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Every October cities all over the world hold Summits to celebrate the Earth Charter, a UN-commissioned declaration of principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society for the 21st century.

CPR coordinates Ventura County's Earth Charter Summit and presents annual Earth Charter Awards to those community activists who best embody the Earth Charter's core values. Please join us in honoring the 13 local heroes and sheroes selected as this year's Ventura County ambassadors of the Earth Charter Principles:

Respect and care for the community of life
Michael Takeda, Helen Sachiko Takeda and the late Hiroshi Takeda, Hiroshima/Nagasaki survivors, for bearing witness to the need to abolish nuclear weapons.

Ecological Integrity
Rachel Morris and Elzbet Diaz de Leon for educating, organizing and greening our community by founding VCCool --"Ventura Climate Care Options Organized Locally."
Jean Harris for a lifetime of progressive activism, including the preservation of Oxnard's Ormond Beach

Social and Economic Justice
Alice Linsmeier for her dedication to immigrant rights and leadership in the New Sanctuary Movement

Democracy, Nonviolence and Peace
Norman and Betty Eagle for their steadfast commitment to ending war and militarism

Earth Charter and the Arts
Perla Batalla for her musical genius and extraordinary devotion to social and economic justice

Youth Education and Outreach
Javier Gómez for decades of teaching our children and sustaining Oxnard's unique cultural treasure, Centro Inlakech/ Inlakech Cultural Arts Center

Youth Activism
Lauren Saltoun Weiner and Lauren Elizabeth Steinbaum for founding the Ventura High School Peacers

As a Board Member of CPR and the 2005 Youth Activism awardee, i invite you to attend this special social and cultural ceremony and help us honor those in our community who are actively helping to make the world a better place.