Houston peace and justice center

Invites you to join in honoring

 

Center for Constitutional Rights

From the height of the Civil Rights movement to the depths of Bush's war on the U.S. Constitution and fundamental human decency, the cases CCR has litigated have made legal history and emboldened progressive change. Founded by legendary movement attorneys Arthur Kinoy, William Kunstler, Ben Smith, and Morton Stavis, its unique mission has been to use the law to support, publicize, and advance struggles for human rights and social and economic justice.

Accepting the award will be Katherine Gallagher, member of the team suing Blackwater on behalf of the families of two Iraqi men its mercenaries murdered. Prior to joining CCR, from 2001-2006 Gallagher worked at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. She also worked as a legal advisor for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Kosovo, with the UN's International Independent Investigating Commission in Lebanon, and with the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Freetown. During the negotiations to establish the International Criminal Court, she worked as a member of the Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice to ensure that gender-based violence and discrimination would be adequately addressed.

For a complete list of CCR's current and past cases, including those to close Guantánamo and hold Caterpillar, Inc. responsible for the death of Rachel Corrie in the Occupied Territories, visit http://ccrjustice.org.

Houston-based honorees

• The Rothko Chapel

• University of Houston Students Against Sweatshops

• Alice Valdez, Hispanic Community Activist and Director of MECA

                                                                                                

 

Friday, November 21, 2008 in the

Waldorf Astoria Room, UH Hilton

UH Entrance 1 (off Calhoun rd.)

Reception 6:15 pm, dinner 7 pm

 

Dinner tickets $75,
table hosts from $150 to $1000.

Proceeds support HPJC's services to

Houston's communities of conscience.

Please reply by November 14, 2008
 

Reservations and payment can be made on-line.

 

 

I plan to attend the November 21 Awards Dinner

and wish to support HPJC in the following way:

 

• Benefactor ($1000): reception, program listing, and 10 tickets*

  

• Sponsor ($500): reception, program listing, and 6 tickets*

  

• Table host: ($250): reception, program listing, and 3 tickets*  

  

• Friend ($150): reception and program listing

  

• Dinner attendee:  ___ @ $75 = $ _______ 

  

*Any tickets you don’t wish to use will subsidize lower income attendees.

 

Name ____________________________________  # of tickets ______

Full Address __________________________________________________

 

•  Check if you wish to have a vegan dinner.

•  Please seat me with:

 

You can also print and mail your reservation with payment (make check payable to HPJC) and mail to:

Houston Peace and Justice Center
P.O. Box 66234
Houston, TX 77266