Attendance: Mikel Ibarra (CAST for the World) Carmen Clay (Casady School, Service-Learning), Bill Bryant (United Nations of Greater Oklahoma), Joan Korenblit (Respect Diversity Foundation-on phone), Steve
Not Attending but participing: Gigi Hu (JASO-Films with discussion and tea time food-applying for grant-, possible performers). Sue Tarr: Thrilled with what I read about the direction Pinwheels is taking. I think it will appeal to many people—and we originally had it on a week day, and had our best attendance. OCU is centrally located and having indoor and outdoor activities is great---last year’s program was so HOT-weather wise. Annye Love: I am interested in participating in this event, however I have other obligations on Weds @ 5 pm and cannot attend planning meetings on those days. Let me know how else I may help, 501-1299, Lashimi, Dee Freeland
Agenda
1. Converging with the founders of the Pinwheels for Peace at Casady School
Focus meeting on how to make it go right
Either indoor or outdoors, but not both
Right kind of location: Indoor preferred
Help from OCU will make it best
Report from OCU by Bill ...waiting for us to define what we want to to
Students involved in the planning
Mark Davis...Oikos Program will be great asset
Speakers, departments, university will help???
Big Idea....gigantic mosaic...song...dance...ritualized ....everybody is a part of it....wonderful idea, but something easy...leaf of a pinwheel
2. Connecting to OCU: OCU welcomes the Pinwheels for Peace on their campus. Mary Benner was instrumental in opening doors, but will be unable to be part of the organizing team: "After next week's meeting, I will let you know who the "leaders" for OCU will be and other than being an interested attendee/participant in the activities next September, I won't be an organizing partner."
3. Developing collaborations for the International Day of Peace Festival
a. Every organization could run an aspect of before and after festival...Name of Festival does not need to be Pinwheels for Peace...Maybe "International Day of Peace Festival is more inclusive..." We hope OCU students would take ownership of this aspect of the festival. We just want one of the components to be the Pinwheels ushering everyone to the main event which we hope it will be inside in a location that might be circular for active participation
b. Joan hoped for speakers to be from OCU instead of RDF this year. Carmen said that speaker series could be connected to the film series. Mikel and Steve wanted more interaction with multicultural performances and very short inspirational, interactive speakers. Mikel has the list of performers. She will contact them.
c. Steve will create the inclusive finale which will place our heart, mind and actions in harmony with peace at the heart of the festival. We are very excited about this. He also suggested the creation of a giant pinwheel, parts maybe coming from all the venues participating. It might be as simple as feather brought by the participants for that purpose.
d. Carmen and Mikel wanted to keep the connections to pinwheels made at schools and churches. Interested youth facilitators will bring the pinwheels and hopefully their students. We hope, if funding is found that food, prizes and entertainment, as well as more intentional advertisement will bring some extra people next year.
e. Mikel wants to continue the giant pinwheel contest........
f. Steve wants to record the whole thing, even if not many people come, we at least have a video we can place on Youtube for following years. Maybe the video production OCU students would be interested in helping Steve.
4. Creating a proposal of the "process" of the International Day of Peace Festival. Mikel is creating a visual of what we see happening on September 21, but are opened to other ideas being connected to our vision. What happens before and after the festival, we want to be connected, but look for OCU's leadership to guide the organization and location of venues.
5. Creating a letter to take to Shinnyo-en Foundation on April 5th. Everyone who attended the meeting with draft a part of letter relating their area of interest. Carmen will put the letter together and take it to Shinnyo-en.
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