Events2010

A Month of Peace in Providence
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The Month of Peace in Providence represents the collaboration of five prominent organizations and the support of many additional community organizations and individuals to encourage nonviolence and peace in our community. Among the participants in the partnership are Steven Pennell of the URI Feinstein Providence Campus Urban Arts and Culture Program, Rebecca Siemering of Providence Art Windows, Jodi Glass of the RI Commission on Prejudice and Bias, Ginny Fox of the Peace Flag Project, and Deanna Camputaro of the Arts, Communication, and Teaching Academy of Central Falls High School, a URI Academy Public School and the Rhode Island for Community and Justice.

Peace Art Exhibits
Drawing on a rich local culture of art and peace, the partnership is mounting exhibitions September 1-30, 2010 in support of the annual celebration of the UN International Day of Peace. The exhibits will take place in downtown Providence in the URI Providence Campus Gallery, the Providence Art Windows and First Unitarian Church of Providence. The exhibits will run throughout September and are free to the public.

This exciting art/peace partnership is planned as Providence’s seventh annual celebration of the United Nations’ International Day of Peace. Ginny Fox, Director of the Peace Flag Project and principal organizer of Providence’s Peace Day celebrations for the last six years, added “it has been an inspiration to watch these annual peace celebrations grow year after year. We are particularly pleased that in 2010 the peace celebration will span the whole month of September.”

Exhibit features the inspiring sculpture of Anne Mimi Sammis along with the In Our Family Exhibit from the Family Diversity Project.

Additional September Peace Programs
Saturday, September 11 6:30pm Youth Speak Out: A Celebration of Peace Rhode Island for Community & Justice in Paff Auditorium

Thursday, September 16, 5:00-9:00pm A Gallery Night Reception for the exhibit at URI Providence Campus Gallery featuring a Live Painting by Mimi Sammis; with Music, Drama Spoken; Word; and Body Tracing with the Institute for Study and Practice of Nonviolence.

Saturday, September 18, 7:00 pm. Peace Film Festival. Sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee of Southeast New England. Friends Meeting House, 99 Morris Ave, Providence 02906

Sunday, September 19, 3:00-6:00 pm. A Peace Day Celebration sponsored by the Peace Flag Project in Burnside Park with performances by storytellers, dancers, singers, with exhibitors and activities for adults and children and a Walking Meditation around the park at 5:00pm.

Tuesday September 21 at 7pm International Day of Peace Concert. URI Feinstein Providence Campus featuring Morgan’s Dreamworld, original Jam-Band, and World Dance Performance by Human Creativity from Central Falls HS.

Saturday, September 25, 12 noon to Dusk.. Heritage Day Festival. Roger Williams Memorial Park, 282 Main Street, Providence. Celebration of the Diversity of Rhode Island.

Traveling Peace Flags We are so pleased to have our Peace Flags spread their special messages around the world.
In the spring of 2010, David Pinkham, a local educator and photography buff, challenged himself by doing a three-week trek in the Himalayas. On this journey with him was a set of Peace Flags created by 6^th Grade students at Community Prep School in Providence. The flags hung at Base Camp for several days and were blessed by a local Buddhist monk. David returned to CP to tell his tale and return the flags to the students.

Handmade Peace Quilts By Debbie Block:
I am inspired by color, by words and by the smallest acts of kindness, generosity and love. I have always been a quilter at heart. For many years I worked in polymer clay and paste paper making jewelry and books. I realize now that many of the designs I created were based on quilt patterns – traditional as well as ones I saw in my mind
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January
No Name Calling/Tolerance Week
Nottingham West Elementary School
Hudson, New Hampshire

Flag Making & Community Service
State Radio/Calling All Crows
First Unitarian Church
Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
Providence, RI
www.stateradio.com
www.callingallcrows.org

Westminster Unitarian Church
3 rd & 4 th Grade Sunday School Class
East Greenwich, RI

February
Lunch-and-Learn Program
Sowams Elementary School
Barrington, RI

Providence After School Alliance
Nathan Bishop Middle School
Providence , RI

March
Coming-of-Age Program
1st Unitarian Church of Providence
Providence, RI
www.firstunitarianprov.org

Peace Program
Norwood Elementary School
Warwick, RI

Peace Program
Holliman Elementary School
Warwick, RI

Providence After School Alliance
Samuel W. Bridgham Middle School
Providence , RI

Providence After School Alliance
Delsesto-Springfield Middle School
Providence , RI

April
Party for the Planet
Roger Williams Park Zoo
Providence, RI
Friday, April 23 and Sunday, April 25
11:00 am to 3:00 pm
www.rogerwilliamsparkzoo.org

Providence After School Alliance
Delsesto-Springfield Middle School
Providence , RI

Interfaith Peace Service
Kingston Congregational Church
Kingston, RI
April 11 at 3:30 pm
www.kingcongchurch.org

May
Jane Goodall at Roger Williams Park Zoo
Providence , RI
Saturday, May 1, 2010
12:00 noon to 4:00 pm
www.rogerwilliamsparkzoo.org
chitchener@rwpzoo.org

Providence After School Alliance
Esek Hopkins Middle School
Providence , RI

Providence After School Alliance
Roger Williams Middle School
Providence , RI

June
Celebration of World Refugee Day
International Institute of Rhode Island
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
5:30 to 7:30 pm
www.iiri.org
sparrott@iiri.org

July
Indie Arts Festival
Greater Kennedy Plaza
Providence , RI
Saturday, July 31 – 12noon to 12 am
www.indieartsfest.com

August
Remembering Rhode Island
Fundraiser to benefit Nonviolence Programs
Davey Lopes Recreation Center
Dudley Street & Prairie Avenue
Providence , RI
Saturday, August 7, 1:00 – 5:00 pm

City Fest Celebration
Southside Community Land Trust
Tuesday, August 24, 2:00 to 5:00 pm
www.southsideclt.org

September
Day of Honor
Roger Williams Park Zoo
Providence, RI
Sunday, September 12 11am to 3 pm
www.rogerwilliamsparkzoo.org

7th Annual Celebration of International Day of Peace
Burnside Park at Kennedy Plaza
Downtown Providence
Sunday, September 19, 3:00 to 6:00 pm
Click here to volunteer
www.thepeaceflagproject.org

33 rd Annual RI Heritage Day Festival
RI Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission
Roger Williams Memorial Park
282 North Main Street
Providence , RI
Saturday, September 25, 12 noon to Dusk
www.preservation.ri.gov/heritage/events.php

Providence Sustainability Festival
Apeiron Institute
Greater Kennedy Plaza
Downtown Providence
Sunday, September 26, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
www.apeiron.org

October
5 th Annual Dream Party
Create Your Life, Inc.
Edgewood Yacht Club
3 Shaw Avenue
Cranston , RI
Friday, October 8, 6:00 pm
www.createyourlifeinc.com

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