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Black Lives Matter Wins Global Peace Prize for Championing Justice and Equality
« on: June 05, 2017, 08:25:50 am »
Black Lives Matter Wins Global Peace Prize for Championing Justice and Equality
By Cristina Silva On 5/31/17 at 10:02 AM
 

The Black Lives Matter social justice movement has been recognized with a global peace prize that in the past has highlighted the work of South African civil rights activist Desmond Tutu, renowned philosopher Noam Chomsky and former Irish President Mary Robinson.

The Sydney Peace Foundation announced last week it will give Black Lives Matter its 2017 peace prize during a ceremony scheduled in November for Sydney. The award recognizes the work of the founding leaders of the social justice activist network, Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi, who began working together after Florida neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman was acquitted in 2013 in the shooting death of black teen Trayvon Martin.

http://www.newsweek.com/black-lives-matter-wins-global-peace-prize-championing-justice-and-equality-618217
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Re: Black Lives Matter Wins Global Peace Prize for Championing Justice and Equality
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2017, 08:30:19 am »
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Re: Black Lives Matter Wins Global Peace Prize for Championing Justice and Equality
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2017, 08:54:51 am »
Another award rendered meaningless by its recipients, much like the Nobel Peace Prize...
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Re: Black Lives Matter Wins Global Peace Prize for Championing Justice and Equality
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2017, 09:12:08 am »
Apparently they name these prizes using the same method Democrats use to name legislation.
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Re: Black Lives Matter Wins Global Peace Prize for Championing Justice and Equality
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2017, 09:15:29 am »
Quote from: Hondo69 on June 05, 2017, 09:12:08 am
Apparently they name these prizes using the same method Democrats use to name legislation.
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Re: Black Lives Matter Wins Global Peace Prize for Championing Justice and Equality
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2017, 12:00:22 pm »
Lack Lives Batter is surely worthy of the award.
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