"Imagine Peace" Festival
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Library Plaza, downtown Salt Lake City
The very first ever Imagine Peace Festival, created by Pom Poms Not Bomb Bombs, Utah's Radical Cheerleaders, was a huge success. The weather was perfect and the event ran without any "glitches". There was something for everyone. For the academically-oriented, there were discussions. For the visual, there were films and art displays. For those that enjoy the auditory satisifaction of art, there was music. For the kinesthetic, there were art activities. We repeatedly heard from our participants and festival goers how meaningful, well organized, and fun this event was.
We are already talking about next year's 2nd Annual Imagine Peace Festival.
Organizations that tabled were:
Westminster Roots and Shoots - children's area that remained busy all day.
People for Peace and Justice of Utah
Desert Greens Green Party of Utah
Tinogona
Gandhi Alliance for Peace
Pax Christi of Salt Lake
Soldiers Peace - Marshall Thompson, former army journalist walking across Utah
The Peace Alliance: Campaign for a Department of Peace
HEAL Utah
Wasatch Coalition for Peace and Justice
Utahns for a Just Peace in the Holy Land
Artists who performed in the amphitheater were:
Andy Monaco
Leraine Hortsmanshoff
Gary Stoddard
Adeitia
Trace Wiren
Pom Poms Not Bomb Bombs
In the Library Auditorium, the program consisted of these presentations:
One Voice Children's Choir
"Hiroshima no Pika" - 15 min animated version of a book for kids about the Hiroshima bombing
"Radio Burundi" 15 min film about Burundi peace radio
"Religious People Imagine Peace" - panel discussion
- Ivan Cendese (Episcopalian)
- Jacinata Millan (Catholic)
- Mahan Khalsa (Sikh)
- Bonnie Tyler (LDS)
"Voices in Wartime"
Utah Slammers - poetry
The 4th Floor Conference Room held the art displays and was the venue for the symposium entitled "Women and Men Dialoguing on Building Community" which proved to be an invigorating discussion.
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