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Peace Camp Certificate - 2012


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ARC Peace Camp 2013 pictures.

Monday: Unitarian Universalist Congregational Hall, Danbury.

A Day of Buddhism - The Venerable Ocean of Wisdom Sakya.

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Venerable Wisdom Sakya speaks to the children on understanding peace.

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Peace Camp Group Picture, Venerable Wisdom Sakya and Director Suzanne Perry.

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Children showing their handy work - bracelets with their name
and setting up for tie-dye.

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Outdoor activities.

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Having fun with water on a hot day.

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Tuesday: Tarrywile Mansion, Danbury.

Native American Day - Suzanne Perry.

Peace Camp Director Suzanne Perry explaining the Arts and Crafts project.

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Children taking a snack break.

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Signing the Peace Pole.

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Outside Activities.

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Peace Camp Group Picture, with peace-camp peers leaders and director.

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Wednesday: Baitul Mukarram Masjid, Danbury.

Muslim Day - Shazeeda Kahn.

Shazeeda talks to the children about Islam and its sacred shrines.

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The children learn how Muslim's pray.

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The children learn how to write their names in Arabic and learn a craft.

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Shazeeda explains that the Arabic language is written from left to right.

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Group picture at Baitul Mukarram Masjid.

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Thursday: Unitarian Universalist Congregation Hall, Danbury.

Judaism - Shari Lynn Kochman and Henry Tritter.

The children gather around the Toran Scroll
to learn about its importance to Judaism.

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The parts of the Toran Scroll are described to the children
and they learn that it is quite heavy.

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The method of hand writing a Sefer Torah is explained and
it is demonstrated how it is never touched with the hand.

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The blowing of the Ram's Horn (a shofar) was demonstrated - it was so loud that it
startled everyone. All had fun learning how to accomplish the blowing.

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Everyone enjoyed creating and learning new crafts.

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Everyone wanted to proudly display their hand crafts.

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Having fun with a camp peer leader.

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Friday: Unitarian Universalist Congregation Hall, Danbury.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation - Darlene Anderson-Alexander

Peace, acceptance and inclusiveness was the theme of the lesson.

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The circle grows from including the few, expanding to make the world anew.

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The children make sandwiches for the Dorothy Day Hospitality
House - a soup kitchen in Danbury.

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Displaying their hand crafts.

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Creating personalized tributes to Rev. P.J. Leopold.

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The Rev. P.J. Leopold distibutes Peace Camp Certificates.

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The Rev. P.J. Leopold speaks with the children and the peer leaders.

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Personalizing others' Peace Camp T-shirts.

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Rev. P. J. Leopold observes the tribute to her from the children.

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Friday's group picture.

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Poem in the picture to the left:

He drew a circle that shut me out,

Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout,

But love and I had the wit to win,

We drew a circle that took him in.