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Join the worldwide movement to create a Global Ceasefire and Day of Peace & Nonviolence in our homes, our communities and between nations on September 21, The International Day of Peace. Peace Day has been a focal point for community-uniting and peace-inspiring events since its inception in 1981. This year will be the greatest Peace Day, yet. Together we can create a more peaceful, just and sustainable world, one heart, one family, one community at a time. Join the Countdown To Peace and help inspire your community to celebrate humanity's first day of peace, ever.

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

  • Ask your favorite organization, group or religious institution to support the International Day of Peace
  • Plan or attend a Peace Day Event in your community (scheduled events include concerts, parades, marches, fasts, conferences, festivals, gatherings, service projects, ceremonies, children's activities such as peace art & essay contests and pinwheels for peace, Peace Day parties and peace vigils)
  • Ask your Mayor, City Council, Governor and President to declare a Proclamation of Peace
  • Print out Flyers, Posters and other Resources

2006 PLANS
(Please check PinwheelsForPeace.com for additional Pinwheels For Peace locations)

BENNINGTON
Bennington Interfaith Council
Contact person: Rev Jerrod Hugenot
Phone: 802/442-2105
Email: fbpastor@sover.net
IDP VIGIL: Join the Bennington Interfaith Council as we offer prayers for peace from various religious traditions. To be held @ 7 PM in the chapel of First Baptist, Bennington, VT, 601 Main Street.
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com)

BURLINGTON
Contact: Esse Howe
Tel: 802 363-8293
Email: Eehowe@aol.com
 International Day of Peace, Thursday, September 21st 5:00-6:00PM
Peace Vigil and Bell Ringing, Head of Church St. in front of UU Society
Join us in Burlington. Bells are welcome. Free
Contact: Essie Howe 802 363-8293 for more information.

DANVILLE
Danville School
Coordinated by Gabrielle Potts, 10th grade
Email: tfleurie@vtlink.net
 I have arranged to do pinwheels for peace, peace bracelets, and a writing, and drawing contest about peace. My school is PreK through 12th grade. I will be working with all of the children in the middle school and younger on pinwheels. The older children will be doing written pieces and we even have a high school math teacher doing it with a math lesson on pinwheels.
JOHNSON
Johnson State College
Contact: Cynthia West
802-635-1356
EVENT :  September 21 - Noon
Bread and Puppet Theater, Noon, The Quad (Baselodge, rain location)
The  Vermont-based theater  troupe  gives  its  “Hallelujah”  performance.  Volunteers  may  gather  outside   the  Dewey  Campus  Center  at  11  a.m.  to  help  with  the  show.  In  the  event  of rain, both  rehearsal  and  performance  will  be  in  the  Baselodge. The  Chesamore  bell will  be  rung  at  noon  outside  of  the  LLC,  in  celebration  of  the  International  Day  of Peace.  This  will  be  the  start  of  the  Bread  & Puppet  presentation
JOHNSON
Johnson State College
Contact: Cynthia West
802-635-1356
EVENT :  September 21 - 4pm
"Why We Fight" - Bentley 207, 4pm
This  riveting  film  takes  an  unflinching  look  at  the  anatomy  of  the  American  war machine,  weaving  un- forgettable  personal  stories  with  commentary  by  a  “who ’s who”  of  military  and  beltway  insiders. Direct- ed  by  Eugene  Jarecki,  the  picture won  the  Grand  Jury  Prize  at  the  2005  Sundance  Film  Festival.
JOHNSON
Johnson State College
Contact: Cynthia West
802-635-1356
EVENT :  September 21 - 6pm
Rededication of JSP Peace Garden, 6pm
Ti’an  Callery, a  Buddhist  priest  from  the  Vermont  Zen  Center  in  Shelburne,  conducts  a  ceremony  in  the   Peace  Garden  to  dedicate  our  collective  efforts  to  peace.  Those  attending  may  bring  a  small  stone  for   the  Peace  Garden. Rain  or  shine.
JOHNSON
Johnson State College
Contact: Cynthia West
802-635-1356
EVENT :  September 21 - 7pm
Discussion about "Why We Fight" - Bentley 207, 7pm
Director  Eugene  Jarecki  speaks  about  the  film  and  explores  the  question  at  the  root  of  American  mili- tary  operations: why  does  America  fight? What  are  the  forces —political, economic, ideological—that   drive  us  to  fight  against  an  ever-cchanging  enemy?

MONTPELIER
Lots of Hope
Email: dhremote@earthlink.net
Website: www.lotsofhope.org
EVENT :  Event: September 24, 2006 Time: 2-5pm
Lots of Hope, a new grassroots group in Vermont, will mark the UN International Day of Peace by hosting a region-wide participatory event in Montpelier on Sunday, September 24th. The event will begin at 2pm with a silent peace walk led by Buddhist monks and nuns. Speakers will include the renowned author on environmental issues, Bill McKibben of Middlebury, Vermont's former Governor and former Ambassador to Switzerland, Madeleine Kunin, and, direct from the United Nations, Ramu Damodaran, the editor of the United Nations Chronicle and an activist on civil rights and other issues. A flock of homing doves will be released to spread the message of peace and hope across the state. There will be great music, poetry, and dancing as well

We expect this gathering will raise public awareness of the three central issues as defined by the late Rev. William Sloane Coffin: "pandemic poverty, environmental degradation, and a world awash with weapons." Although we are inspired by Rev. Coffin, this event is completely interfaith and non-partisan in nature

Concerned citizens and working groups throughout Vermont, New Hampshire and surrounding states are encouraged to attend the gathering, to reflect on our collective power to initiate social change, and to take part in the ongoing work of mobilizing local communities to craft solutions that serve the common good. Come to Montpelier on September 24th BEFORE 2:00 pm to gather for the silent walk and to hear the fine, inspiring speakers describe the issues from their perspectives, hear special music, and be empowered towards hopeful action. In doing this you will join in a larger group to attend to the importance of these three issues and their effect on our communities.

Find out how you can work with others in your community to envision new solutions leading to peace and sustainability. Participate in developing a regional Framework of Action for Hope for the year ahead. Bring a banner that symbolizes what your community is doing to address poverty, environmental degradation, and the overwhelming presence of weapons in our world.

Please come to Montpelier on September 24th, and lend your talents to the ongoing work of addressing the root causes of conflict in our communities and our world. For more information, see http://www.lotsofhope.org or contact Lots of Hope at dhremote@earthlink.net

MONTPELIER
Yvonne Baab
Email: ybaab@hotmail.com
EVENT: Before Sept 21st my son and I will draw on sidewalks messages about peace day. I will distribute 3copies of Peace is Every Step(Thich NhatHahn) and The Peace Book (Louise Diamond) which I will register at Bookcrossing.com so that the books can be passed on to others endlessly.
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com)
RICHMOND
Witness For Peace, NE
Contact: Joanne Ranney
Tel: 802-434-2980
Email: wfpne@witnessforpeace.org
EVENT: September 20th
Community Drum Circle” Ring a bell, Shake a rattle, Beat a drum, Light a candle for Peace.
Wednesday, September 20 at 7pm Richmond Library, Richmond, VT
An evening of prayer, music and drumming led by Aboriginal Innocence. Bring drums and rattles if you have them. There will be some extra drums available for community use.
RUTLAND
College of St. Joseph in Vermont/Human Services Club
Contact: Seth Gogo/Michele Earle
Tel: 802-773-5900
Email: sgogo@csj.edu/mearle@csj.edu
EVENT: We will hold a candlelight vigil and a school community prayer for this cause .
ST JOHNSBURY
Vermont Peace Academy
Contact: Judy Nommik
Tel: 802-766-2915
Email: judy@surfglobal.net
EVENT: September 10th Pinwheels for Peace. Join us at 47 Cherry Street (UU Church) at 11:30 with your kids to make pinwheels. They will be put out into the community to celebrate IDP. Potluck to follow.
September 16th - free showing of PEACE ONE DAY at the Catamount Theater at 2pm. Also the winners of the essay contest, Building Peace, for Junior High School and Senior High School students in Caledonia, Orleans and Essex counties will be announced.
September 21 - Free daylong workshop: Compassionate Conflict Resolution at 47 Cherry Street (UU Church) based on Non-violent Communication (NVC) from 9 to 4. Lunch $5 or bring your own. Register at: judyatsurfglobal.net or 802-766-2915
WOLCOTT
Peace Pass
Email: info@peacepass.com
phone: 802-888-2044
website: www.peacepass.com
EVENT: Passing Peace around the World...One Person at a time
We have made wooden peace signs that we are passing on with hopes the message of PEACE will be spread around the world...

 

PEACE DAY ARCHIVE
ESSEX, VERMONT, USA
2005- Students at Essex Middle School celebrated the International Day of Peace with pinwheels for peace. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
FAYSTON, VERMONT, USA
2005- Students in Fayston celebrated the International Day of Peace with pinwheels for peace. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
PLAINFIELD, VERMONT , USA
2003 - Mimi Sammis' sculpture Peace is Here joined a kick off of the 100 Day Peace Countdown, 6/13/03 with a press conference at the Elliott Pratt Center, Goddard College. Her sculpture traveled and was part of other 100 Day Peace Countdown events in other communities. On September 21st, 2003 Peace is Here was part of the International Day of Peace Festival honoring the United Nations celebrated at the World Peace Prayer Sanctuary in Wassaic, NY.
(www.mimisammis.com/news.html)

VERGENNES, VERMONT, USA
Seven Days: Vermont's Alternative WebWeekly
June 29, 2006
Last year, Peace Day inspired a group of students at Vergennes Union High School to take a tangible action for peace. In honor of the event, the 12 students in Megan Kapsch's British Literature class launched a book drive. They dubbed their effort "Books Without Borders."

Over this entire school year, the kids, their teacher and a handful of other volunteers solicited and sorted hundreds of thousands of books, which they stored in a barn in Panton. They were able to donate more than 200 boxes of them to literacy programs, libraries, emergency shelters, a Children's Hospital and schools in Vermont, New Hampshire, New Orleans and three countries...

Full article: http://www.sevendaysvt.com/columns/local-matters-news/2006/area-musicians-assess-the-price-of-playing-politics-copy-1.html
WASHINGTON, VERMONT, USA
2005- Students at Washington Village School celebrated the International Day of Peace with pinwheels for peace. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
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Vermont Peace Day
CONTACTS

Judy Nommik, Vermont IDP Coordinator
International Day of Peace 2006
Vermont Peace Academy
c/o Goddard College
Plainfield, VT 05667
802-766-2915
Email: judyatthursdays@surfglobal.net

Vermont Peace Day
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