The Kentucky Council of Churches' Program Unit on Peacemaking and Racism

HONOR A CHAMPION!

The KCC Program Unit on Peacemaking and Racism invites you to nominate an individual for the 2008 Outstanding Peacemaker and Anti-Racism Advocate of the year award. During the Annual Assembly of the Kentucky Council of Churches we will recognize one special resident of Kentucky who has worked to make this Commonwealth and this world a better place. You are invited to nominate someone who deserves recognition as a "Peacemaker and Racial Equity Advocate of the Year." You may use the nomination form that appears at http://capwiz.com/kychurches/issues/alert/?alertid=8947251&type=CU&show_alert=1 or
http://capwiz.com/kychurches/issues/alert/?alertid=8947676&type=CU&show_alert=1. This award will not convey any financial reward to the recipient, nor will they be a part of any fundraising type of event. This will just be a way to say, publicly during our Annual Assembly, that these issues are important and that the Kentucky Council of Churches appreciates this kind of work. The KCC Program Unit on Peacemaking and Racism will review all nominations that we receive by September 30, 2008.

With your nomination, please include brief narrative about how this Kentucky resident has made a significant contribution in any of the following areas.

Please give examples of how this candidate:

works to reduce violence as a remedy for injustice or destructive force which injures and demeans people;

works to "build bridges" between peoples who have historically been hostile to each other;

performs ministry or civic service designed to resolve differences through peaceful means like elections, rather than violence;

stands with the poor to work for a more just Commonwealth;

sets a tone of understanding which fosters mutually nurturing and loving relationships;

has a significant impact on their school, community, region, or electorate in the commonwealth;

works to prevent unjust, immoral, and nuclear war;

promotes strategies of non-violent social change;

teaches, preaches, or demonstrates through role modeling lifestyles incorporating non violent communication;

practices Christian citizenship in a way that emphasizes love and reconciliation;

reduces racism through education and dialogue;

fosters understanding by encouraging people to share their culture and heritage through art, music, history, literature, and drama;

advocates for the of those persecuted because of ethnicity and other factors;

speaks with truth and candor to members of their own ethnic group to challenge them to change behaviors which hurt brothers and sisters and project a negative image to the society at large;

works to eliminate persecution, street crime, racial profiling, redlining, discrimination, or unjust inequities;

works through the church, community, meetings, workshops, "letters to the editor", courses, art work, or museum displays, to educate others in KY about the history and major contributions of various ethnic groups and the history of oppression and white priviledge in this country;

shows God's love through ministry and civic action to those in prisons and jails, and works to reform the criminal justice system;

advocates new laws written to address current injustices and protect all citizens from hate crimes;

works for reparations for slavery;

develops opportunities for people from different socio-economic backgrounds, countries, ethnic backgrounds, and incarcerated and non-incarcerated to worship together and to fellowship with one another;

Keep an eye on http://www.kycouncilofchurches.org/DevotionGuide.html. There we will post information about (and links directly to) a free weekly prayer reflection and action guide.