2009 Award Ceremony

Children of Abraham Award Ceremony

Musical offering performed by Lena Seikaly.

Welcome by Father Patrick Rogers, S.J., Director, Campus Ministry, Undergraduate Campus, Georgetown University, and Avideh Shashaani, President, FFC.

Keynote address by Roberta Baskin.

Reflections by student essayists. Introduced by Lauren Sumida.

Presentations by 2008 micro-grant awardees, Devika Jaipuriar and Jonathan Kesten. Introduced by Melissa Mergner.

Presentation of 2008 Children of Abraham Peace Essay Contest awards by Roberta Baskin.

Presentation of Teacher’s Award for Peace Advocacy to David Weeks of Glenelg Country School. Introduced by Lansing Freeman.

Candlelight ceremony, with closing prayers by Rabbi Harold White and students.

Closing musical offering by Lena Seikaly.


Award Ceremony Photographs for the 2008-2009 Peace Essay Contest:

Riggs Library, Healy Hall, Georgetown University