{"id":621,"date":"2020-08-01T15:45:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T15:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/?page_id=621"},"modified":"2020-11-12T23:28:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T23:28:42","slug":"2020-virtual-peace-booth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/2020-documents\/2020-virtual-peace-booth\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Virtual Peace Booth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since the NC State Fair has been canceled, The Peace Booth for 2020 will be a <em>Virtual Peace Booth<\/em>! We will provide on-line resources for the friends of the Peace Booth (old and new) to connect and share how we can all make this a more peaceful world. Our theme this year is <span class=\"has-inline-color has-green-color\"><strong><em>Know Justice, Know Peace<\/em><\/strong>,<\/span> and we want our community of peace lovers to share what that means to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will list all 2020 Virtual Peace Booth activities on this page, so bookmark it and come back!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Sat, Oct 24<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/sponsors\/unc-students\/\">UNC Students<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fri, Oct 23<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/sponsors\/father-charlie-mulholland-catholic-worker-house\/\">Father Charlie Mulholland Catholic Worker House<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thu, Oct 22<\/td><td>Community United Church of Christ and<br>Friends of St. Michaels<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wed, Oct 21<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/sponsors\/triangle-interfaith-alliance\/\">Triangle Interfaith Alliance<\/a> and<br><a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/sponsors\/veterans-for-peace\/\">Veterans for Peace<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tue, Oct 20<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/sponsors\/triangle-raging-grannies\/\">Triangle Raging Grannies<\/a> and<br><a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/sponsors\/north-carolina-council-of-churches\/\">North Carolina Council of Churches<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mon, Oct 19<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/sponsors\/wake-lutheran-peace-fellowship\/\">Wake Lutheran Peace Fellowship<\/a> and<br><a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/sponsors\/pullen-memorial-baptist-church\/\">Pullen Memorial Baptist Church<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sun, Oct 18<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/sponsors\/amnesty-international\/\">Amnesty International<\/a> and<br><a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/sponsors\/north-carolina-interfaith-power-and-light\/\">NC Interfaith Power and Light<\/a>\/North Carolina Council of Churches<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fri, Oct 16<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/sponsors\/nc-peace-action\/\">NC Peace Action<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/sponsors\/st-francis-of-assisi\/\">St. Francis of Assisi<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thu, Oct 15<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/sponsors\/unitarian-universalist-fellowship-of-raleigh\/\">Unitarian Universalist Fellowship<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption>Prior Virtual Peace Booth day sponsors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-subtle-pale-blue-background-color has-fixed-layout has-background\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color:#8e1892\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Peace Quote of the Day<\/span><\/strong><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color:#8e1892\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Kid&#8217;s Activity of the Day<\/span><\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">The only way to abolish war is to make peace heroic.<br>\u2014&nbsp;John Hinton<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Activity Planet (UK) offers a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.activityvillage.co.uk\/hand-banner\" class=\"broken_link\">Hand Banner<\/a>&nbsp;exercise \u2013 cut out hand outlines, with peace quotes in them, and string them together. This one is themed for MLK, but you can choose other themes.<br><br>Download our&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncpeacebooth.org\/images\/2011\/handsproject-coloring-sheet.pdf\">Hands and words are not for hurting<\/a><\/strong> coloring sheet<br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ncpeacebooth.org\/images\/2011\/handsproject-coloring-sheet-thumb.png\" alt=\"Handsproject coloring sheet\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured Updates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-5837bc01-fc84-48ed-96d1-6d3ecf39f9ad\"><li>The Peace Booth is sponsoring three webinars on Peace:<ul><li>On Sunday <strong>October 18<\/strong>, <strong>Christina Cowger<\/strong> presented NCSTN for <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/2020-documents\/ncstn-making-peace-by-ending-torture\/\">NCSTN: Making Peace by Ending Torture<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. <\/li><li><strong>Martin Gugino<\/strong> suffered a head injury when he fell to the pavement after law enforcement shoved him during a George Floyd protest. Martin and Wes Hare (a long-time Triangle peace and justice activist) will discuss <a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/2020-documents\/martin-gugino\"><strong><em>Our Nation&#8217;s Relationship with Law Enforcement<\/em><\/strong><\/a> on Wednesday, <strong>October 21<\/strong>. <\/li><li>Join <strong>Patrick O&#8217;Neill<\/strong> on Sunday <strong>October 25<\/strong> for our final webinar, <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/2020-documents\/kings-bay-plowshares-action-and-hope\/\">Kings for Bay Plowshares: Action and Hope<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. Learn more about the action, the trial, and get an update after Fr. Steve Kelly\u2019s and Patrick\u2019s sentencing. (Please register <a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/2020-documents\/kings-bay-plowshares-action-and-hope\/\">here<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong><em>Sign our 2020 Petition<\/em><\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/2020-documents\/petitions\/\">True Police Accountability<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li>The Peace Booth was a sponsor of the <strong><em>Bread for the World North Carolina Statewide Convention<\/em><\/strong> on Saturday, October 17. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting Involved<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/know-justice-know-peace-small-padded.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-716\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/know-justice-know-peace-small-padded.png 480w, http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/know-justice-know-peace-small-padded-300x283.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption>Our &#8220;Know Justice, Know Peace&#8221; sticker, designed by Joe McTaggart. Do you want a <strong><em>Know Justice, Know Peace<\/em><\/strong> window cling or sticker? Send your mailing address to <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#116;&#x6f;&#58;&#x69;n&#x66;o&#x40;n&#x63;p&#101;&#x61;&#99;&#x65;&#98;&#x6f;&#111;&#x74;&#104;&#x2e;o&#x72;g@subject=Please%20send%20me%20a%20Peace%20Booth%20sticker\">&#x69;&#110;f&#x6f;&#x40;&#110;c&#x70;&#101;a&#x63;&#x65;&#98;o&#x6f;&#116;h&#x2e;&#x6f;&#114;g<\/a> . (While supplies last.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some ways you can get involved in our Virtual Peace Booth:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Please follow us on our Twitter feed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThePeaceBooth\">@ThePeaceBooth<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thepeacebooth\">our Facebook page<\/a> &#8211; and engage with us &#8211; to stay informed of future activities. We love retweets!<\/li><li>Not on Twitter or Facebook? Join our <a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/contact-us\/peace-booth-daily\/\">PeaceBoothDaily mailing list<\/a> to get a daily digest of Virtual Peace Booth updates and content, such as the Peace Quote of the Day or info about new content. <\/li><li><strong><em>Sign our 2020 Petition<\/em><\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/2020-documents\/petitions\/\">True Police Accountability<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li>The Peace Booth was a sponsor the <strong><em>Bread for the World North Carolina Statewide Convention<\/em><\/strong> on October 17. <\/li><li>Sign our <a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/guestbook\/\">Guestbook<\/a>. Don&#8217;t know what to say? Add a reflection on what our theme &#8220;Know Justice, Know Peace&#8221; means to you!<\/li><li>Have a favorite Peace Quote? Share it with us at <a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/add-a-peace-quote\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"886\">Add a Peace Quote<\/a>!<\/li><li>Do you have a photo from the Peace Booth that we can share on our social media streams? Send it to us at <a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#108;t&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x69;&#110;fo&#x40;&#x6e;&#99;&#112;e&#x61;&#x63;&#x65;&#98;oo&#x74;&#x68;&#46;&#111;r&#x67;@subject=Peace%20%Booth%photos\">&#105;n&#x66;o&#x40;&#110;&#x63;&#112;&#x65;&#97;c&#x65;b&#x6f;&#111;&#x74;&#104;&#x2e;&#111;&#x72;&#103;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/materials\/\">Download a bookmark<\/a> &#8211; print your own bookmarks on card stock, and give them to friends<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncpeacebooth.org\/content\/materials\/\">Download a coloring sheet<\/a> and share your kid&#8217;s coloring<\/li><li>Share a Peace Selfie on Twitter or Instagram, and tag <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThePeaceBooth?src=hashtag_click&amp;f=live\">#ThePeaceBooth<\/a><\/li><li>Ask your church or peace organization to &#8220;sponsor&#8221; the Peace Booth for a day via social engagement. Please email <a href=\"&#x6d;a&#x69;l&#x74;&#111;&#x3a;&#105;n&#x66;o&#x40;&#110;&#x63;&#112;&#x65;&#97;c&#x65;b&#x6f;&#111;&#x74;&#104;&#x2e;&#x6f;r&#x67;@subject=Sponsor%20%a%20day\">&#105;&#110;&#x66;o&#64;&#x6e;&#x63;p&#101;&#x61;&#x63;e&#98;&#x6f;o&#116;&#x68;&#x2e;o&#114;&#x67;<\/a> and we will contact you about how you can sponsor a day.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Messages of Peace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Some biographers have noted Gandhi\u2019s lack of interest in the arts. He rarely read a novel, or went to the theater or an art gallery.<br>He did not possess Thoreau\u2019s eye for beauty, or Schopenhaer\u2019s ear for music. ..<br>It would be a mistake to conclude Gandhi was not creative. He was, only not in the usual way.<br>Gandhi\u2019s paintbrush was his resolve, his canvas the human heart.<br>\u201cReal beauty,\u201d he said,\u201dis doing good against evil.\u201d<br>All violence is a failure of the imagination demands creativity. Gandhi was always searching for new, innovative ways to fight.<\/p><cite>Contributed by Michelle Rose, long time Peace Booth Volunteer<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the NC State Fair has been canceled, The Peace Booth for 2020 will be a Virtual Peace Booth! We will provide on-line resources for the friends of the Peace Booth (old and new) to connect and share how we can all make this a more peaceful world. 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