International Day of Peace - 2016
Over 250 people attended Bellingham's 13th annual International Day of Peace in 2016. Photographer Richard Brummett documented the evening for WPJC. To share your photos and videos, please email them to [email protected].
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Nikkita Oliver, keynote speaker; Black Lives Matter Bellingham, Racial Justice Coalition and Community to Community Development tables during info fair; vigil signs outside the Majestic; Adam Amr of Jazz for Justice; Andy Ingram and Edward Alexander signing "If I Had a Hammer"; Darrell Hillaire, Howard Harris Lifetime Peacemaker Award recipient; Swil Kanim closes the evening; Occupy Bellingham, WWU AS Social Issues Resource Center and Jobs with Justice tables during the info fair; Peter van der Veen and Carla Shafer listen to speakers; Alex Larson Kubiak and Gabija Vaičekonis of Jazz for Justice; peace dove outside Majestic; Duane Jager; Access Bellingham videographer; Jimmy Austin of Jazz for Justice.
Top to bottom, right to left:
Nikkita Oliver, keynote speaker; Black Lives Matter Bellingham, Racial Justice Coalition and Community to Community Development tables during info fair; vigil signs outside the Majestic; Adam Amr of Jazz for Justice; Andy Ingram and Edward Alexander signing "If I Had a Hammer"; Darrell Hillaire, Howard Harris Lifetime Peacemaker Award recipient; Swil Kanim closes the evening; Occupy Bellingham, WWU AS Social Issues Resource Center and Jobs with Justice tables during the info fair; Peter van der Veen and Carla Shafer listen to speakers; Alex Larson Kubiak and Gabija Vaičekonis of Jazz for Justice; peace dove outside Majestic; Duane Jager; Access Bellingham videographer; Jimmy Austin of Jazz for Justice.
Nikkita Oliver, keynote speakerNikkita is a spoken word artist, teaching artist, and anti-racist organizer. She is also an attorney in Washington State and currently completing a Masters of Education at the University of Washington with a focus on racial disproportionality and disparate practice in school exclusion policies. Nikkita has dedicated the last decade of her life to service in the Seattle Public Schools and the King County Youth Services Center. She is the recipient of the 2015 Seattle Office of Civil Rights Artist Human Rights Leader Award and was the 2014 Seattle Poetry National Team Coach and Grand Slam Champion.
Howard Harris Lifetime Peacemaker AwardAwarded annually since 2005 to a local peacemaker whose life's work in is in the spirit of Howard Harris, one of the founders of Bellingham's peace vigil.
Darrell Hillaire of Setting Sun Productions is this year's recipient and will accept the award at IDP. Darrell is a tribal member of the Lummi Nation, a playwright and storyteller, and a founder of the Lummi Youth Academy. SponsorsVeterans for Peace Chapter 111
Bellingham-Whatcom Peace & Justice (and Earthcare) Vigil Community Food Co-op The Bureau of Historical Investigation Brandywine Kitchen Boundary Bay Brewery Daylight Properties |
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