Archive for October 2013
Peace Pole or IDP at “Imagine School at Cortez Park, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
September 20, 2013 Hello Ann Marie, I hope this finds you doing well. I wanted to send you some pictures of our Peace Pole planting and give you background on our school. Imagine School at Cortez Park is a charter school in Phoenix Arizona that is unique in that although we are located in the…
Read MoreMayor For Peace on the International Day of Peace – Peekskill, NY- USA
September 21st, 2013 Dear Ann Marie, I am so happy to announce that our Mayor of Peekskill, Mary Foster did indeed follow through with her promise of an IDP ceremony in Peekskill NY this year. She bought a 4 sided Peace Pole, with eight languages on it and had in planted at the Neighborhood Plaza…
Read MoreArdmore Rotary Club spreads the Universal Peace Message, May Peace Prevail On Earth! Wynnewood, Pennsylvania – USA
September 25th, 2013 The Rotary Club of Ardmore dedicated its newly installed Peace Pole at Wynnewood Valley Park’s Sensory Garden Wednesday. Officials from Lower Merion Township and Lower Merion Conservancy and Rotary International Past President Wilf Wilkinson of Ontario, Canada, joined members of the community and the Ardmore Rotary for the ceremony. The Peace Pole’s…
Read MoreFour Peace Poles Installed in Rockford Neighborhoods – Illinois, USA
September 27th, 2013 Multiple drive-by shootings over the past week in three of Rockford’s housing projects have many people who live in and around those areas fearing for their safety. Families hope the installation of a Peace Pole today is a turning point for their neighborhood. The (4) Peace Poles (which bear the Universal Peace…
Read MorePeace Pole Dedication at the annual Virginia Cottage ice cream social, — Richmond Indiana-USA
September 20th, 2013 Earlham’s College Peace Pole is a joint project of the Newlin Center for Quaker Thought and Practice and the Office of Religious Life, both of which are housed in Virginia Cottage. “Working toward peace in the world is one of our main motives for educating our students and community,” says Kelly Burk,…
Read MoreSchengen Plants Peace Pole – Germany
September 12th, 2013 A very bold move took place in 1985 when the Schengen Agreement was signed near the town of Schengen in Luxembourg. Soon after border checks and visa requirements were abolished between the three bordering countries of Luxembourg, France and Germany. The spirit of Schengen demonstrated that once waring nations can live in…
Read MorePeace Pole Re-Dedication Celebrates the UN International Day of Peace at the Chapel of Croton Falls in Westchester, NY-USA
September 22nd, 2013 The Chapel at Croton Falls hosted an Interfaith Sunday on September 22nd to celebrate the UN International Day of Peace with the annual re-dedication of its Peace Pole. The beautiful service, led by Rev. Deborah Moldow of the World Peace Prayer Society, included Native American wisdom on the autumnal equinox by Anishinabe…
Read MorePeace Pole Dedicated at Florham Campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey-USA
September 25th, 2013 Dr. Jo Anne Murphy, the Director of Programs with Intergovernmental and Nongovernmental Organizations for the Office of Global Learning at Fairleigh Dickinson University, is a passionate supporter of the United Nations and also the prayer, “May Peace Prevail on Earth.” She previously organized a busload of international students to carry the flags…
Read MoreInternational Day of Peace 2013 in Central Park, New York City-USA
September 21st, 2013 The first Vigil For International Peace and Ecology was held on the 21st of September, 2002 to coincide with the U.N. Resolution for the International Day of Peace. It has since been held in the Band Shell in New York’s Central Park on the closest weekend to September 21st. The Vigil has…
Read MoreHuman Peace Sign in Times Square on The International Day of Peace – NYC – USA
September 21st, 2013 Paul Sladkus of Good News Broadcast organized a human peace sign and Peace Day Party in New York’s Times Square on September 21, 2013, the UN International Day of Peace. Sladkus began by placing in the center of Duffy Square at 46th Street a Peace Pole that had been decorated by international…
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