Adam Duvernay

The News Journal

On display now at the Delaware Contemporary is a vision of peace.

Children ages 7 to 18 created 250 pieces of art meant to envision the world in which they want to live, and those works are available for viewing until Sunday, Sept. 25. At a ceremony Sunday, the exhibit was revealed as the opening of Delaware Peace Week.

The program's intention: to start a dialog between the youngest citizens and older members of the community about what a peaceful world should look like.

The art exhibit was organized by Pacem in Terris (Latin for “Peace on Earth”), founded by an interfaith group of clergy and business leaders in Wilmington in 1967. The group is one of many partners participating in Peace Week, put on by the Movement for a Culture of Peace.

There will be more than 30 Peace Week events across Delaware, including those on Wednesday, which is International Peace Day.

Events will include art exhibits, films, workshops, talks, meditation, yoga, readings, rallies, marches and more.

MCP will sponsor a talk by noted peace activist John Dear at First Unitarian on Wednesday. Dear has spent more than three decades speaking around the world about the Gospel, the way of nonviolence and the call to make peace. He has served as the director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the largest interfaith peace organization in the United States.

Peace Week Delaware launched in early 2016. MCP has sponsored monthly forums on peace and nonviolence for two years, as well as the 2014 and 2015 Marches for a Culture of Peace in Wilmington. MCP’s third annual March for a Culture of Peace will be held Saturday in Wilmington’s Judy Johnson Park.

Contact Adam Duvernay at (302) 324-2785 or aduvernay@delawareonline.com.

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