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A sweet spirit hung in the air during the Morton Grove's second annual Family Peace Fest for Hope and Harmony, Saturday, August 19, behind the Morton Grove Civic Center and next to the MG Farmers Market.
Weather cooperated.
Neighbors created a (Side)Walk of Peace with chalk drawings.
We folded paper cranes, expressed our wishes on the peace mural, talked, listened, danced and prayed.
Edwina Cowell taught us how to better connect with others.
Former strangers hugged.
Big THANKS to everyone and organization that sponsored and supported it. Organizer are already making plans for next year.
Bushra Amiwala posted some nice pictures up on Facebook, as did founder and chief organizer of the fest, Rev. Elizabeth Jones.
Karie Angell Luc covered the doings for the Morton Grove Champion/Pioneer Press/Chicago Tribune.
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| Joe Ruffner writes his wish on the traveling peace mural: Find the way out of FEAR, IGNORANCE & HATE and remember wwe are all one. |
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| St. Luke's pastor Rev. Elizabeth Jones (left) leads prayers. Muslim Community Center's (and candidate for Cook Co. commissioner) Bushra Amiwala addresses neighbors, too. |
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| Downers Grove's St. Paul's UCC's pastor Rev. Kirk Moore (left). Highland Park's Lakeside Congregation for Reform Judaism's Rabbi Isaac Serotta. |
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| Morton Grove's St. Martha's Fr. Dennis O'Neill talks about giving up being right in the name of peace. |
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| Spiritual Playdate's Edwina Cowill keynotes the peace fest under the trees behind the Morton Grove Civic Center. |
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| Edwina Cowell talks about how to better connect with a neighbor. |
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| How are you today? Friends and neighbors looks each other in the eye and asks about the other's well-being, |
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| Susan Van Dusen and her husband and Skokie mayor George Van Dusen were there. |
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| Identity Performing Arts' Ginny Ching Yin Lo leads the Peace dancing. |
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| Morton Grove Village Trustees Janine Witko and Connie Travis dance to "It's a Wonderful World". |
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| Neighbor dance to "It's a Wonderful World". |
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| Denise Powers and Vicki Powers dance it up... |
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| ...and then exchange contact information. |
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