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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Contact: Betsy Mulligan-Dague, </span><a href="mailto:peace@jrpc.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">peace@jrpc.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
or 543-3955<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Jeannette Rankin Peace Center will be hosting its
annual Search for Peace. This year we are asking you to submit nominations for
young people age 5 to 18 who are exemplifying what peacemaking is all about. We
are looking for young people who are walking the walk in their families,
schools and neighborhoods to show us what peace means and what it makes
possible for our community. The deadline for submission is March 30, 2018. A
cash prize will be awarded to the young person who is chosen by a panel of
peers at an event in May. Nominations can be completed online at </span><a href="https://jrpc.org/programs/search-for-peace-award/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://jrpc.org/programs/search-for-peace-award/</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
or printed and turned in to the Jeannette Rankin Peace Center at 519 S. Higgins
or via email to </span><a href="mailto:peace@jrpc.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">peace@jrpc.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The contest is co-sponsored by the JRPC, Empower MT
and First Security Bank. This will be the 17^th year of the Search
for Peace, first started by Father Jim Hogan of Missoula in 2001. “We must seek
peace, nurture peace, teach peace, and express peace in our daily lives,” said
Hogan. The award is a way of giving young people the opportunity to teach and
inspire us with their vision of what peace is. <span><span></span></span></span></p>

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email at </span><a href="mailto:peace@jrpc.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">peace@jrpc.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
or by phone at 406-543-3955.<span></span></span></p>

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<br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><font style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" size="4"><b style="color:rgb(0,102,0)"><font size="2"><br></font></b></font><div style="text-align:center"><br><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Betsy Mulligan-Dague, Executive Director</span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Jeannette Rankin Peace Center</span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">...working to build a world that is nonviolent, socially just and environmentally sustainable...</span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">519 S. Higgins</span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Missoula, MT 59801</span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Phone: 406-543-3955</span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Fax:  406-541-3997</span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:peace@jrpc.org" target="_blank">peace@jrpc.org</a></span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.jrpc.org" target="_blank">www.jrpc.org</a></span></div></div></div>
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