New Vistas for Peace
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Economic Regeneration
& New Vistas for Peace:
Dinner and
Presentations to support Indian Flood Victims
Indian and American
Communities will gather to honor two of the four Awardees of the
prestigious Jamanalal Bajaj Award Foundation of India, including
MPT's Peter Dougherty.
September 11, 2010 at 3:00
p.m.
Hannah Community Center
East Lansing, Michigan 48823
  Honoring
Award Winners:
Fr. Peter Dougherty
of MPT, and Lavanam Goparaju of the Atheist Center in India. Both
men received the prestigious Jamnalal Bajaj Award in Mumbai, India,
at a glittering ceremony attended by 500 people in November 2009.
This award is given to people who do exemplary work for World Peace
and Social Service in India and abroad. Peter received the Peace
Award for promoting Gandhian values outside of India. He is a
teacher and trainer of nonviolence, has worked for social justice in
many arenas, and is co-founder of the international peace
organization, Michigan
Peace Team. Lavanam Goparaju was recognized for doing
exemplary social work for the poor people in India. Mr. Lavanam,
of the Atheist Center in
India, is a well-known senior Gandhian and has received various
national and international awards for his work for the
rehabilitation of criminal tribes as well as rescuing young girls
from prostitution. The awardees will honor
those present by lending their thoughts on the following critical
subjects for the people of Michigan and the world:
“New
Vistas for Peace” --
Fr. Peter Dougherty
and
“Economic Regeneration” -
Mr. Lavanam Goparaju
You are cordially
invited to join us in honoring both of them.
The program will be
followed by a delicious, organic gourmet Vegetarian Indian Dinner.
***Of
Special Note:*** A
voluntary donation of $20 or more will be accepted to benefit theSurvivors
of The Indo-Pak 2010 Floods. Floods in the Indian
sub-continent have affected over 20 million people: the
worst flood of the century. All gifts over $20 are eligible
for 100% tax deduction.
For Details on this disaster, go to:
Checks should be made payable to Vaishnava
Center and
earmarked"For Flood Relief".
To secure
your reservations for this dinner program, please confirm on or
before Thursday, September 2nd 2010.
RSVP by
phone to one of the following:
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