Maryland Students Craft Pinwheels For Peace.
The Baltimore Sun (9/23, Burris) reports that on Tuesday, students at Forest Ridge Elementary School in Laurel, MD participated in "Pinwheels for Peace, a worldwide project where children craft images and messages about peace then fold their papers into twirly objects and plant them in the ground as part of International Day of Peace. ... According to the project website, Florida-based Pinwheels for Peace was started in 2005 by art instructors" in a Florida school who "urged their students to convey feelings about the world and their own lives." Pinwheels for Peace "coincides with the International Day of Peace, which the United Nations established in 1981 as a global call for cease-fire and nonviolence, according to its website."
Students At California High School Celebrate International Day Of Peace. California's Mercury News (9/22) reported that students at Logan High School in Union City, CA "have been making signs, painting a mural and decorating T-shirts to promote" the International Day of Peace. According to the Mercury News, "During the school's two lunch periods, between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., students will gather on the football field to organize themselves into 'peace messages,'" said district spokesman Rick La Plante. The Mercury News added, "In past years, students held similar gatherings in which they spelled out the word 'peace' during one lunch period and formed a human peace sign during the second."
Students In Florida County "Stand Up for Peace." WFOR-TV Miami (9/23, Loren) reports that on Wednesday, "Stand Up for Peace Across Broward Day was celebrated by students" in Broward County, FL "as part of, 'Choose Peace-Stop Violence Week.' The movement featured peace marches, creating a human peace symbols, and decorating the schools with pinwheels for peace were among the ways students came together to fight youth violence which has plagued Broward county over the last year."
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