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Newsletter
Fall 2004
Nobel Peace Prize For Environmental Justice and Human
Rights
 Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum has long praised The City Project's work on parks and green space, playgrounds, and recreation
to achieve equal justice, democracy and livability for all: "It
is very important that our children grow up healthy. The more they
play together with other children, the better people will be in
the future. Parks and school yards are a place for peace, a place
where life-long values are built. Community activism to build parks
and schools is a way of saying no to violence, no to war. Peace
and hope are part of our children's education and culture."
In October 2004 the Nobel Peace Prize Committee awarded the Peace
Prize to Wangari Muta Maathai, the Kenyan woman who has planted
30 million trees in Africa and campaigned for women's rights and
greater democracy. "In managing our resources and in sustainable
development, we plant the seeds of peace," according to Ms.
Maathai. The award for Ms. Maathai is a milestone in putting environmental
justice front and center in the environmental, civil rights, and
human rights movements.
The City Project celebrated Ms. Maathai's work at an October 23, 2004,
event with the Anahuak Youth Soccer Association honoring Rigoberta
Menchu. The City Project's Executive Director, Robert García received
the Rigoberta Menchú Tum Award from the Anahuak Youth Soccer Association
in appreciation for his support for human rights and political
solutions to conflicts through dialogue.
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