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11/21/2006 CMEP NEWSLETTER
Churches for Middle East Peace is pleased to announce that Corinne Whitlatch, its Executive Director, will be honored by the United Nations Association-National Capital Area at its annual Human Rights Day Luncheon at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC on December 8. She will give the keynote address. Information about the luncheon and how to reserve tickets follows. If you wish to be seated at a table with others from the CMEP network, please indicate this with your reservation.
Annual Human Rights Day Luncheon
On Friday, December 8, 2006, from noon until 2:00 p.m., UNA-NCA will commemorate the adoption, in 1948, of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with its annual Human Rights Day Luncheon on Capitol Hill. The event will take place at the Cannon House Office Building, Caucus Room 345, located at Independence Avenue between New Jersey Avenue and First Street (nearest metro station is Capital South on the blue and orange lines).
UNA-NCA is pleased to announce that it will be presenting the 2006 Louis B. Sohn Award to Ms. Corinne Whitlach, Executive Director, Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP). For twenty years, Ms. Whitlatch has led the CMEP coalition of 22 Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant churches and church-related organizations for 20 years. She came to CMEP after working on Middle East peace education and advocacy in Washington for the American Israel Council for Israeli-Palestinian Peace and for the American Friends Service Committee. Under Corinne’s leadership, CMEP has become recognized as the voice of the churches by Administration officials and Congressional offices, as well as Jewish-American and Arab-American collegial organizations and media. Corinne speaks at conferences across the country to educate and train grassroots advocates.
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That's my Grandma. I cant even describe how amazing she is. I couldn't be more proud. I sometimes wonder if she knows that she inspired me to be a social worker and to dedicate my life to social service. I hate it that she lives so far away. I have always wished that we were closer than we are. But I realize that she is doing extraordinary things. She has dedicated her life to helping people. And has never asked for anything in return. She's the strongest woman I have ever met, and she never stops amazing me. Wow. I'm trying to find the words to say to her. I want to call her and tell her how happy I am for her. But she makes me really nervous. She has dinner with diplomats and ambassadors, travels the world, and changes the lives of millions of people.
Well I'm going to call Grandma then go to my last day of class before break. And hopefully do well on the Anthro test I have today..yikes
Churches for Middle East Peace is pleased to announce that Corinne Whitlatch, its Executive Director, will be honored by the United Nations Association-National Capital Area at its annual Human Rights Day Luncheon at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC on December 8. She will give the keynote address. Information about the luncheon and how to reserve tickets follows. If you wish to be seated at a table with others from the CMEP network, please indicate this with your reservation.
Annual Human Rights Day Luncheon
On Friday, December 8, 2006, from noon until 2:00 p.m., UNA-NCA will commemorate the adoption, in 1948, of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with its annual Human Rights Day Luncheon on Capitol Hill. The event will take place at the Cannon House Office Building, Caucus Room 345, located at Independence Avenue between New Jersey Avenue and First Street (nearest metro station is Capital South on the blue and orange lines).
UNA-NCA is pleased to announce that it will be presenting the 2006 Louis B. Sohn Award to Ms. Corinne Whitlach, Executive Director, Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP). For twenty years, Ms. Whitlatch has led the CMEP coalition of 22 Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant churches and church-related organizations for 20 years. She came to CMEP after working on Middle East peace education and advocacy in Washington for the American Israel Council for Israeli-Palestinian Peace and for the American Friends Service Committee. Under Corinne’s leadership, CMEP has become recognized as the voice of the churches by Administration officials and Congressional offices, as well as Jewish-American and Arab-American collegial organizations and media. Corinne speaks at conferences across the country to educate and train grassroots advocates.
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That's my Grandma. I cant even describe how amazing she is. I couldn't be more proud. I sometimes wonder if she knows that she inspired me to be a social worker and to dedicate my life to social service. I hate it that she lives so far away. I have always wished that we were closer than we are. But I realize that she is doing extraordinary things. She has dedicated her life to helping people. And has never asked for anything in return. She's the strongest woman I have ever met, and she never stops amazing me. Wow. I'm trying to find the words to say to her. I want to call her and tell her how happy I am for her. But she makes me really nervous. She has dinner with diplomats and ambassadors, travels the world, and changes the lives of millions of people.
Well I'm going to call Grandma then go to my last day of class before break. And hopefully do well on the Anthro test I have today..yikes