2021 Program
Welcome
Pastor Anthony L. Hughes, St. Paul AME Church
Cynthia Harris, Ret. Captain, Berkeley Police Dept
"Lift Every Voice and Sing"
Tarina Peace
Invocation
Wangmo Dixey, Dharma College, Berkeley
President International Buddhist Association of America
Greetings
Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin
Special Video Segment
Performance
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Acknowledgements
Pastor Hughes & Captain Harris
Keynote
Regina Mason, Author “The Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave”
Next Generation Awards
*tba*
Presented by Tasha Henneman & Julie Sinai
Community Action Awards
Presented by Carolyn Mims, Mark Coplan, Maxim Schrogin, & Ruben Lizardo
St. Paul AME
The Berkeley Food Network
Urban Adamah
McGee Avenue Baptist
Dorothy Day - Double Helping Hands
Closing Prayer
Reverend Dr. Ambrose Carroll Sr., Church By the Side of the Road, CEO Green the Church
2020 Program
Welcome
Pastor Anthony L. Hughes, St. Paul AME Church
Cynthia Harris, Ret. Captain, Berkeley Police Dept
"Lift Every Voice and Sing"
Rev. Dr. D. Mark Wilson
Invocation
Dr. Valerie Miles Tribble, American Baptist Seminary of the West
Greetings
Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin
Breakfast Blessing
Fatih Ates, Pacifica Institute
*Breakfast Served*
Performance
Good News, Gospel Rap Ministry
Acknowledgements
Greg Magofña & Carolyn Mims
Young Orator
Asha Sweeney Banks, Sylvia Mendez Elementary
Keynote
Donald Frazier, BOSS - Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency
Introduced by Pastor Hughes
Next Generation Awards
Jestine Brown
Daija Conerly
Estella Nakahara-Hemp
Kira Norwood
Lyndon Ward
Presented by Tasha Henneman & Julie Sinai
Community Action Award in Memory of Rev. Dru Howard
Parent Voices Oakland
Presented by Pastor Mike Smith
Community Action Award
East Bay Community Law Center
Presented by Maxim Schrogin
Closing Performance
Nigunim Community Chorus
Closing Prayer
Rabbi Michael Lerner, Beyt Tikkun
2018 Program
Welcome
Pastor Anthony L. Hughes, St. Paul AME Church
Captain Cynthia Harris (Ret.)
"Lift Every Voice and Sing"
Tarina Peace
Invocation
Dr. David Matsumoto, President, Institute of Buddhist Studies
Greetings
Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin
CA State Senator Nancy Skinner
CA State Assemblymember Tony Thurmond
Breakfast Blessing
Rabbi Rebekah Stern, Congregation Beth El
Acknowledgements
Diane Rames
Maxim Schrogin
Working for Justice Keynote
Ka'Dijah Brown
Community Service Award
presented to the Center for Faith, Food, and Justice
Next Generation Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award
presented to the honorable Carole Davis Kennerly
Closing Prayer
Rev. Dru Howard