Chelsea Manning receives Courageous Peacemaking Award
October 22, 2014
The Center for Conscience in Action will honor Oklahoma peacemakers in a program on Sunday, October 26 in Oklahoma City.
The 2014 awardees are Chelsea Manning, a native of Crescent, Oklahoma, who is serving a 35-year sentence at Ft. Leavenworth for exposing war crimes; Sadie Mast, who will be honored for her many years of service to local peace organizing;and Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance, a small but powerful group of activists who have used direct action and creative public awareness campaigns to help Oklahomans better understand the connections between energy policy, environmental justice and state economic
policies.
“Chelsea Manning has sacrificed her freedom so that the world could know the realities of US war making”, said Rena Guay, CCA’s Executive Director.
This is the fourth year that CCA (formerly the Oklahoma Center for Conscience and Peace Research) has recognized Oklahomans who have contributed to a culture of peace by courageous individual action, but this year, rather than a single award, several will be presented.
“We are very excited to expand our annual recognitions this year, and especially with the particular individuals and groups we have selected,” said Guay.
The program will take place at Church of the Open Arms, 3131 N. Penn in OKC on Sunday October 26, beginning at 4pm. The public is invited to this free event. Light refreshments will be served.
More information about CCA can be found at centerforconscience.org.
The Center for Conscience in Action will honor Oklahoma peacemakers in a program on Sunday, October 26 in Oklahoma City.The 2014 awardees are Chelsea Manning, a native of Crescent, Oklahoma, who is serving a 35-year sentence at Ft. Leavenworth for exposing war crimes; Sadie Mast, who will be honored for her many years of service to local peace organizing;and Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance, a small but powerful group of activists who have used direct action and creative public awareness campaigns to help Oklahomans better understand the connections between energy policy, environmental justice and state economic
policies.
“Chelsea Manning has sacrificed her freedom so that the world could know the realities of US war making”, said Rena Guay, CCA’s Executive Director.
This is the fourth year that CCA (formerly the Oklahoma Center for Conscience and Peace Research) has recognized Oklahomans who have contributed to a culture of peace by courageous individual action, but this year, rather than a single award, several will be presented.
“We are very excited to expand our annual recognitions this year, and especially with the particular individuals and groups we have selected,” said Guay.
The program will take place at Church of the Open Arms, 3131 N. Penn in OKC on Sunday October 26, beginning at 4pm. The public is invited to this free event. Light refreshments will be served.
More information about CCA can be found at centerforconscience.org.
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