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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​

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PARKING DETAILS

PLANING COMMITTEE

Parking available on site at Artha Woods Park.

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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!​

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THANK YOU TO OUR CLEVELAND SPONSORS!

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SATURDAY, JULY 20

AKRON, OH

CASCADE PLAZA

10 AM - 8 PM 

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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

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11 am 

Yoga

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Noon

Welcome &

Juard Barnes and the Power Building Research Report

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12:30 pm 

Shane Claiborne 

"Forging Guns into Garden Tools"​

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Live Performance:

Brent Jones

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4 pm

Live Performance:

Kelo presented by 

Glory in the Beat

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5 pm

Panel Discussion​

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6 pm

Live Performance:

Steven Malcolm

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10 am 

 Rev. Joyce Penfield

"Alternative to Violence Project"

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Line Dancing

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Shane Claiborne 

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Grief Recovery 

Workshop with 

Love Akron

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​Community

Organizing with 

Freedom Bloc

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Youth Nonviolence

Workshop with 

Youth Success Summit

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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

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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 

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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

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Free to attend! Free food available! Family-friendly!

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Music is provided throughout the program from Nichelle Mosley and DJ Jonathan Swincky. â€‹â€‹

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PARKING DETAILS

Parking located on site at Nimisilla Park.

PLANING COMMITTEE

Lighthouse Ministries, Canton for All People, Alicia McLeod, Emily Juneberg, Michelle Alessandro

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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

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