February 16, 2012
6-7pm Registration & Cocktail Reception
7-9pm Dinner & Awards Program
Location: Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines
10950 North Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA 92037
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On February 16, 2012, from 6pm–9pm, NCRC will proudly host the 24th annual Peacemaker Awards dinner at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines to honor individuals and organizations that are dedicated to peacemaking in their own neighborhoods and around the world. The inspiring evening continues to prove that although conflict can be painful and destructive, it also brings opportunities for growth through improved understanding and insight.

National Peacemaker Honoree

David Gergen

David Gergen is a senior political analyst for CNN and has been a senior advisor for three Republican and one Democratic administration: Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton. He is a Professor of Public Service and the Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, where part of the mission is to train enlightened public leaders globally. Mr. Gergen has a sense of urgency about the need for civility, tolerance and for Americans to summon the courage and goodwill to stand together.

Local Peacemaker Honoree

transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project

Award Sponsored by Christopher & Patricia Weil

transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project provides professional training in dance, choreography, creative writing, and theatre to multi-cultural, inner-city youth throughout San Diego. transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project uses the arts as an effective vehicle for mobilizing and empowering the youth to overcome their differences and to work to promote social change in their communities. transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project believes that art is not only a privilege but a necessity of life.

About the Awards

NCRC believes that those who have the courage and perseverance to collaborate with others and make notable progress toward a more civil society deserve recognition. Since the first Peacemaker Awards in 1989, NCRC has celebrated the accomplishments of many individuals and organizations for their ability to recognize a need for change, then craft a positive solution to the issue. NCRC has given awards to deserving recipients ranging from well-known elected officials and public figures to reformed gang members and tattoo artists.

Knowing that peacemaking happens in a variety of ways, NCRC celebrates both large and small acts of successful conflict management. By publicly acknowledging and celebrating these outstanding individuals and organizations, NCRC hopes the Peacemaker Awards will broadcast far and wide that there is hope for change and we must always strive to find positive solutions to conflict and violence.