[Vision2020] PR - Mayor Seeks Sheikh Award Nominations

[Stephanie Kalasz]

City of Moscow
206 E Third Street
Moscow, ID 83843
Contact: Gary J. Riedner, City Supervisor
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PRESS RELEASE
Mayor Seeks Sheikh Award Nominations

August 31, 2011 (Moscow, Idaho) - Mayor Nancy Chaney is asking for nominations for the Ismat Ara and Abdul Mannan Sheikh Community Unity Award, a biennial award in honor of the memory of two outstanding Moscow citizens, the late Ismat Ara Sheikh and 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 given 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.  Recipients of the award also have a strong history of broad community service throughout Moscow and beyond.

The selection of the recipient of this award will be made by Mayor Nancy Chaney 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, no later than 4 P.M. Friday, October 10, 20011.  The nominees forwarded to the Mayor by the Human Rights Commission 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 the City of Moscow

The award includes a plaque for the recipient and inclusion of the recipient's name on a central plaque to be housed in a prominent place in City Hall as well as a commemorative stone plaque on City property to honor the award recipient and the Sheikhs.

The recipients of the Ismat Ara and Abdul Mannan Sheikh Community Unity Award will be announced at a public ceremony in City Hall Council Chambers on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.

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To get more information about the lives of Ismat and Mannan Sheikh or reactions to the creation of the award, the Sheikh children are very willing to talk with the press about this award:


*         Mahmood Sheikh, Boise, Idaho: Work: (208) 334-4500; Cell: (208) 350-3683

*         Zahrah Khan, Littleton, Colorado: Home: (303) 347-1473

*         Amtul Siddiqui, Vancouver, BC, Canada: Work: (604) 709-6617; Home: (604) 468-3827

Story Contact: Gary J. Riedner, City Supervisor
Phone: 208-883-7006
Email: griedner at ci.moscow.id.us<mailto:griedner at ci.moscow.id.us>


The City of Moscow delivers quality municipal services while ensuring responsible use of resources. We anticipate and meet the needs of our diverse population in order to build public trust and enhance a sense of community.


Jen Pfiffner
Assistant to the City Supervisor
City of Moscow
PO Box 9203 | 206 E Third Street
Moscow, ID 83843
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