Archive for January 2022
Peace Pole Dedicated at Woodstock’s Lewis Elementary School, Portland, Oregon – US
January 29, 2022 Southeast’s Rotary Club is joining a worldwide effort to plant ‘Peace Poles.’ They planted one at Lewis School. School children of all ages these days are entering an uncertain and strife-ridden world. To survive and flourish, they will need to learn to live peaceably with others, both near and far. That is…
Read MorePeace Pole Dedication at Baha’i Community of Harlingen, Texas – USA
January 29, 2022 We learned about the Peace Pole project years ago from a local kid’s club called the Junior Peacemakers. We inherited their wooden Peace Pole, but it got so weathered in the open air that we decided to replace it with a new Classic White vinyl Peace Pole. About the event: The Baha’i…
Read MorePeace Poles for Schools project; Peace Pole at Calistoga Elementary, Sonoma, California-USA
January 31, 2022 Peace Poles for Schools is moving forward! A meeting is scheduled with staff at four schools next week in Sonoma County, California. A second Peace Pole was installed Wednesday of this week at Calistoga Elementary in Sonoma County, California. As you can see from the pictures, the Calistoga Jr./Sr. High School has…
Read MoreSummer Peace Greetings in the Middle of Winter – GERMANY
Photograph of a beautiful Peace Pole discovered in 2021 archives. Peace Pole crafted by: Sarah Hott Sarah hopes to add more signs, as a hobby during the cold winter months indoor. Submitted by Dagmar Berkenberg, MPPOEI, Germany
Read MoreCentral College Honors Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.-Pella, Iowa – USA
January 14, 2022 Central College will begin the Spring 2022 semester by honoring the spirit and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. as students return to campus Monday. Mike Regan Jr. will deliver a keynote address titled “The Journey Continues: Athlete Activism and the Fight for Social Justice.”Regan is an interdisciplinary lecturer and scholar, serving…
Read MorePeace Pole in Columbia, South Carolina – USA
January 11, 2022 Let peace ring: Columbia debuts new public art piece in the Vista. Here’s what it is. One Columbia for Arts and Culture dedicated the latest work of public art in Columbia, the Vista Peace Pole, in the grassy median of the 900 block of Senate Street (between Assembly and Lincoln) at 10…
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