The Palm Springs Human Rights Commission will present community service awards to seven people and two organizations next week to acknowledge their contributions in promoting and protecting human rights, social progress, better standards of living and equality.
The ceremony, titled Promoting Universal Human Rights Close to Home, will get underway at 5:30 p.m. next Monday in the council chamber at City Hall, 3200 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, according to city spokeswoman Amy Blaisdell.
“This year’s honorees have improved the quality of life for Greater Palm Springs and Coachella Valley residents over the course of many years as well as helped the unsheltered, senior citizens, LGBTQ+ youth and families, active-duty military and veterans, people living with HIV, communities of color, artists and performers, and many others,” Blaisdell wrote in a statement.
The Community Service Awards recipients are Brad Prescott, Dee Dee Wilson Barton, Rabbi Dr. Jules Long, Tommi Rose, Willie Rhine, Tom Oliver and Matthew Stocker. The two organizations receiving awards are Coachella Valley Filipino Festival Committee and LGBTQ+ History and Archives of the Desert.
More information about the commission and award recipients can be found at www.palmspringsca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/7949/23.