The North Carolina Peace Corps Association "Bringing the World Back Home"
2010 Peace Prize Ceremony Sunday February 28th 3 pm Page-Walker History and Arts Center 119 Ambassador Loop, Cary, NC
Public Welcome
The North Carolina Peace Prize
The North Carolina Peace Prize recognizes a non-profit agency in the Tarheel state which promotes peace and cross-cultural understanding and shares the "helping others to help themselves" ideology of the Peace Corps.
In 1996, the Director of Latin American Affairs at the Carter Center, Bob Pastor, presented the first annual Peace Prize to Student Action with Farmworkers.
Winners in years since then include Source Force, Nourish International, My Sister's House, Center for Participatory Change; High Country Amigos; Durham-San Ramon Sister Communities; North Carolina Partners of the Americas; El Centro Hispano; SEEDS; Friends of the Glenwood Library; Student Action for Farm Workers and Nourish International.
The 2010 winner of the Peace Prize award is the USCRI - the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants - Raleigh Field Office.
Previous Winners and Photos: * 2009 Source Force * 2008 Nourish International * (no award given in 2007) * 2006 My Sisters House
