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Six local youth will attend Peace Jam.
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The local Peace Jam group gathers for a collaborative meeting. Members shown here are, front row, Dr. Debbie De Vries, Joan Dodge and Peace Jam students, Abbe, Shelby and Jackie. In the back row, are students Seth, Nathalie, Aaron and Mio with Armando Vazquez, David Howard and Dr. David Dodge.
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More from OxnardSix local youths will attend Peace Jam. PeaceJam is an international peace and educational program built around leading (ten) Nobel Peace Prize Laureates who will work this September personally with 3000 youth from around the world to pass on their spirit, skills and wisdom they embody. The goal of PeaceJam is to inspire a new generation of peacemakers who will transform their local communities, themselves and the world.
The six youth from our community have been preparing their local peace issue of Social Justice to present at the conference, and then to continue to be shared throughout the year locally in schools and to community gatherings. The commitment of each youth is to carry the message, skills and tools they learn to others over the next ten year period. The original impetus of PeaceJam was to create one billion acts of peace in a decade, and these youth are committed to this process, and are beginning with this conference participation.
The youth will interact with otheryouth from diverse cultures and economic situations from all continents on our globe and meet with such inspiring figures as the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Rigoberta Menchu and Jody Williams. They are immersing themselves in the history of each of the ten Nobel Laureates, and preparing the local peace project presentation for sharing and review at the conference.
We ask your help in making this step towards peace a reality.
For more information, please call Deborah De Vries, 805-216-4530.
Posted by msrsl1000 on August 27, 2008 at 11:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Since this article we have added a new member from Camarillo High School . Her name is Paloma Spencer. The conference is soon but the work these students are doing will make our community a better place to live. peace robin lerner
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