed, 24 Sep 1997 15:04:49 -0400 Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit source: Institute for Policy Studies The INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES invites you to the TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL LETELIER-MOFFITT MEMORIAL HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS A celebration of democracy, justice and human dignity SATURDAY, SEPT. 27th, 1997 THE LINCOLN THEATER 6:00 pm Reception 1215 U Street, NW 7:00 pm Awards Program Washington, DC 1997 Awards Recipients International Award: ALIANZA CIVICA A democracy alliance which helped to elect the new progressive mayor of Mexico City Presented by Ruth Adams Domestic Award: SIN FRONTERAS ORGANIZING PROJECT A Mexico/U.S. border organization working for farmworkers' rights Presented by Representative David E. Bonior (D-MI), House Democratic Whip Special Recognition Award: THE REV. DR. MAC CHARLES JONES (posthumously) Initiator of the Burned Chuches Network and longtime peacemaker Presented by The Rev. Dr. Sam Mann Award being accepted by Jannella Johnson Jones Special Musical Guest: TOSHI REAGON with her band BIG LOVELY Master of Ceremonies: JAMES EARLY, Cultural Studies, Smithonian Institution -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TICKETS $15 Balcony $35 General Admission $125 Reserved Seat (incl. dinner after awards) DISCOUNTS FOR BLOCKS OF TICKETS AVAILABLE. STUDENTS AND INTERNS, CALL FOR SPECIAL RATES. TO OBTAIN A TICKET OR FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL: IPS, Henriette Biedowicz @ 234-9382 ext. 230 Institute for Policy Studies Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards 733 15th Street, NW, Suite 1020 Washington, DC 20005 ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytrc-09.24.97-15:05:00-23854