10th Annual Peace Bowl Classic

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, July 19, 2016

MEDIA CONTACT: CHRC Executive Director Ericka King-Betts, PhD at chrc@cincinnati-oh.gov or by phone at 513.352.3237

10th Annual Peace Bowl Classic

Cincinnati, OH - The Fred Shuttlesworth Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission will host the “10th Annual Peace Bowl Classic” on Saturday, July 30 and Sunday, July 31, 9:00am (EST) at the University of Cincinnati Sheakley Athletic Center.

  

The cost is $5. Proceeds from this event pay league fees and buy football equipment for youth who otherwise would not be able to participate.

Community Outreach Advocate Program Manager, Pastor Peterson Mingo, organized the first Peace Bowl in 2007 with youth football organizations participating. The Peace Bowl continues to be a yearly event that focuses on youth discipline, determination, training and methods to 'Stop the Violence' in the community. This event is a way for youth to learn to take control of their lives and hold themselves accountable for their decisions. Today, the message is still the same: playing together, breaking down barriers. 

We invite you and your family to come out and support area youth as we all work together to promote peace.

About the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission

CHRC was established in November of 1943 as The Mayor's Friendly Relations Committee. The goal was to appoint a committee that represented various racial, industrial and religious groups to make sure all groups felt a part of their communities and supported one another in the city of Cincinnati. As time passed the name was changed to CHRC and the mission grew to target a much larger issue, discrimination. Thus, the agency's mission is "to help our community to overcome prejudice and discrimination, build mutual respect and understanding, and to become more harmonious and cohesive."

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