One Region. One People.
FRIDAY, JULY 19
CLEVELAND, OH
ARTHA WOODS PARK
4 PM - 8 PM
PROGRAM
4:00 pm: Music, Refreshments, Networking with peacemakers from across the region, Candles for survivors of violence
5:00 pm: Guns into Garden Tools Ceremony w/ Shane Claiborne and violence survivors
7:30 pm: Closing remarks
PARKING DETAILS
PLANING COMMITTEE
Parking available on site at Artha Woods Park.
Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance, New City Cleveland, Ministry of Reconciliation, Burten Bell Carr Development Inc, Building Hope in the City, MyCom Cleveland, God's Vision Foundation, M-Pac Cleveland, Rosalind Hughes and more!
THANK YOU TO OUR CLEVELAND SPONSORS!
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SATURDAY, JULY 20
AKRON, OH
CASCADE PLAZA
10 AM - 8 PM
PROGRAM
Family friendly! Food trucks! Basketball! Bounce Houses! Live Music!
Roller skating from 5 pm - 8 pm from Downtown Akron Partnership!
Main Stage
Cascade Plaza
Circle Stage
Cascade Plaza
Workshops
Main Library
Meeting Room 2
Healing Circle
Love Akron Offices
17 S Main St Suite 101B, Akron, OH 44308
10 am
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11 am
Yoga
Noon
Welcome &
Juard Barnes and the Power Building Research Report
12:30 pm
"Forging Guns into Garden Tools"
2 pm
Live Performance:
3 pm
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4 pm
Live Performance:
Kelo presented by
Glory in the Beat
5 pm
Panel Discussion
6 pm
Live Performance:
7 pm
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10 am
Rev. Joyce Penfield
"Alternative to Violence Project"
11 am
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Noon
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12:30 pm
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2 pm
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3 pm
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4 pm
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5 pm
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6 pm
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7 pm
Line Dancing
10 am
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11 am
Shane Claiborne
Workshop
Noon
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12:30 pm
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2 pm
Grief Recovery
Workshop with
Love Akron
3 pm
Community
Organizing with
Freedom Bloc
4 pm
Youth Nonviolence
Workshop with
Youth Success Summit
5 pm
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6 pm
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7 pm
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PARKING DETAILS
4 pm - 6 pm
Healing Circle Conversation with Project Ujima
Parking located in the following locations:
Cascade Parking Deck: 10 W Mill St | Akron, OH | 44308
Akron Centre Parking Deck: 11 W Mill St | Akron, OH | 44308
Summit County Parking Deck: 200 S High St | Akron, OH | 44308
PLANING COMMITTEE
NAACP, Glory in the Beat, South Street Ministries, Joyce Penfield, Freedom Bloc, IMMIX, Citizen's Akron, City of Akron, Ashland University, First Glance, Wingfoot Church, Ohio Council of Churches, Juard M. Barnes and The Rehoboth Project,
The House of the Lord, Love Akron, Project Ujima, DeJournett Consulting,
East Ohio Conference - United Methodist Church
THANK YOU TO OUR AKRON SPONSORS!
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SUNDAY, JULY 21
CANTON, OH
NIMISILLA PARK
3 PM - 7 PM
PROGRAM
3 pm: Welcome, LAMENT the Need for Change, Power Building Research Report and music
3:25 pm: Shane Claiborne "Forging Guns into Garden Tools"
with stories from community members and organizations, music, and a Call to Action
5:30 pm: CELEBRATE with music, games, fellowship
Free to attend! Free food available! Family-friendly!
Music is provided throughout the program from Nichelle Mosley and DJ Jonathan Swincky.
PARKING DETAILS
Parking located on site at Nimisilla Park.
PLANING COMMITTEE
Lighthouse Ministries, Canton for All People, Alicia McLeod, Emily Juneberg, Michelle Alessandro
THANK YOU TO OUR CANTON SPONSORS!
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Pax Christi
Stark Co Prosecutors Office
3rd Street Community Church
Common Life Church
First Mennonite Church
Mom's Demand Action,
Radial Church, Red Oak Church
Temple Israel