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.
ABC Channel 4 showed up with a camera and took footage of the events and did an interview with me but I don’t see where they showed it.
I heard from one organization who tabled that they had never before been able to have such an opportunity to dialogue with the public about peace.
We are already talking about next year’s 2nd Annual Imagine Peace Festival.
Organizations that tabled yesterday were:
Artists who performed in the amphitheater were:
Scott Fife
In the Library Auditorium, the program consisted of these presentations:
– Ivan Cendese (Episcopalian)
– Jacinata Millan (Catholic)
– Mahan Khalsa (Sikh)
– Bonnie Tyler (LDS)
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.
Photos and sound clips of yesterday’s events can be seen at this blog (Dee’s ‘Dotes)above, and on these blogs:
Poms Not Bombs
Green Jenni
Wesley’s My Space
I’ve also posted the photos on Imagine Peace Festival
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 