Justice awards announced


The Danvers Committee for Diversity will present its Drum Major for Justice Award to four individuals and four organizations at its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Awards dinner from 5:30 to 9 p.m. on Jan. 16 at the Danversport Yacht Club. The individual recipients are Juliet Sithole-Berk, Emily Jones, Georgianna Melendez, and Paul and Donna Pepper. The four groups are the Prep@Pingree Program and its founder, Malcolm Coates; Eastern Bank; North Shore Bank; and Students United for Acceptance. The event will include a keynote speech by Melendez, a Peabody resident who is codirector of the Commonwealth Compact, a project that seeks to make Greater Boston a more welcoming place for people of diverse backgrounds, and executive director of two domestic violence agencies. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased by calling the Department of Planning and Human Services at 978-777-0001, ext. 3095.


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