Sunday, September 20, 2009

Pinwheels for Peace 2009-International Day of Peace 2009








OKC PINWHEELS FOR PEACE 2009: http://www.pinwheelsforpeace.com/pinwheelsforpeace/home.html
WHERE? Will Rogers Park Amphitheater, 3312 North Portland, OKC 73112
WHY? International Day of Peace Celebration: Pinwheels, drumming and performances from diverse OKC cultural groups. Master of Ceremony: Braeden J. TheCasady String Quartet performed.
WHEN? Sunday, September 20, 2-4 p.m.

Thanks you Casady primary: Mrs. Czerwinski, LD: first grade: Mrs. Morgan, all 4th grade classes, especially Mrs. Bruce source of the pinwheel project three years ago, the Class of 2013: Service-learning Fridays class, UD art club, and Ms. Rachel Rettinger, Service-Learning Intern. Special thanks to the Casady " Musicians Ink" Sring Quartet. Their performance was incredible. Some people asked for admission information because they wanted their children to attend the school that had such wonderful and talented teens!!!! Great job, Casady YAC!!!

HISTORY OF THE CASADY PINWHEEL PROJECT Peace advocacy to celebrate the United Nations International Day of Peace, September 21: http://www.pathwaystopeace.org/

2005: Created by art teachers, Ann Ayers and Ellen McMillan from Monarch High School in Coconut Creek, Florida. GOAL: A way for students to express their feelings about what’s going on in the world and in their lives. 

2007: First Youth-Led OKC International Day of Peace
Putnam City North High School C.A.S.T. (Cultural Awareness for Students & Teachers) www.castfortheworld.com in collaboration with the Friends of the United Nations Oklahoma www.una-okc.org and the Respect Diversity Foundation www.respectdiversity.org; Casady 4th graders brought this advocacy project to the attention of the Class of 2011 and the service-learning program.

2008 and 2009 Casady YAC joined C.A.S.T. as one of the host organizations of the OKC intergenerational, youth-led International Day of Peace Pinweels for Peace Multicultural Celebration

pooch parade and pinwheels for peace 2009

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