[Vision2020] nominations wanted for city award

[Bill London]

MAYOR ANNOUNCES BIENNIAL SHEIKH COMMUNITY UNITY AWARD 
 
 OUTSTANDING NOMINEES SOUGHT FOR AWARD; 
 PRESENTATION TO BE NOVEMBER 10 
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>  Mayor Marshall Comstock announced the establishment of the Ismat 
> Ara and  Abdul Mannan Sheikh Community Unity Award, a biennial award in 
> honor of  the memory of two outstanding Moscow citizens, Ismat Ara Sheikh 
> and her  husband, Abdul Mannan Sheikh, who demonstrated the meaning of 
> community unity in their personal lives and outreach to the Moscow 
> community. This  was marked in particular with their open invitation to anyone for 
> community Thanksgiving meals they hosted for many years in Moscow. The 
> Ismat Ara and Abdul Mannan Sheikh Community Unity Award is a biennial 
> civic award to highlight and honor the achievements of a Moscow 
> citizen or group who have made outstanding commitments to community 
> unity and who have a history of significant effort on behalf of diversity, 
> inclusion and human rights in Moscow and the surrounding community. The recipient(s) of the award will also have a strong history of broad community service throughout Moscow and beyond. 
> 
> > The selection of the first recipient of this award will be made by Mayor Marshall Comstock from nominees forwarded by the Moscow Human Rights Commission. Nominees are being solicited from the ranks of Moscow citizens and screened by the Human Rights Commission. The intention is to reserve this award for extraordinary contributions to diversity, inclusion, community and service to all of Moscow. 
> 
  Anyone wishing to nominate a person or group for this award should put their nomination in writing to Moscow Human Rights Commission, c/o  Moscow City Clerk, with a short (up to one page) explanation of what  prompts this nomination. Nominations must be received at City Hall,  delivered to the City Clerk in person or by mail, PO Box 9203, Moscow,  not later than 4 P.M. Thursday, October 27, 2005. The nominees 
> forwarded to the Mayor for final consideration shall meet the  following criteria: 
> 
  * significant contributions to community unity and human  understanding in and around Moscow. 

 * significant efforts on behalf of diversity, inclusion and  human rights in Moscow. 
 * outstanding commitment to community, public service and City  of Moscow. 
> 
  The award includes a plaque and inclusion of the recipient's name  on a  central plaque to be housed in a prominent place in the City as  well as  the planting of a commemorative tree on city property to honor the  award recipient and the Sheikhs. 
> 
>  The first recipient of the Ismat Ara and Abdul Mannan Sheikh Community  Unity Award will be announced at ceremonies in the 1912 Center  Thursday,November 10, 2005. 
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