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David Works, Shay Banks-Young and Julia Jefferson Westerinen are joining past award winners Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu and Muhammad Ali in receiving the 2010 Common Ground Award.<\/p>\n

For over a decade Search for Common Grounds (SFCG) has been conferring this award to honor achievements in conflict resolution, negotiation, community building, and Peacebuilding.<\/p>\n

Works, Banks-Young and Westerinen will be recognized at 7:30 pm on Nov. 11 in the Grosvenor Auditorium of the National Geographic Society in Washington D.C., for their work in bridging racial divides by nurturing relationships among descendants of Thomas (Martha) Jefferson, and Sally Hemmings.<\/p>\n

Works and Banks-Young have done much of their collaborative work under the auspices of Coming to the Table<\/a>, a program of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding<\/a> at 91短视频. Westeriner and Banks-Young have filled many auditoriums across the country sharing their stories and exploring how the legacy of slavery continues to have an impact on U.S. society.<\/p>\n

For more information about this event please contact, Rachel Lyn Okun 202.777.2230 or\u00a0 cgawards@sfcg.org<\/a>. For more information about Coming to the Table, please contact Sha Jackson 540 432 4491 or\u00a0cttt@emu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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