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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBlack Lives Matter awarded 2017 Sydney peace prize
Source: The Guardian
Black Lives Matter awarded 2017 Sydney peace prize
Former winners Naomi Klein and Pat Dodson hail recognition of
US-founded movement that resonates around the globe
Calla Wahlquist
Monday 22 May 2017 21.40 BST
The human rights movement Black Lives Matter has won this years Sydney peace prize.
The movement which will be honoured in Sydney in November was founded in the US by Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi after the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman, who had been accused of murdering black teenager Trayvon Martin.
Each year the Sydney Peace Foundation honours a nominee who has promoted peace with justice, human rights and non-violence. Past recipients include Julian Burnside, Prof Noam Chomsky and the former Irish president Mary Robinson.
Western Australian Labor senator Pat Dodson, who was awarded the Sydney peace prize in 2008 for his advocacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, applauded the selection of Black Lives Matter as a movement that stood against ignorance, hostility, discrimination, or racism.
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Former winners Naomi Klein and Pat Dodson hail recognition of
US-founded movement that resonates around the globe
Calla Wahlquist
Monday 22 May 2017 21.40 BST
The human rights movement Black Lives Matter has won this years Sydney peace prize.
The movement which will be honoured in Sydney in November was founded in the US by Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi after the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman, who had been accused of murdering black teenager Trayvon Martin.
Each year the Sydney Peace Foundation honours a nominee who has promoted peace with justice, human rights and non-violence. Past recipients include Julian Burnside, Prof Noam Chomsky and the former Irish president Mary Robinson.
Western Australian Labor senator Pat Dodson, who was awarded the Sydney peace prize in 2008 for his advocacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, applauded the selection of Black Lives Matter as a movement that stood against ignorance, hostility, discrimination, or racism.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/23/black-lives-matter-awarded-2017-sydney-peace-prize
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Black Lives Matter awarded 2017 Sydney peace prize (Original Post)
Eugene
May 2017
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padfun
(1,786 posts)2. This will piss RW'ers off
Lots of news lately that will have them reaching for more conspiracy theories.
sheshe2
(83,637 posts)3. "peace with justice"
WellDarn
(255 posts)4. Great news!
Not coincidentally, the good brought by BPP was also far more universally recognized overseas.