Delaware Peace Week
Commemorate Delaware Peace Week September 18 - 25.
September 25, 2016
Commemorate Delaware Peace Week September 18 - 25.
Books about peace will be displayed in the newly built Lewes Public Library. A list of books about peace in Delaware library collections will also be available. Through September 24.
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Day of Peace for our community with anti-violence campaign. This is a team effort to empower youth and change perspectives by showing the many local opportunities available, and directly connecting with existing resources that meet youth needs.
Show that we are one community, opposed to violence, murder, poverty, racism, and exclusion.
Sponsored by Movement for a Culture of Peace.
An evening of peace-filled activities, beginning with a ukulele workshop: learn how to play "Go Now in Peace" on the ukulele with award-winning folk duo. No experience necessary. Participants will play the piece during the duo's concert at 7:00 p.m.
John Dear is a peace activist, Catholic priest, and co-founder of Campaign Nonviolence. This is an interfaith evening for people to join together to make a commitment to nonviolent action for peace in Delaware. Followed by candlelight vigil.
Local musicians will play and sing, followed by a brief program acknowledging the importance of peace-making in all major faiths.
Rehoboth Beach Bandstand 1 Rehoboth Ave. Rehoboth Beech, DE 19971
Sponsored by Lewes-Rehoboth Coalition for Peace Week Delaware.
This two-hour introductory workshop explores the techniques and strategies used by the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) to reduce violence in both prison and community settings.
This film highlights a few of the estimated 8,000 individuals who died from gunfire in spring 2014, drawing exclusively on found media - news accounts, police investigations, and social media -- to shine a light on little-known stories of tragic loss, bringing the victims to life in their own words.