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*[[Tony Harris]], President American Postal Workers Union (labor) | *[[Tony Harris]], President American Postal Workers Union (labor) | ||
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| − | The awards honor the memory of late [[Communist Party USA]] member [[Hershel Walker]], a Missouri labor and civil rights activist, who died in 1990 at the age of 81. Walker’s life – which spanned 60 years of activism – ended tragically when hit by a car on his way to deliver petitions to save 4,000 jobs at the Chrysler Plant | + | The awards honor the memory of late [[Communist Party USA]] member [[Hershel Walker]], a Missouri labor and civil rights activist, who died in 1990 at the age of 81. Walker’s life – which spanned 60 years of activism – ended tragically when hit by a car on his way to deliver petitions to save 4,000 jobs at the Chrysler Plant.<ref>[ http://www.stlouisguild.org/headlines/?p=880St. Louis Newspaper Guild, Guild I.P. Bernie Lunzer to speak Saturday morning at CWA Local 6300, May 5th, 2010]</ref> |
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| + | Known attendees included [[Communist Party USA]] affiliates, [[Tony Pecinovsky]], [[Jim Wilkerson]], [[Zenobia Thompson]], [[Lew Moye]], [[Glenn Burleigh]], [[Julie Terbrock]], [[John Bowman]], [[Joe Thomas]], [[Jeanette Mott Oxford]], [[Democratic Socialists of America]] member [[Joan Suarez]], plus [[Mahrya Monson]], [[Don Giljum]], [[Jessica Pace]], [[Jason Kennedy]], [[Jennifer Rafanan]], [[Solveig Paulson]], Dr. [[Greg Miday]], [[Roosevelt Stewart]], [[Michael Vossler]], [[Maria Chapelle Nadal]], [[Richard Von Glahn]], [[Shannon Duffy]] and State Rep. [[James Morris]]. <ref>[Martin Rafanan Flickr photostream, accessed Jan. 8, 2010]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 08:24, 8 January 2011
Anthony (Tony) Harris
Communist Party award
The Missouri Communist Party USA's Friends of the People’s World hosted their 18th annual ‘Hershel Walker Peace and Justice Awards Breakfast’ Saturday, May 8, 2010, at the CWA Local 6300 Union Hall, 2258 Grissom Drive (in the Westport area), St. Louis.
Newspaper Guild International President Bernie Lunzer was the main speaker for the event.
The honorees were:
- Tony Harris, President American Postal Workers Union (labor)
- Martin Rafanan, Ex. Director Gateway Homeless Services (community)
- State Senator Rita Heard Days, D-14 (public service)
- Clem Smith, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (civil rights)
The awards honor the memory of late Communist Party USA member Hershel Walker, a Missouri labor and civil rights activist, who died in 1990 at the age of 81. Walker’s life – which spanned 60 years of activism – ended tragically when hit by a car on his way to deliver petitions to save 4,000 jobs at the Chrysler Plant.[1]
Known attendees included Communist Party USA affiliates, Tony Pecinovsky, Jim Wilkerson, Zenobia Thompson, Lew Moye, Glenn Burleigh, Julie Terbrock, John Bowman, Joe Thomas, Jeanette Mott Oxford, Democratic Socialists of America member Joan Suarez, plus Mahrya Monson, Don Giljum, Jessica Pace, Jason Kennedy, Jennifer Rafanan, Solveig Paulson, Dr. Greg Miday, Roosevelt Stewart, Michael Vossler, Maria Chapelle Nadal, Richard Von Glahn, Shannon Duffy and State Rep. James Morris. [2]
References
- ↑ [ http://www.stlouisguild.org/headlines/?p=880St. Louis Newspaper Guild, Guild I.P. Bernie Lunzer to speak Saturday morning at CWA Local 6300, May 5th, 2010]
- ↑ [Martin Rafanan Flickr photostream, accessed Jan. 8, 2010]