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Past Programs

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
*tba*

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