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About
Us
Director
Ginny Fox loves to talk about the Peace Flag Project (PFP). She always
refers to it as “the work of her heart.”
Ginny
says, “I’m often asked why I created the Peace Flag Project
(PFP), what was my goal. The answer is, ‘I’m not sure’
– and I think that’s a good thing! I like the Quaker idea
about ‘being led’ to do something, and I have certainly felt
led to do this work.”
Now that the Project is more than
four-years-old, the “why” has become clearer. Fox says, “The
Peace Flag Project’s focus is on ways all of us can help to make the
world more peaceful – every day. War is a terrible way to try to
solve world problems, but I don’t think we can really end wars until
we become a more peaceful people. I think that if we can behave toward
one another in gentler, more generous ways, we have a greater chance to
bring about peace and end violence on the planet. And this is something
each of us can do every day.” (If you would like more information
about the PFP mission, please click here for our Mission/Vision page.)
T he American Friends Service Committee of Southeast New England and the Social Justice Ministry of First Unitarian Church of Providence sponsor the Peace Flag Project. PFP has also been helped by a wonderful Board of Advisors which contributes their time and energy and hearts to this effort.
Ginny
Fox
Director |
Jill Cicero
Marketing and Special
Events Coordinator |
Lisa Crowell
Development Coordinator |
| Board
of Advisors |
| Sally Barker |
Textile artist and RISD faculty member |
| Debbie Block |
Quaker Peace Activist, Performing/Recording Arts Manager, Quilter |
| Gary Calvino |
Peace and Community activist; Partner in Peer-to-Peer Advisors |
| Madeline Champagne |
Peace Abbey Volunteer and Activist |
| Brendan Corley |
Computer Teacher at Community Prep School, URI
Undergrad in Mechanical Engineering, and Former Member of Youth In Action |
| Diane D’Errico |
Director of Project Development at Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center; program development; fund raising, public and media relations, organizational development |
| Kate Lucas |
Human Resources Representitive and Graduate Student at Jhonson & Wales University |
| Joanne Friday |
Dharma Teacher, Disciple of Thich Nhat Hahn, Peace Activist |
| Khamtanh Inthirath |
Marketing Consultant for Idearc Media. Peace and Community
Advocate. Public Relations for new Laotian Community Center in Smithfield |
| Noah Merrill |
Quaker Peace Activist currently working with Iraqi refugees in Jordan |
| Astrid Meijer |
Consultant for diversity issues and community organizing; teacher |
| Donna O’Neill |
Artist, muralist, worker for peace
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| Amrut
Patel |
Peace
Activist, Physician |
| Hannah Resseger |
Peace activist; Musician and visual artist; teacher |
| Cathy
Seggel |
Peace
Activist, RE Director at First Unitarian Church, Providence |
| Mary
Jane Sorrentino |
Mary
Jane is a global warming presenter with The Climate Project, a nonprofit
group founded by Al Gore; gives presentations to schools, libraries,
organizations in RI and elsewhere |
| Cliff
Wood |
Providence
City Councilman, Husband, Father, Musician |
| Martha
Yager |
Program
Coordinator, American Friends Service Committee of Southeast New
England, Activist for Peace and Social Justice Issues |
Acknowledgment
and Gratitude
Jane
Maguire and I cofounded the Peace Flag Project in 2004. She retired
in 2007. Without each other, we might not have worked with thousands
of adults and children in Rhode Island and surrounding areas. I
am grateful for the partnership that helped this work to grow.
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!!! MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH !!!
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