10/04/2024 - 10/31/2024

12:00 am

Visionary Peace Youth Art Exhibit

• Location: Seaford District Library
  600 N. Market Street Ext., Seaford, Delaware , 19973, Western Sussex County
• Organization(s): Nonviolent Seaford

Vision
Art Peace Art created by Seaford students will be on display during regular Library hours. No registration necessary.

10/07/2024 - 10/30/2024

All Day

Peace "Delaware Style" through Art and Poetry

• Location: Lewes Public Library
  111 Adams Ave., Lewes, DE, 19958
• Organization(s): Sussex County League of Women Voters

The Sussex County League of Women Voters and the Chesapeake Bay Girl Scout Troop 665 have collaborated to memorialize Peace, Delaware Style, through artworks produced by the Chesapeake Bay Girl Scout Troop 665 and poetry written by residents of the writing community in Sussex County.

The artwork and poetry will be on display in the Lewes Public Library from October 7 through 30, 2024. The display is open to the general public during regular Library hours.

Our goal is to demonstrate and communicate thoughts and feelings of “Peace” via a collaborative and multigenerational community effort.

10/18/2024

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Peace Rock Painting and Drumming Circle

• Location: Chandler Heights
  1 Chandler Street, Seaford , DE, 19973, Sussex County
• Organization(s): Nonviolent Seaford

Participants in the afterschool program will talk about how they deal with violence and stress, paint peace rocks and participate in a drumming circle.

10/19/2024

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Helping Native Plants Thrive in Talley Day Park

• Location: Talley Day Park
  1308 Foulk Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19803, New Castle County
• Organization(s): First Unitarian Church
• Environment, Outdoors, Service

Please join us October 19th, Saturday 10am at Talley Day Park for a Peace Day Park Cleanup! Sponsored by the First Unitarian Church. We will be learning about native and invasive plants from Leah Brooks, a certified Delaware Master Naturalist and and avid eco-gardener, who will help us identify invasive plants that are not peaceful to our community. We will work together to remove the invasive species so that our native friends can flourish. Meet by the dog park in the back of the park. We’ll have trash bags, water, and snacks. Please bring gardening gloves, and if you have them, clippers and saws to cut back the invasive plants growing in the park. Bring your family and help make Talley Day Park look beautiful! No rain date.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4CAEA82EAA8-50382613-peace

10/19/2024

11:00 am - 3:00 pm

PWD Kick-Off Rally

• Location: Rodney Square
  1000 N Market St, Wilmington, De, 19801
• Organization(s): Peace Week Delaware

Join us for the start of Peace Week at the Kick-Off Rally and resource fair focused on “The Faith and Health Connection.” Inspiring speakers and collaborating partner organizations will showcase their health and wellness outreach to the community and how they contribute to building a culture of peace.

10/19/2024

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Letter of the Law

• Location: New Castle Court House Museum
  211 Delaware St, New Castle , Delaware, 19720
• Organization(s): Delaware Historical and Cultural Affairs(HCA)

Site Supervisor at the New Castle Court House Museum, Juliette Wurm will explore the bias and racism written in the laws of Delaware from the American Revolution to Reconstruction to explore the inequities written into these laws. Putting these laws into their historical context and focusing on how these laws were enforced or not using the laws and court cases related to these laws.

10/19/2024

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Let's GLOW for Peace - Adult Glow Party

• Location: The Academy for Peace
  203 North Market Street, Wilmington, DE, 19801, New Castle County
• Organization(s): STVC, Inc./ The Academy for Peace

This is A Peaceful Community Collaboration with People to People Delaware and Finist and The Owl event.

We plan to Kickoff our 2024 Peace Week collaboration with this Glow Party. We’re going to get it started and have some fun in the name of Peace.

10/20/2024

9:30 am - 11:00 am

Active Bystander Training

• Location: Congregation Beth Emeth
  300 W. Lea Blvd, Wilmington, DE, 19802
• Organization(s): Congregation Beth Emeth

Have you ever had a situation where you saw someone being harmed, physically or emotionally, and wanted to help, but you didn’t know what to do, or how to do it? As Jewish people, we have a moral imperative to pursue justice. Through Active Bystander Training, you can learn some of the situations (such as racism, antisemitism, sexual harassment, a crime being committed, and many more) that you are likely to encounter as a bystander and, more importantly, how you can intervene in a safe, productive way. We will examine the reasons why we may be reluctant to get involved and practice proven techniques for intervention.

Register here: https://congregationbethemeth.shulcloud.com/event/peace-week-bystander-training.html

10/20/2024

10:30 am - 11:45 am

"Do Well and Do Good" with Inspirational Global Guide & U.N. Member, Joni Carley

• Location: The Buzz Ware Village Center
  2119 The Highway, Wilmington, DE, 19810, Arden
• Organization(s): Awakened Heart Center for Spiritual Living - Teaching Chapter

Joni Carley has been consulting and advising values-driven global leaders for 25 years. Her advisory services, articles and talks help leaders track toward a robust and meaningful bottom line: Prosperity, People, Planet, Partnership, and Peace. She has been the Vice-chair of the Coalition for Global Citizenship 2030, a United Nations based organization, since 2017.

Her talks, dialog facilitation and workshops on transformational leadership have ranged from C-suite consulting to speaking from the podium and pulpit, from the African Bush to Asian Temples, from universities to the United Nations.

10/20/2024

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Practicing Peace Through Deep Listening

• Location: First Unitarian Church of Wilmington
  730 Halstead Rd., Wilmington, DE, 19803
• Organization(s): First Unitarian Church of Wilmington

Could what Mark Nepo says about deep listening also be what we might say about practicing peace? Nepo writes: “I learned that listening this deeply is an act of creation that shapes us beyond our will…But I’m also discovering after all these years that listening deeply over time is one of uninterrupted growing — one continuous act.” Can we allow peace to be cultivated in us—as “one continuous act.”

This service will take place in the sanctuary and live-streamed at www.firstuuwilm.org. It is one of First Unitarian’s offerings during Delaware Peace Week.

Rev. Dr. Larry Peers began as the minister of First Unitarian Church of Wilmington in August 2021. In addition to ministry, he has worked with organizations and their leaders across many faith traditions in the areas of change and conflict transformation. Rev. Peers has taught courses in adaptive leadership and conflict transformation and “Peacemaking and Religious Leadership” at seminaries.

10/20/2024

11:45 am - 12:45 pm

Peace Week Potluck

• Location: Hockessin Friends Meetinghouse
  1501 Old Wilmington Rd., Hockessin
• Organization(s): Hockessin Friends Meeting

Gather with others who are committed to peace as we share a simple meal in a relaxed setting. All are invited to bring a main or side dish or a dessert. You are also welcome to come earlier (at 10:45am) to experience the meditative silence of Quaker worship. You may RSVP at the link below, but registration is not required.

10/20/2024

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

GOTV PostCard Writing Party!

• Location: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newark
  420 Willa Rd, Newark, DE, 19711
• Organization(s): UUFN

We will write postcards to “GET OUT THE VOTE”. YOU can DO SOMETHING, as Michelle Obama urged. A healthy democracy requires citizen involvement. We supply pens, snacks, cards, scripts, live music, stamps. We are given addresses in communities that have experienced attempts to marginalize, confuse, delist, disenfranchise voters. We cannot let that happen! The power is in YOUR hands so see this does not happen. The electoral college votes from some districts/states may come down to a handful of votes. Lots of research have gone into selecting districts that have the potential to swing the election. DO NOT be the one to say “I COULD HAVE made a difference.” The work starts NOW.

Effort is sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), Unitarian Universalist Delaware Advocacy Network (UUDAN), and UUFN Endowment Committee which provided funds for stamps.

10/20/2024

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Concert & Reception

• Location: Westminster Presbyterian Church
  1502 W 13 St, Wilmington, DE, 19806, New Castle County
• Organization(s): Westminster Presbyterian Church

For Harmony We Sing: Songs of Hope and Peace

Westminster Soloists’ Showcase

• Rebecca Hughes, soprano;
• Margaret Mezzacappa, mezzo soprano;
• Teddy Austin, tenor; Jerry Polman, baritone
• Ted W. Barr, piano;
• F. Anthony Thurman, organ

In person and livestream; Free-will offering requested

10/20/2024

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Circle of Sharing for Peace and Understanding

• Location: First Unitarian Church of Wilmington
  730 Halstead Rd., Wilmington, DE, 19803
• Organization(s): First Unitarian Church of Wilmington, Human Rights Task Force

Participants are invited to use a traditional way of talking called Circle to share their wisdom after watching the TED Talk video “A Palestinian and an Israeli, Face to Face” with Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon. The Circle structure is rooted in Indigenous’ vision that considers every being as capable of creating wisdom while talking by engaging their whole being, mind, body, heart and spirit.

Being with their beloved community while sitting facing one another, each other’s humanity surfaces as a gift to those listening to inspire, heal and help to understand the issues at hand at a deeper level. Grounding practices will be experienced throughout the Circle of Sharing.

Charito Calvachi-Mateyko, a Restorative Justice professional and Circle Keeper, will be the facilitator.

10/20/2024

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Peace in Motion Workshop

• Location: Arden Gild Hall
  2126 The Highway, Wilmington, Delaware, 19810, New Castle County
• Organization(s): Arden In Motion

In-person Movement Workshop at the Arden Gild Hall

Unleash your creative power and express your inner vision of personal and collective peace through this movement and meditation workshop held at the Arden Gild Hall featuring live music and instruction by Certified Group Motion facilitators.

This is a creative practice for all ages, no prior experience needed. All are welcome. Come experience guided embodied movement structures and create a peace dance expression to carry your intentions out into the world.

This unique Group Motion Workshop connects people with the universal language of movement and creates a ritual space for building and celebrating community based on peace and understanding.

10/21/2024

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Peace Rock Painting and Drumming Circle

• Location: Meadowbridge Apartments
  500 Findley Way, Seaford, DE, 19973, Sussex County
• Organization(s): Nonviolent Seaford

Participants in the Meadowbridge Afterschool Program will talk about how to deal with violence and stress, paint peace rocks, and participate in a drumming circle.

10/21/2024

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Becoming a Poverty Abolitionist

• Location: Zoom link for Becoming a Poverty Abolitionist will be emailed to registered participants.
• Organization(s): UUDAN - Unitarian Universalist Delaware Advocacy Network

Participants are invited to join a zoom-based gathering of community advocates who share a vision of justice, peace and dignity for all Delawareans. The gathering will open with reflections on systems that oppress and tether people in poverty. The work of Matthew Desmond will be included among the reflections. Matthew Desmond is the author of two highly acclaimed books: Poverty, By America and Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. A March 30, 2023 interview with Mr. Desmond offers a good introduction for those who are new to poverty abolition. A recording of the 17-minute interview is available here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95we_UcQh2I.

The gathering will include sharing of abolition work going on in Delaware as well as visions of what needs to be done.Goals for the zoom gathering are to strengthen networks of community advocates, exchange resources, and inspire those who want to be more involved.

Registration must be received 24 hours before the event start time to receive a zoom link. This event will not be recorded.

10/22/2024

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Peace Week Presentation and Tour at the Food Bank of Delaware

• Location: Food Bank of Delaware
  222 Lake Drive, Newark, DE, 19702, New Castle County
• Organization(s): Food Bank of Delaware
• Discussion, Public policy

Join the Food Bank of Delaware for a special presentation about food insecurity in our state followed by a tour of the Food Bank of Delaware’s 80,000-square-foot facility in Newark.

10/22/2024

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Pizza With the Police

• Location: Woodlawn Library
  2020 W 9th St, Wilmington, De, 19805
• Organization(s): Woodlawn Library

Share a meal with Wilmington Police Officers and bring all of your questions and comments. Creating a safe environment depends on open dialogue.

Registration required: https://delawarelibraries.libcal.com/event/13130897

10/22/2024

5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Seeds for Peace

• Location: West Park Place Elementary
  193 W Park Place, Newark, Delaware, 19711
• Organization(s): Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids
• Environment, Well-being, Youth

UPDATE!! Due to a scheduling conflict the school has moved the event to Tuesday, October 22 instead of Wednesday, October 23!!

Join Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids at West Park Place Elementary School on Tuesday, October 22 from 5-7:30pm for a Seeds for Peace event! Free to attend! Stop by our table to learn more about our Education Cultivation Program and how we are teaching students across Delaware not only where their food comes from but also how to grow it! We currently partner with 54 schools across Delaware. You can learn more about our school garden program or how to get involved by visiting hfhk.org. Every attendee will be able to plant some seeds for peace of their own! We look forward to seeing you there!

10/22/2024

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Return Peace Corps Namibia Volunteer Annette Fletcher

• Location: Academy for Peace
  203 N Market St, Wilmington, DE, 19801
• Organization(s):

Annette Fletcher of Delaware shares her Peace Corps Namibia service as a Volunteer during Peace Week Delaware.

10/22/2024

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Songs for Peace, a Concert by the Newark Ukesters

• Location: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newark
  420 Willa Rd, Newark, DE, 19711
• Organization(s): Newark Ukesters

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newark will be hosting a Ukulele Concert on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 7:00 PM. The Newark Ukesters will be performing songs of peace and understanding, and you are invited to stop by and sing along with us!

All ages are welcome!

10/22/2024

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Sound Bath with Chris Reagoso

• Location: The Buzz Ware Village Center
  2119 The Highway, Wilmington, DE, 19810, Arden
• Organization(s): Awakened Heart Center for Spiritual Living - Teaching Chapter
• Creative Activity, Inclusion, Well-being

Are you ready to take the edges off your stressors, release tension, and delve into inner peace? Join us for a beautiful sound bath of crystal bowls, gongs and much more, held by Chris Reagoso, a popular sound bath musician. You are welcome to sit in one of our chairs or on the floor or lay down and listen to magical, grounding music that your body automatically resonates with, surrenders to and loves. Bring a yoga mat, blanket and pillow or whatever you need to be comfortable on the floor.

Chris’s mission is to inspire, educate, and guide individuals towards inner peace, harmony, and self discovery through the transformative power of sound. By channeling the healing frequencies of sound, his goal is to alleviate stress, support emotional well-being, and foster personal growth.

10/23/2024 - 10/25/2024

All Day

Tours of New Castle Court House Museum

• Location: New Castle Court House Museum
  211 Delaware St, New Castle , Delaware, 19720
• Organization(s): Delaware Historical and Cultural Affairs(HCA)

A guided tour of the court house at 1, 2 and 3 featuring an overview of Delaware’s European settlers, colonial settlements, statehood, Delaware’s laws and government and Delaware’s place in the development of the nation. This will include discussion about the trial of Thomas Garrett, an abolitionist for breaking the Fugitive Slave Law.

10/23/2024

7:00 am - 8:00 am

JavaTime Peace Jam

• Location: JavaTime Peace Jam
• Organization(s): WVUD
• Music

Get your peace jam on!
Join Shelley Kelley on  WVUD 91.3FM radio from 7 AM to 800AM on October, 23rd. The songs selected will show how the different senses can be used to bring peace: sight, sound/silence, talking, and believing in your ability to make your community, state, and world a more peaceful place—and how you, joining the many, can unite as ONE to make it happen.

10/23/2024

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Meeta Parker Songs for Peace Week

• Location: Kirkwood Library-NCC
  6000 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington, DE, 19808
• Organization(s): Kirkwood Highway Library

Meeta will be performing Peace songs from the 50s – 90s for Peace Week Delaware and a special song about stopping gun violence. All songs will be songs that you know and love!

10/23/2024

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Art & Wellness: A Journey Through Creativity

• Location: Newark Free Library
  750 Library Ave, Newark, DE, 19711
• Organization(s): New Castle County Libraries - Newark Free Library

Take a break from the everyday and explore the calming power of art at the library!

Are you a teen or adult seeking a space to relax and express yourself creatively? Join us for our monthly art therapy workshop series, designed to help you unwind, de-stress, and find balance through guided art projects. Each session offers a new opportunity to explore therapeutic techniques all in the peaceful setting of your local library.

Neurographic Art is a creative technique that combines art and psychology to promote relaxation, mindfulness, and problem-solving. Developed by Russian psychologist Pavel Piskarev in 2014, this method involves drawing lines and shapes to create intricate patterns, often resembling neural networks.

Key aspects of neurographic art include:

• Stress Relief: The repetitive and flowing nature of the drawing process can help reduce stress and anxiety, offering a meditative experience similar to mindfulness practices.
• Problem Solving: By engaging the brain in a different way, neurographic art can help unlock creative solutions and new perspectives on problems.
• No Artistic Skill Required: The process is accessible to everyone, regardless of their artistic abilities. The emphasis is on the act of drawing rather than the end result.
• Mindfulness and Relaxation: The process encourages a state of mindfulness, as participants focus on the act of drawing and the patterns they create, promoting relaxation and mental clarity.

Please Note: This workshop is designed for Teens 13+ and Adults. Art therapy activities may be challenging for young children to fully engage with or understand. For any questions, please reach out to Kim or Lauren at the library by calling 302-731-7550.

Spots are limited! To register, please visit https://delawarelibraries.libcal.com/admin/calendar/9403/calendar#s-lc-tab-calendar

10/23/2024

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Peace Through Understanding: A Journey of Lifelong Learning

• Location: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at University of Delaware(OLLI)
  Arsht Hall, 2700 Pennsylvania Ave., Wilmington, DE, 19806
• Organization(s): Osher Institute of Lifelong Learning

Peace is not necessarily a destination, but a continuous process nourished by learning and empathy.  This journey is lifelong, and every step towards greater understanding is a step towards a more peaceful world.

Come join us as we view videos together followed by small group discussion.

10/23/2024

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Labyrinth Walk for Peace

• Location: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newark
  420 Willa Rd, Newark, DE, 19711
• Organization(s): Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newark Social Justice and Labyrinth Committees
• Inclusion, Well-being

Join us for a gentle, peaceful labyrinth walk accompanied by soothing music. Walking a labyrinth is a moving meditation that can help you center yourself and find peace and compassion.

10/23/2024

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Peace Book Giveaway

• Location: The Olympia Room, The Queen
  500 N Market St, Wilmington, DE, 19801
• Organization(s): Huxley and Hiro Independent Bookstore

During the Huxley and Hiro Bookstore’s Author Fair, Peace Week Delaware will be giving away children’s books about peace. The books are mostly picture books, with some books for older students and teachers. We hope to see many preschool educators, librarians and parents. Read peace. Learn peace. Teach peace.

10/23/2024

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Ecumenical Candle-lighting Service for the Victims of Gun Violence

• Location: St. Elizabeth Roman Catholic Church
  809 S Broom Street, Wilmington, DE, 19805
• Organization(s): Ministery for Black Catholics
• Non-violence, Youth

Please join an ecumenical candle-lighting service to commemorate the victims of gun violence in our community.  Speakers and music TBA.

All are welcome–especially our youth.

10/23/2024

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Storytelling Across Political Divides

• Location: First Unitarian Church of Wilmington
  730 Halstead Rd., Wilmington, DE, 19803
• Organization(s): American Pep Talk

Join us for a demonstration of, a discussion about, and practice with storytelling across political divides. Explore tools for bravely and effectively listening to and speaking with folks who see things differently.

10/24/2024

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

BUILDING PEACE THROUGH CONNECTION: The Neurobiology of Community - A Peace Workshop

• Location: The Academy for Peace
  203 North Market Street, Wilmington, DE, 19801, New Castle County
• Organization(s): STVC, Inc./ The Academy for Peace

A 90-minute interactive workshop that explores how our nervous systems influence our interactions and relationships. This offers a unique approach to fostering peace by focusing on how human connections, brain function, and well-being are interrelated. Shay Seaborne and Imogen Ragone encourage you to see a world where people are more connected, empathetic, and resilient, with a deeper understanding of themselves and others.

PLEASE REGISTER BY 10/22/2024 AT WWW.PTPDE.ORG

10/24/2024

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Being Peace at the Labyrinth: Contemplation as Activism

• Location: First & Central Presbyterian Church
  1101 N. Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801
• Organization(s): First & Central Presbyterian Church

 It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing,
and being peace that we can make peace.¹

We tend to think of contemplative practice as a private thing, using its inward focus to cultivate our own inner peace. But when we intentionally use contemplation to direct our inner peace into our outward lives, it becomes a form of activism. In “being” peace, we help create peace in the world around us.
In this labyrinth walk, we will practice being peace together. No prior experience is required. We’ll ask each participant to contemplate a layer of peace from Peace Week Delaware’s featured quote.² We’ll provide a handout with the quote and a sample format you may follow.
This is an indoor, drop-in event. We will be open 4pm-7pm, with the collaborating support of live 20-minute Sound Bath sessions between 4:30 and 6:30. During breaks between live sessions, we’ll be accompanied by Benjamin Iobst’s recording Seven Metals: Singing Bowls of Tibet.
Come join us! We suggest you allow at least 30 minutes. Walk the floor labyrinth or trace a finger labyrinth or simply sit in a chair, as you choose. Limited floor space available if you wish to bring a yoga mat and lie down. Questions? Email us at labyrinth@firstandcentral.org
¹ Thich Nhat Hanh, Being Peace
²If there is to be peace in the world…, there must be peace in the heart.

10/24/2024

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Mobilizing Delaware Voters

• Location: Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew (SsAM)
  719 N. Shipley Street, Wilmington, DE 19801, Wilmington, DE, 19801
• Organization(s):

In the final weeks before the 2024 November elections, it is more important than ever for Delaware voters to tune-in to current information.

• • Tiffany Lydon, President, LWVDE will address how to handle pre-election misinformation and disinformation and highlight the Vote411 resource for Delaware voter registration and candidate information.
  • Andrew Bernstein, Cozen Voting Rights Fellow, ACLU Delaware, will provide an update on voting rights in Delaware and status of the Every Vote Counts Campaign which seeks to expand access to the ballot for all voters.
  • Cecelia Hobbs, one of the PPC-DE Tri-Chairs, will talk about the Poor People’s Campaign 17-point agenda and the importance of getting poor-low wage, infrequent voters to the polls.

Please join us on Thursday, October 24, 2024 from 7-8:30pm for this important voter information event at the Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew (SsAM), 719 N. Shipley Street, Wilmington, DE 19801. Free parking is available on evenings and weekends at three nearby parking lots and on the street. Directions available on church website. https://www.ssam.org/directions/

10/24/2024

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Reproductive Rights as a Matter of Faith--Another Voice!

• Location: New Ark United Church of Christ
  300 East Main Street, Newark, DE, 19711
• Organization(s): Congregation Beth Emeth (Rabbi)

Join us for an interfaith round-table discussion with members of Clergy For Choice Delaware on how our different faith traditions approach reproductive rights, and what we can do to affirm them.

10/25/2024

10:00 am - 4:30 pm

Visions of Justice

• Location: Route 9 Library and Innovation Center
  3022 New Castle Ave, New Castle, DE, 19720
• Organization(s): Delaware Center for Justice

Each year, the Delaware Center for Justice (DCJ) offers the “Visions of Justice” Conference free of charge to the community. The conference highlights the realities of justice involvement in Delaware, with an emphasis on dynamic reform strategies, innovative programs, and promising practices.

The day will culminate in a panel featuring leaders from Delaware and beyond discussing the work of Police Accountability Boards. More details will soon follow.

To register, please click the link below.
https://dcjustice.networkforgood.com/events/76526-visions-of-justice-2024

10/25/2024

5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Peace Of Pizza

• Location: St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church
  1301 N Broom St, Wilmington, DE, 19806
• Organization(s): St.Stephen's Church

Join us at Trolley Square for a city-wide celebration of peace, pizza, community, and fun. St. Stephen’s Church is your host for this event which features free pizza, beverages and desserts, accompanied by live jazz music. The evening is topped by a concert by Cab Calloway students in the sanctuary.

Last year’s Peace of Pizza event drew over 125 people. Help us meet this year’s goal of 175 attendees.
Here is the event schedule:
5 PM – 6:30: free pizza and dessert in St. Stephen’s Courtyard. Local jazz musicians will play during dinner.
6:45-7:30 PM: Classical Instrument Ensemble Concert in Sanctuary of St Stephen’s Church

As a Reconciling in Christ church, all are welcome at St.Stephen’s, without regard to race, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, socio-economic or family status, age, physical or mental abilities, outward appearance, or religious affiliation.
This event is wheelchair accessible.

10/25/2024

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Open Mic for the Peaceful Poet

• Location: Finist and The Owl Bookstore
  811 Brandywine Boulevard, Wilmington, DE, 19809, New Castle County
• Organization(s): STVC, Inc./ The Academy for Peace

Poets and Poetry lovers come share and enjoy poems of peace.

The MIC is YOURS!

10/26/2024

10:30 am - 11:30 am

“Cultural Exchange, Mindfulness, and Percussion for Peace” with Dr. Scotty Horey

• Location: Newark Free Library
  750 Library Ave., Newark, DE, 19711
• Organization(s): New Castle County Libraries - Newark Free Library

Internationally respected solo percussionist, teacher, and health and wellness advocate Dr. Scotty Horey will perform his exciting solo percussion music with an accompanying educational discussion. Audiences will learn of the power of cultural exchange in sharing music around the world, how music can illuminate the universally human importance of body, mind, heart, and spirit, and share hope for the globalized future. Adults and children from all ages and backgrounds are invited and welcome. Visit www.scottyhorey.com for more info.

To register, please visit: https://delawarelibraries.libcal.com/event/13247330

10/26/2024

11:00 am - 6:00 pm

Peace Week Celebration - Pursuing Peace 24/7 -Community, Unity & Service Blockparty

• Location: The Academy for Peace
  203 North Market Street, Wilmington, DE, 19801, New Castle County
• Organization(s): STVC, Inc./ The Academy for Peace

10/26/2024

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Rethinking Treaty of Friendship

• Location: New Castle Court House Museum
  211 Delaware St, New Castle , Delaware, 19720
• Organization(s): Delaware Historical and Cultural Affairs(HCA)

William Penn’s meeting with Lenni Lenape tribal leaders in 1682 at Shackamaxon was, according to Voltaire, the “only treaty never sworn to and never broken.” No written treaty survives, yet early references abound and Lenape oral history supports the evidence. Speaker Penny Dwyer will explain how a fascination with the story of the Treaty of Friendship evolved over centuries and manifested in relics, works of art and commercialism.

Penny Dwyer is Curator at the Penn Treaty Museum, Philadelphia.

10/26/2024

1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Draw the Circle Wider: Depolarizing as Spiritual Discipline & Democratic Imperative

• Location: First Unitarian Church of Wilmington
  730 Halstead Rd., Wilmington, DE, 19803
• Organization(s): Arlington Street Church in Boston, MA

In America, we have become increasingly polarized in our political views and ever more distrustful of our fellow citizens. What can help us repair this breach and foster a sense of civic renewal, even in the midst of a high-stakes election cycle?
In this half-day workshop, spiritual director and community minister Kelly Murphy Mason will explore the dynamics of deepened national division and introduce some individual and collective practices for depolarizing various encounters and enhancing goodwill among us, expanding on her experiences with the Georgetown University Berkley Center and Braver Angels, a national bi-partisan organization.
Together, we’ll explore what makes it so difficult for us to agree to disagree these days, how we can exit the assorted echo chambers we inhabit, and what might inspire us to put greater trust in the democratic process — and in one another.

10/26/2024

2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Listen to the Children/ Student Panel Discusion, Art and Music

• Location: Kirkwwod Public Library
  6000 Kirkwood Hwy,, Wilmington , DE, 19808
• Organization(s): Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newark

Community event / Forum format where diverse students will share  how they live and experience peace. They will share what they want adults to hear, and what they may suggest to better opportunities for peace at schools. They will tell us what is working for them and what they would like to be improved.
Come join us and tend them an ear, support, some love, empathy, and then maybe become an advocate for kids 🙂 We’ll have information available on how anyone can advocate for kids, for peace, for communities and diverse spaces for education.

10/26/2024

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Common Ground

• Location: UUs of Southern DE
  30486 Lewes-Georgetown Hwy, Lewes, DE, 19958
• Organization(s): DE Interfaith Power and Light

“Common Ground” unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind our broken food system. The film reveals how unjust practices forged our current farm system in which farmers of all colors are literally dying to feed us. The film profiles a hopeful and uplifting movement of white, black, and indigenous farmers who are using alternative “regenerative” models of agriculture that could balance the climate, save our health, and stabilize America’s economy – before it’s too late.

10/27/2024

10:30 am - 11:45 am

Sovereignty in Undisturbable Peace

• Location: The Buzz Ware Village Center
  2119 The Highway, Wilmington, DE, 19810, Arden
• Organization(s): Awakened Heart Center for Spiritual Living - Teaching Chapter

Dear Friends,

I am so excited and honored for the opportunity to speak about the Sovereignty in Undisturbable Peace. Peace is often declared by an external source, but what does it really mean to us personally?

To ground us in the present moment, I will begin with a meditation experience that will guide us into a peaceful, connected state. From there, I will lead us into a personal activity of soul writing to explore our own personal conceptions of Peace. This will lead us into my talk on the Practice of Undisturbable Peace in our daily lives. And, if time allows we can open the floor for sharing.

With great Love and Gratitude,
Anne Dushel Maring

Anne Dushel Maring is a Karuna Reiki Master, NASM CPT/BCS, and owner of A.C.O.R.N. Fitness and Well-Being LLC. Her fundamental beliefs, foundation for teaching, and her energy practice rest upon 3 primary statements: I AM Sacred. I AM Divine. I AM Sovereign. From this foundation, each person as a Creation and a Creator in this Universe can call upon a treasure of energetic resources to empower their every day. Beautiful synchronicities unfold in our lives when we tap into our personal Divinity, Universal Life Force Energy, and the Wisdom of our own Sacred Heart.

https://www.awakenedheart.net/sunday-services

10/27/2024

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Dedication of a Peace Pole

• Location: St. Martha’s Episcopal Church
  117 Maplewood Street, Bethany Beach, DE, 19930
• Organization(s): St. Martha's Episcopal Churc

St. Martha’s Episcopal Church in Bethany Beach invites you and your friends to the 10:00 service at St. Martha’s Episcopal Church in Bethany Beach on Sunday, October 27, 2024. Please enter through the red doors at the corner of Pennsylvania and Maplewood. At the conclusion of the service, we will process outside where Reverend Victoria Pretti will dedicate and bless our newly installed Peace Pole. The Dedication will take place at the corner of Pennsylvania and Maplewood, weather permitting or inside in case of rain.  The Dedication will be followed by a coffee hour in our parish hall.

10/27/2024

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Sabbath for Peace and Unity

• Location: Epworth United Methodist Church
  19285 Holland Glade Road, Rehoboth Beach, DE, 19971
• Organization(s): SOAH

Speak Out Against Hate (SOAH) Faith Leaders Action Group invites you to attend an ecumenical
community-wide service culminating Peace Week Delaware. The service will include multi-faith
liturgies and readings presented by faith leaders from several houses of worship in the local
region. Additionally, singers from the participating faith houses will join in song. Intercessions
about experiencing hate will be shared, and at a time of discord in our community and country,
this service has been organized to unite us.
Please register to attend at: www.soah-de.org
For questions,email: infoforsoah@gmail.com

10/27/2024

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Circle of Sharing for Peace and Understanding

• Location: New Ark United Church of Christ
  300 East Main Street, Newark, DE, 19711
• Organization(s): Latino Initiative on Restorative Justice

Participants are invited to use a traditional way of talking called Circle to share their wisdom after watching the video “A Palestinian and an Israeli, Face to Face” | Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon | TED. The Circle structure is rooted in Indigenous’ vision that considers every being as capable of creating wisdom while talking by engaging their whole being, mind, body, heart and spirit.

Being with their beloved community while sitting facing one another, each participant’s humanity surfaces as a gift to those listening to inspire, heal and help to understand the issues at hand at a deeper level. Grounding practices will be experienced throughout the Circle of Sharing.

Charito Calvachi-Mateyko, a Restorative Justice professional and Circle Keeper, will be the facilitator.