November 2006
Common Ground Awards
Held at the United Nations in New York

On November 1st, 300 friends and supporters of Search for Common Ground gathered at The United Nations in New York to honor recipients of the 2006 Common Ground Awards. Their generosity produced just over $230,000 to support the work of SFCG. The evening brought together an inspiring group of individuals who are making a difference through their belief that things can change and through their commitment to working for that change. This year Search for Common Ground honored:

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Sesame Workshop
John Whitehead
Taylor Branch
David Broza and Wissam Murad & Said Murad
Bradley Burston, Simone Korkus, Vivian Salama (Middle East Journalism Awards)

We were honored to welcome Lt.-Gen. (Ret.) The Honorable Senator Romeo Dallaire as special guest speaker. The Senator talked about his commitment to work towards the elimination of the use of child soldiers as weapons of war, and about his global initiative in partnership with SFCG on this critical issue.
Israeli music star David Broza received the Music Award. To everyone's enthusiastic delight, David and Palestinian musician Ibrahim Eid gave a celebratory performance together on guitar and oud.

The acclaimed actress Kathleen Turner was a wonderful "master of ceremonies," and we are grateful for her contribution to making the evening a success.

Kathleen Turner, John Marks, Ibrahim Eid, David Broza, Sen. Romeo Dallaire, Sandra Melone

To view more photos and to hear more from the guests: http://www.sfcg.org/sfcg/awards/2006gallery.html

Putumayo World Music provided Awards attendees with their new One World, Many Cultures CD, featuring musical collaborations between some of the world's leading musicians. The diversity of artists demonstrate the unique ability of musicians from different cultures to speak with a common tongue. Newly released on November 7th, the album is a celebration of musical and cultural diversity and unity.

Putumayo will donate $1.00 to Search for Common Ground for every CD that is sold. For more information about the CD: http://www.sfcg.org/sfcg/putumayo06.html

You can help to support the work of Search for Common Ground by purchasing the CD from us directly. The cost of the CD is $10 + $1.00 postage = $11.00 per CD. Visa or MasterCard accepted. Checks are payable to Search for Common Ground. Please send your mailing address, the number of CDs you wish to purchase, your credit card number, and the card's expiration date.
Or order One World, Many Cultures CDs from Search for Common Ground, please contact:
Karen Zehr
kzehr@sfcg.org
Search for Common Ground
1601 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20009

To become an investor in the work of Search for Common Ground - click here or contact Susie Dillon at sdillon@sfcg.org .