Maya Angelou will be keynote speaker at peace event on March 1 in Dallas

by PegNews wire

Hope for Peace & Justice (H4PJ) will present "Voices of Peace" on Saturday, March 1 at 2 p.m. at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas. The event will honor one of the greatest peacemakers of our time, keynote speaker Dr. Maya Angelou. H4PJ will present Dr. Angelou with the first "Voice of Peace" award in recognition of a life lived in the pursuit of peace and justice. The afternoon also will celebrate Dr. Angelou's 80th birthday, April 4.

In addition, the Meyerson will be filled with music. The Voices of Peace Chorus, under the direction of Timothy Seelig, will include singers from The Women's Chorus of Dallas, the Turtle Creek Chorale, One Achord, the Cathedral of Hope Sanctuary Choir, and MosaicSong. The chorus will be accompanied by the New Texas Symphony Orchestra, and the Meyerson Symphony Center's spectacular Lay Family Organ. The male chorus from First Baptist Church, Hamilton Park also will be featured. The afternoon will culminate with all in attendance raising their voices for peace.

"Voices of Peace" will help launch a month-long, worldwide effort by the organization Song of Peace, which is encouraging one million people around the world to sing "Dona Nobis Pacem" (give us peace) in communities, churches, synagogues, schools, or even on street corners, proclaiming that peace in our world is of fundamental importance. March 2008 was chosen to observe the fifth anniversary of the United States' invasion of Iraq on March 18, 2003.

Source: Hope for Peace & Justice