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Peace Builder Awards poster featuring watercolor background with apple blossoms and the text: "Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center's 21st Annual Peace Builder Awards - 10.25.2024, 5:30pm, Four Points by Sheraton

Our 21st Annual Peace Builder Awards is scheduled for October 25th, 2024, at the Four Points by Sheraton. The Peace Builder Awards have spotlighted individuals and organizations since 2003, whose remarkable acts of community-building have strengthened our neighborhoods, schools, and Whatcom County at large. The Peace Builder Awards also serves as a core fundraising event, to support WDRC’s full range of conflict prevention and intervention services.

Stay tuned for Peace Builder Award nominations open soon, and check out our Youth Peace Poetry Contest, now accepting submissions!

Interested in sponsoring the Peace Builder Awards?

Supporting the WDRC not only changes lives; it also plays a key role in your business’s cause marketing. The WDRC serves thousands of individuals and families each year and has a dedicated base of volunteers and supporters. Your donation is a unique opportunity to expose your business and your brand to a conscientious and committed pool of new and current customers.

Thank you 2024 PBA Sponsors

 
 

Take a look below at last year’s beautiful event.

2023 Peace Builder Awards full recording

The 2023 Peace Builder Awardees

Youth Award: Jasmin Bautista - For her collaborative efforts to bring people together across difference, creating a sense of belonging

Community Award: Jessyca Murphy, Make.Shift - For her ongoing efforts to promote justice, inspire collaboration, and intertwine art and healing

Resilience Award: Lorelei Bowers, Bridge 2 Services - For her tireless efforts to meet houseless community members’ basic needs

Healing and Reconciliation Award: Salmon People Research Team from the Young and Indigenous Podcast, Children of the Setting Sun Productions - For their work to gather and share stories, building trust and connection among Salmon People

Collaboration Award: Tina McKim and the Birchwood Food Desert Fighters - For her efforts to bring people together to improve community health and food access

Inclusion Award: Michelle Harmeier and the Bellingham Queer Collective - For their dedication to build a welcoming LGTBQ+ community, creating a sense of inclusion and safety

Arts Education Award: Jason LaClair - For his efforts to increase understanding of and connection to the Coast Salish People through art

Thank you to all of our 2023 Sponsors!

 

Thank you to our 2023 Silent Auction Donors