<div dir="ltr">Behold your invitation to inspiration! We are opening the nominations for the 2021 Fr. Jim Hogan Search for Peace award. This year marks the 20th anniversary of this Missoula tradition – twenty years of being inspired and delighted by the youth of Missoula. Peacemaker, Fr. Jim Hogan started this project as a balance to the call for war. With all the efforts the US military spends trying to recruit our young people into the service of destruction, Fr. Hogan wanted to make sure there was an opportunity for them to spend time and effort exploring and envisioning peaceful alternatives. Initially the Search for Peace was an art and essay contest and in the last few years we have expanded it to focus more on the stories these young people are living and the gifts they are giving to this community.<br><br>We want to tell the stories of young Missoulians who inspire us. So think about who you know between the ages of 5 and 18 who is walking the walk of building justice and nonviolence. After last year, we could all benefit from searching for the good among us and sharing it with each other. Use our nomination form by April 15 to tell us about how this young person is making peace happen.<div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:break-word;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="line-height:inherit"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">For more information, c</span></span></span><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">ontact: Betsy Mulligan-Dague, </span><a href="mailto:peace@jrpc.org" target="_blank" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:blue">peace@jrpc.org</a><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">
or 406-274-6171</span><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:black;font-size:10.5pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><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></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0B28apT8KRIwadERlNU5tYjY3T19qM0o4VGxndDFhLVJzMUhv&export=download" width="96" height="33"><br></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><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"><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 style="text-align:center"><p class="MsoNormal">We at Jeannette Rankin Peace Center acknowledge that we are
here in Missoula on lands stolen from Indigenous people by white European
invaders. We honor the people of the
Salish, Kootenai, Pend d’Oreille, Blackfeet and Shoshone tribes, appreciate them
for their legacy as protectors of the land and environment and commit to carry
their work forward as stewards of environmental and racial justice.</p></div></div></div></div></div>
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