Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Monday, July 2, 2012
OCU International Day of Peace Festival meeting 7/26, 2:00 p.m.
@OCU Library, 2nd Floor. If interested please attend
The reason the meeting will not be until July is because that is when Reverend Long can meet with us. I will be happy to work with either of you on a Tuesday or Thursday afternoon before then if we need to or we can keep collaborating via email.
On other subjects: Every April at the Downtown Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts my friend Frances Williams, Piedmont Middle School Art Teacher, and I host a Trashin Fashion show that our friend Linda Esser started with her art students before she passed away. The Fashion show is students wearing fashions that they made completely from Trash and your students would have a ball participating! The show has always been on Friday of the festival at noon on the cafe stage! Maybe you can participate this year? on the CAST for the World Facebook page there are a ton of pictures. I can send you a link if you would like.
Possible Puzzle Mural: I would be happy to work with you on a puzzle mural. This lady makes it easy if you want to do a replica of a master work http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/
The reason the meeting will not be until July is because that is when Reverend Long can meet with us. I will be happy to work with either of you on a Tuesday or Thursday afternoon before then if we need to or we can keep collaborating via email.
I emailed all of the people who participated in the Giant Pinwheels Contest and all of the People who participate in the Trashin Fashion Show when I first got Okie Peace going. The lady at St. Anthony's is Renee Maynard and her pinwheels are always amazing! I guess we can promote the contest and see who shows up. I think it will be a good idea to try and get the college art students to make one too. I think I am also going try and get some teachers to commit to making a certain amount of pinwheels that I can pick up and install in the giant peace sign on the quad. That drew a lot of attention last year and let everyone know that it was Peace Day and something big was happening there. 
On other subjects: Every April at the Downtown Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts my friend Frances Williams, Piedmont Middle School Art Teacher, and I host a Trashin Fashion show that our friend Linda Esser started with her art students before she passed away. The Fashion show is students wearing fashions that they made completely from Trash and your students would have a ball participating! The show has always been on Friday of the festival at noon on the cafe stage! Maybe you can participate this year? on the CAST for the World Facebook page there are a ton of pictures. I can send you a link if you would like.
Possible Puzzle Mural: I would be happy to work with you on a puzzle mural. This lady makes it easy if you want to do a replica of a master work http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Brainstorming images, ideas, links, lesson plans
On Thursday we celebrated the 3-month countdown to Peace Day 21 September 2012.
As you may already be aware, Peace One Day’s Global Truce 2012 campaign is calling for and working towards a day of ceasefire and non-violence, observed by all sectors of society, on Peace Day 2012. We hope this will be the largest reduction of violence ever recorded globally on one day – a world record – and the largest ever gathering of individuals in the name of peace.
I am delighted to announce that Peace One Day Education is joining the campaign with the launch of the Global Truce 2012 Schools’ Network. Peace One Day recognises the crucial role education plays in the long term success of Peace Day and is inviting all schools/youth groups/educational bodies to join this network and make their commitment to mark Peace Day 2012. The Schools’ Network will provide a platform for teachers and schools to be a part of this groundbreaking initiative. In turn, this will enable Peace One Day to measure the impact of schools and young people on Peace Day 21 September 2012.
There are currently 60 schools/youth groups/educational bodies in the Schools’ Network, active in 43 different countries around the world. As an already established Peace One Day Education supporter, we encourage you to join as well and help mobilise a generation of young people in support of Peace Day. You can join here: http://peaceoneday.org/?p=3510
We will continue to grow this network in the next 3 months and ensure every country in the world is represented. Keep checking the Peace One Day Education page on the website to stay up to date on all the campaign’s developments: http://peaceoneday.org/teachers/
Once you are member of the Schools’ Network you will receive updates on the campaign’s progress, exclusive content and more.
Thank you again for all of your support, and I look forward to being in touch soon.
Warm regards,
In peace
Jeremy
Jeremy Gilley
Founder of Peace One Day
Monday, June 18, 2012
Made in Oklahoma by Oklahoma Kids
Here's the full length movie. http://youtu.be/AbCzMF6Q11E
Here's students being interviewed by Carol Anne McGuire and her daughter Macy during the Int'l Family Night with Rock Our World. http://youtu.be/ljsfJQTeTuo
This is Howe Rock Our World Wiki: http://rockourworldhowe.pbworks.com
Here is Weebly website - check out some of our peace activities on the "rocktography" tab. http://rockourworldhowe.weebly.com
11 DAYS OF UNITY-PEACE DIALOG, VISION 20/20
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(updated with Arts Standards
Friday, June 15, 2012
Coalitions for 9/21 Global Truce on Violence
WHY GLOBAL TRUCE ON VIOLENCE ON PEACE DAY
why coalitions
University Students
NGO's
TEENS
Monday, May 21, 2012
2nd International Day of Peace at OCU 2012 meeting
Mikel, Daniel, Carmen, Joan, and Sidney attended.
-OCU will be the venue. The next meeting, 7/26/2012, 2:00-4:00 OCU Library, second floor
-The name will be International Day of Peace Multicultural Festival. 6:00-8:00 p.m. September 21, 2012.
-Sidney pinpointed the need to make the pinwheels more relevant with connections to WE THE WORLD: 11 days of Unity: September 11-September 21. ttp://www.wetheworld.org/home.htm PEACE ONE DAY- Truce on Global Violence: http://peaceoneday.org/. and -this might also be welcomed by OCU students and professors at the school of world religions-the Charter of Compassion-. Dan May, Director of Service-Learning will be approached for helpers http://charterforcompassion.org/
Another important aspect is a collaboration with the 9/11 Museum and the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum Hope Trunk and Called 2 Change http://www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/secondary.php?section=6&catid=192 Initiatives
-There will be pinwheels and peace crane workshops with peace films at OCU. Mikel, Carmen and Sidney will create lesson plans for the Pinwheels-Peace ONE day workshops. Carmen will request English and History Casady teachers input for the high school lesson. An example to follow for development of lesson(s) is the Hope Trunk curriculum. The OKC International Day of Peace lessons will be distributed to schools from July-August via listserv. Carmen will also write proposals to present at the VISION social studies conference as well as the OFLTA conference.
The Japan America Society http://jasok.org/ Education Coordinator Gigi Hu will provide the same type of workshops as she did last year. A live string quartet might be playing as cranes and pinwheels are being made. The workshops- films will take place at OCU rooms closed to the Great Hall. The Great Hall will host the multicultural festival only. For in-between performances, we will have Peace one day videos ready as time busters.
- We asked Sidney to take request to Youth LEAD http://youthleadonline.org/ OKC teen panel to see if they would like to collaborate with this event. Sidney will also approach the Casady YAC http://www.casady.org/podium/default.aspx?t=29893&rc=0 Teens. Alex and Eliza might be interested. Eliza is considering Peace studies as a possible concentration in college.
-OCU cafeteria will be asked to provide discounted prices for International Day of Peace participants to get people to come to eat dinner and enjoy the festival. We will still have water donated. 500 bottles will be requested from Sonic.
-There will be a new peace flash mob. Organizers loved last year's, but realized the need for another one to catch the younger demographic attention! Kelly and Steve will work on that with collaboration from Mrs. Mueller, our choreographer last year.
-Mikel's husband will design a t-shirt for the committee and volunteers. If Youth LEAD OKC and Casady YAC come on board, Sidney might consider writing a grant solicitation to get Six Billion Paths to Peace http://www.sef.org/projects/six-billion-paths-to-peace/- if not t-shirts, pins and/or reflection cards -for all participants. Carmen will extend an invitation to the foundation for them to consider being partner of this event in whatever capacity they may welcome.
Carmen through Casady Service Learning and in "possible" collaboration with the UD art club is considering bringing the Peace Pals exhibit and promoting creation of art based global peace prayer "May Peace Prevail on Earth http://wppspeacepals.org/ on site.
Casady Service-Learning will continue to raise awareness of ENO Environments online, http://www.joensuu.fi/eno/basics/briefly.htm; http://www.enoprogramme.org/ in collaboration with the Survivor seedling tree program from the Oklahoma National Memorial and Museum. 100 million trees planted by 2017!
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| Mrs. Bruce brought the Pinwheels for Peace to Casady School |
-The name will be International Day of Peace Multicultural Festival. 6:00-8:00 p.m. September 21, 2012.
-Sidney pinpointed the need to make the pinwheels more relevant with connections to WE THE WORLD: 11 days of Unity: September 11-September 21. ttp://www.wetheworld.org/home.htm PEACE ONE DAY- Truce on Global Violence: http://peaceoneday.org/. and -this might also be welcomed by OCU students and professors at the school of world religions-the Charter of Compassion-. Dan May, Director of Service-Learning will be approached for helpers http://charterforcompassion.org/
Another important aspect is a collaboration with the 9/11 Museum and the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum Hope Trunk and Called 2 Change http://www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/secondary.php?section=6&catid=192 Initiatives
-There will be pinwheels and peace crane workshops with peace films at OCU. Mikel, Carmen and Sidney will create lesson plans for the Pinwheels-Peace ONE day workshops. Carmen will request English and History Casady teachers input for the high school lesson. An example to follow for development of lesson(s) is the Hope Trunk curriculum. The OKC International Day of Peace lessons will be distributed to schools from July-August via listserv. Carmen will also write proposals to present at the VISION social studies conference as well as the OFLTA conference.
- We asked Sidney to take request to Youth LEAD http://youthleadonline.org/ OKC teen panel to see if they would like to collaborate with this event. Sidney will also approach the Casady YAC http://www.casady.org/podium/default.aspx?t=29893&rc=0 Teens. Alex and Eliza might be interested. Eliza is considering Peace studies as a possible concentration in college.
-OCU cafeteria will be asked to provide discounted prices for International Day of Peace participants to get people to come to eat dinner and enjoy the festival. We will still have water donated. 500 bottles will be requested from Sonic.
-There will be a new peace flash mob. Organizers loved last year's, but realized the need for another one to catch the younger demographic attention! Kelly and Steve will work on that with collaboration from Mrs. Mueller, our choreographer last year.
-Mikel's husband will design a t-shirt for the committee and volunteers. If Youth LEAD OKC and Casady YAC come on board, Sidney might consider writing a grant solicitation to get Six Billion Paths to Peace http://www.sef.org/projects/six-billion-paths-to-peace/- if not t-shirts, pins and/or reflection cards -for all participants. Carmen will extend an invitation to the foundation for them to consider being partner of this event in whatever capacity they may welcome.
Casady Service-Learning will continue to raise awareness of ENO Environments online, http://www.joensuu.fi/eno/basics/briefly.htm; http://www.enoprogramme.org/ in collaboration with the Survivor seedling tree program from the Oklahoma National Memorial and Museum. 100 million trees planted by 2017!
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