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Our meeting began with the new teach peace song. Laura Sandage wrote and sang this incredible song. She was accompanied by Andrew Corbett (guitar) and John Swann (bass). All are local musicians and this was the first performance of teach peace.
The teach peace song is dedicated to Patrick McCaffrey. Patrick died in Iraq on June 22, 2004. On a related note, Jim Walsh is leading the Teach Peace Camp Patrick on June 22, 2006 in Stockton. To learn more or participate with Jim Walsh, Nadia McCaffrey, Dave Dionisi and many others, see http://www.teachpeace.com/camppatrick.htm.
Mary then reviewed the agenda and thanked Ted Neff and the Friends for providing the facility for the meeting. Dave reviewed key developments since our last meeting in May. Near the top of the list is a series of major improvements in the Teach Peace website. See http://www.teachpeace.com/videos.htm and watch one of the educational and entertaining videos to obtain an appreciation for this comment. Teach Peace was promoted on television in a KMTV interview available online from the Teach Peace video section. We also had our first peace collage printed in a newspaper (see http://www.teachpeace.com/davisenterprise.htm). Members participated in a number of Stand Up For Peace opportunities. A big thank you to Nancy Patterson and Mary Wind for their efforts as we now have over 400 photos in our peace collage.
Dave participated in the Sacramento Peace Pyramid that is run by Teach Peace members Tom and Dar King. Teach Peace member Damion Sharpe also filmed Teach Peace members for the documentary Thou Shall Not Kill. Teach Peace members are increasingly making contact with other organizations and sharing the idea that when we work together, we can bring about a better world. For example, at the Sacramento Stonewall Four Freedoms dinner, a Teach Peace lapel pin was presented to former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown. The Teach Peace organization is also receiving publicity on the radio from both 1240 AM and 1320 AM. On June 9, Dave also presented the Teach Peace open source peace model at the Gigabyte café in Sacramento. Many thanks to Steve Reed who made this event possible.
Teach Peace is planning to present our open source peace model of teaching peace at the UN Global Summit in October. The Teach Peace board has arranged for two of our three peace awards that will be given during our Evening of Peace annual dinner on October 1. The first is the Distinguished Peace Leadership award and Will and Jane Lotter are the recipients. The second award is our Peace Media award and Christine Craft is the recipient. We have not decided who will receive our Lighting Rod of Courage award and nominations for the Teach Peace board of directors can be sent to contact@teachpeace.com.
Teach Peace has reached out to many peace organizations with offers to join the coalition. As a result the Teach Peace organization is growing rapidly (see http://www.teachpeace.com/ffwcoalition.htm).
Projects Presentation/Deliverables and Initiative Sign Up Mary reviewed the process that led to the Projects for consideration by the group. Over 25 projects were identified by the group participating in the May meeting. The projects with the most votes were placed on flip charts on the front wall. Also, all projects met the three mandates of:
Mary stated that these projects were outlined on the flip charts under the four categories we identified as essential to achieve successful self sufficiency. Specifically the four categories are Education, Membership, Publicity, and Fund-Raising. Each of the initiatives were then briefly described. Members asked questions as other members went up to the flip charts and signed up for various initiatives.
The following was captured on the flip charts:
teach peace Deliverables – Sign Up Flip Charts *name indicates point person and Dave will send each point person the full names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers of team members.
1. Education
Ø Interfaith Brochure: Work on creating the brochure *Savi E., John M., Bob F., Maimul K., Damion S., Kahi B., Mary Anne K., and Guy T.
Ø 20 Did You Know and 20 What To Do Messages *Jack M.
Ø Camp Patrick *Jim W., Nadia M., David D., Victor C. and Regina.
Ø US Dept of Peace *Dar K. and Bill B.
Ø Publish Stand Up For Peace collage on the Internet & in print (e.g., in papers like the Middle East Times) *Dave D.
Ø *The Happy Cricket (this program will restart when school commences in September) Carey M.
2. Membership
Stand Up For Peace Ø Arrange for the Teach Peace table at the Davis Farmers market & take photos on: June 17 * Pat W. June 24 * Marilu C. and Linda C. July 1 * Jack M. and Katie B. July 8 * Jimmy S. and Clara Lilyblade July 15 * Tony and Mary Anne K. July 29 * Terry K. and Nancy P. August 5 * Guy and Akemi T.
Ø Sacramento Farmer’s Market (some Sundays) Dar & Carey M.
Ø Attend other organization’s meeting and take photos Damion S., Lorraine & Steve Krofchals, Michael Gass and Nancy
3. Publicity
Ø Newspapers Get Paper to write a story about Teach Peace & Build a relationship for Teach Peace
Other Papers Stockton Record: Jim W. New & Review: Bob F. Elk Grove Citizen, etc: Bob F.
Ø Radio Announcements KDVS/KDRT: Todd U.
Ø Television KQED TV2: Nadia
Ø Week of Peace Planning Committee: *Dave D.
Ø Dinner Planning Committee: *Mary W. 1. Plan Events - Linda C. 2. Publicity - Nadia M.
Ø Teach Peace Better World Stickers
Linda C.
Steve R. and Damion S.
Ø Gift of Hope Program: Dave D.
Toolkit Documentation for all projects. 1. Steps to accomplish 2. Time invested to accomplish 3. Key contacts and ideas for a toolkit
Please remember to send an e-mail to ddionisi@sbcglobal.net by August 5 and provide an update on what has been accomplished. If you need help at any time, please be sure to contact our Best Practice Team, or call Dave Dionisi at 530-758-2362.
Best Practices Team Mary Wind = windml@gmail.com Mike Pach = mepach@gmail.com Marilyn Perry = marilynlperry@yahoo.com Nancy Patterson = nanoosky@sbcglobal.net
Project contributions of Teach Peace members will help us determine who to ask to serve in key leadership positions.
Jim Walsh then updated the group on the Camp Patrick program mentioned earlier in the meeting notes. Everyone is encouraged to help our friends in San Joaquin Country by participating in this event. National and international media coverage has been arranged by Teach Peace.
Duan Hunn updated the group on the World Service Corps.
Our meeting ended with Laura Sandage’s beautiful performance of the second song she wrote for teach peace titled “One Small Piece At A Time.”
Thank you to everyone for your participation!
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Agenda 1:00 Welcome with the new Teach Peace theme song 1:25 Agenda Overview, and Facility Layout 1:35 Teach Peace Month-in-Review Update 2:00 Projects Presentation/Deliverables and Sign Up 2:40 Camp Patrick, World Service Corps & other peace organization announcements 2:50 Teach Peace Letterhead, Oct 1 Week of Peace & Wrap Up 3:00 Closing song – “One Small Piece At A Time”
To access the August 19 proposed agenda, click here.
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