Events - 24 Oct 24

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.

10/23/2024 - 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.

10/24/2024

9:30 am - 1:00 pm

The Marian Coffin Gardens at Gibraltar: Tour and Volunteer

• Location: The Marian Coffin Gardens at Gibraltar
  1405 Greenhill Avenue, Wilmington , Delaware, 19806
• Organization(s): Preservation Delaware Inc.

Discover the hidden beauty of the 1916 Marian Coffin Gardens at Gibraltar with an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour. At 9:30 AM, join us for a 1-hour guided walk through the Main Flower Garden, Woodland Walk, Reflecting Pool, Mansion Terrace, and more. Learn about Marian Coffin, a pioneering female landscape architect who broke barriers in the early 1900s. Designing over 130 gardens in her career, this space remains one of the closest representations of her original vision.

After the tour, if you’re up for it, lend a hand in caring for the gardens! Join our volunteers to pull weeds, prune roses, plant new additions, and more. We’ll provide all the tools you need. Help preserve the beauty of this historic space while enjoying a hands-on experience!

Space is limited to 12 participants, so be sure to register early!

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.