Thomas Merton Center

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===Awards Banquet===
On Tuesday, May 19, 2009, the Thomas Merton Center (TMC) annual New Persons Award at East Liberty Presbyterian Church - from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM. 2009: Emory Biko, Dr. Kimberly Ellis, Paradise Gray, and Jasiri X.
 
A social hour will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. During that time, attendees are welcome to socialize and meet the awardees. Food and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided, and a silent auction for a number of beautiful art pieces will be held. The award program will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Admission cost is $20.00 ($10.00/low-income). Reservations can be made online at www.thomasmertoncenter.org <http://www.thomasmertoncenter.org/> or by contacting the Thomas Merton Center at 412-361-3022.
The Thomas Merton Center is Pittsburgh’s primary peace and social justice center. For thirty-six years, the Center has worked to instill a consciousness of values and to raise the moral questions involved in the issues of war, poverty, racism, and oppression. Since its beginning, the Thomas Merton Center has expanded with twenty-six on-going projects and is a resource for dozens of social justice and peace groups.
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"“Together we will develop the social concept of art as a new-born child … social art, social sculpture, which sets itself the task of apprehending more than just physical material. We also need the spiritual soil of social art, where every single person experiences and recognizes himself as a creative, world-determining being."
-- artist Joseph Beuys (1921-1986)