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WLS Recipient's Work Featured in World Pulse Spotlight
WLS recipient Dr. Karambu Ringera has written an account of her work fostering peace dialogues in some of the internally displaced persons camps in Kenya. The article, titled "When Elephants Fight, the Grass Below Suffers," is featured in World Pulse Spotlight.
WLS Selection Committee Member Receives Human Rights Award
WLS Selection Committee Member, Paulina Lopez, was awarded the 2007 Human Rights Distinguished Citizen Award provided by the City of Seattle, Office for Civil Rights. She received the award at a ceremony on December 6, 2007, commemorating International Human Rights day.
Paulina is active in many community organizations throughout Seattle, and is a strong human rights advocate and leader. Currently, she is the International Services Program Manager at Seattle-King County Red Cross. Her program provides interpreters and translators to local community organizations and individuals, and advocates for the rights of non-English speaking individuals.
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