Calvert County group opposing gas export wins Activist Award
The annual Activist Awards are held in December every year by the Washington Peace Center. At the Dec 11 2014 Awards, the "Be the Change" award went to Calvert Citizens for a Healthy Community for their work opposing Dominion's planned LNG/fracked gas export facility at Cove Point.
Video-representative of Calvert Citizens for a Healthy Community on receiving the award
The full list of awards is
Aja Taylor, Bread for the City and the DC Ban the Box Coalition
Power to the People Award: Bruno Avila, Employmen Justice Center and Latino Economic Development Center
Be the Change award: Calvert Citizens for a Healthy Community
Speak Truth to Power award: Noura Erakat, Jadaliyya and the DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival
No Justice, no Peace award: Salim Adofo, National Black United Front
Another World is Possible Award: Salvador Sarmiento, National Day Laborers Organizer Network and Cosita Seria
Youth Award: Lydia Brown, Washington Metro Disabled Students Collective and the Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Lifetime Achievement Award: Shujaa Graham, Witness to Innocence
