For her work preserving the site and memory of the Topaz Internment Camp, Gandhi Alliance for Peace will give Jane Beckwith, president of the Topaz Museum Board, the Gandhi Peace Award. Beckwith and her board epitomize one of Gandhi's best known sayings: You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

Near Delta, Utah, Topaz Internment Camp was the site where over 8,000 Japanese-Americans, most of them US citizens, were confined during World War II. This summer on June 30th, the camp was dedicated as Utah's 13th National Historic Landmark.

Such a momentous event was the result of a group of concerned citizens, the Topaz Museum Board, who has labored long and hard to preserve the site and memory of the camp. Not only have they secured 627 of the 640 acres of the actual physical site, they are progressing with the establishment of a museum--Topaz Museum in Delta--their mission to educate people about what happened at Topaz, and to prevent such an injustice from ever occuring again.

Along with music and devotionals, Beckwith will be honored at our annual Gandhi Birthday Celebration. Please join us Sunday, September 30, 2007 at 5 PM in Jordan Park, 1060 South 900 West, SLC. For more information, call 801.364.2971. Free.

--Sarah Smith