Pennsylvania Senate Resolution Harrisburg Peace Park (pdf. file)<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
The project utilizes Riverfront Park as a common ground, and links commemorations and interpretive programs for eight public monuments along the six acre linear park which exemplify the city\u2019s journey towards tolerance, freedom and peaceful co-existence. The commemoration monuments allow neighbors, visitors, and guests who frequent the Susquehanna River walkway to pause and reflect on historic stewardship as well as the current challenges for accomplishing peace and peaceful co-existence in Harrisburg. A self-guided walking tour map has been created for host families from across the city.<\/p>\n
A series of visits and events were held this past week at venues including: the Science and Technology High School, Harrisburg University, Dauphin County Administration Building, Martin Luther King Municipal Building, Midtown Scholar Book Store, and Harrisburg Mid-Town Arts Center. Centerpiece of the events was a reception at the Hilton Harrisburg Hotel with guests of honor, Mrs. Naomi King, wife of A.D. King, brother of Martin Luther King, Dr. Babs Onabanjo, President and CEO of the A. D. King Foundation, and Dr. Louis D\u2019Amore, Founder and President, International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT).<\/p>\nCommunity Leaders together with Mrs. King, Lou D\u2019Amore and Dr. Babs Onabanjo following a luncheon.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOrchestrating the project as a volunteer is Mr. Lenwood Sloan \u2013 well known across the U.S. as a catalytic agent, animator, and facilitator of cultural and heritage programs. For the past 40 years, Mr. Sloan has provided inspiration, leadership and technical assistance both in the public and private sector. Lenwood has been involved in film, cultural, heritage and recreational initiatives in Pennsylvania including collaboration with the National Park Service on the 50 site \u201cUnderground Railroad Trail\u201d for which he received the Pennsylvania \u201cMartin Luther King Humanitarian Award\u201d and in 2011, the Pennsylvania Civil War trails for which he won the Historical Society\u2019s Innovation Award.<\/p>\n
Exemplars \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Reception event also honored Exemplars for their contribution to Harrisburg.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Remaining Events during the year-long project include<\/strong><\/p>\nHistoric Harrisburg Association, March 26 \u2013<\/p>\n
\u201cA Stewardship Forum on Women and War\u201d<\/p>\n
Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center, April\u00a09<\/p>\n
Holocaust Event \u2013 Dialogue: Remembrance and Reaffirmation<\/p>\n
Physicians for\u00a0Social Responsibility, April\u00a027<\/p>\n
\u00a0Tree Plantings<\/p>\n
St. Stephens Episcopal Cathedral, May 5,<\/p>\n
Dialogue: Harrisburg 1860 \u2013 1960<\/p>\n
Susquehanna Arts Museum, June \u2013 July (multiple events)<\/p>\n
Art Immersion Workshops \u2013 \u201cRaising the Colors of Peace\u201d<\/p>\n
Olewine Public Library, July 11-13, 2018<\/p>\n
Art Immersion Workshops \u2013 \u201cMaking Your Own Peace Pole\u201d<\/p>\n
Market Square Presbyterian Church, August 5<\/p>\n
Hiroshima Event<\/p>\n
Governor’s Mansion, September 1<\/p>\n
Dialogue: Citizenship and a Blue Print for Seven Generations<\/p>\n
Harrisburg University, September 7, 2018<\/p>\n
Seven Generations Town Hall<\/p>\n
Dauphin County Library – Front and Walnut, October 10<\/p>\n
Monument<\/p>\n
Grace Un, ted Methodist Church, November 11,<\/p>\n
Veterans Day 2018<\/p>\n
A wreath laying event at each of the eight monument sites is supported by a Civic Dialogue in the adjacent neighborhood and an anchor arts immersion experience.<\/p>\n
Dauphin County Proclamation \n<\/strong>Please\u00a0click here<\/a>\u00a0to view the Dauphin County Proclamation.<\/p>\nIIPT Global Peace Parks Project<\/strong><\/p>\nAs part of its 30th Anniversary Year events, IIPT has launched a \u201cGlobal Peace Parks Project\u201d with a goal of 2,000 Peace Parks circling the earth by November 11, 2018, the Centenary of the end of World War I and its theme \u201cNo More War\u201d. The project builds on the foundations of IIPT\u2019s Peace Parks across Canada Project in 1992 commemorating Canada\u2019s 125th birthday as a nation. That project resulted in 350 cities and towns dedicating a park to peace and was said to be the most significant of more than 25,000 Canada 125 Projects.<\/p>\n
Partnering with IIPT on the project is United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the united voice and world advocate of democratic local self-government with a global network of cities, local and regional governments representing 70% of the world population. UCLG goals include contributing to the achievement of the SDG\u2019s, Paris Agreement, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and New Urban Agenda for Sustainable Urban Development<\/p>\n
Objectives of the IIPT Global Peace Parks are: to nurture the growth of peace and understanding at home and throughout the world; enhance awareness of a community\u2019s commitment to peace and a healthy environment; \u00a0create common ground for the community to come together in celebration of their nation\u2019s people, land, and heritage, and the common future of all humankind; reflect on our connectedness to one another as a Global Family and Tour common home, planet Earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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