Last night we had our annual Community-wide Peace Picnic at our Pleasant Ridge campus. This has become a tradition at NGFS. It allows us to "lift up" for one day what we live throughout the year at our school. That is that resolutions, small and big, come best through peaceful methods. We stress throughout each day, and each year and our history the importance of thoughtful listening and reflection to work out solutions together, not by physical strength or majority rule.
We say in our Statement of Quaker Beliefs, about Peace: Friends are committed to settling differences in all human relationships in a peaceful manner.
So we do as a school community live this each day. Coming to non-violent resolution is not the easy way often, but we are convinced it is the right way. Therefore, we celebrate this Day of Peace as one component of the bigger picture at NGFS. We do encourage all in our community to take a moment next Tuesday, September 21 (the official International Day of Peace) to think about how you can create more peace in your life, in the life of your family and community.
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