OCTOBER 1st - 9th
EVERYDAY - MEDITATIONS ON PEACE - Noon - 1pm.
Spend some time where you are, or visit us downtown Akron during the Noon hour to put meditative energy towards peace without our community. The power of our thoughts really does make ripples in the world,
Wednesday the 1st -
OPENING CEREMONY!
Crystal Awakenings center, 404 Crystal Lake Rd, Akron)
6:00pm - 8:00pm
The 5th Annual Peace Week kicks off with an intention setting ceremony on the very lovely grounds of Crystal Awakenings. We invite you to join us in meditation, pot luck, intention-setting exercises, and community-building. For more info on this great space at Crystal Awakenings, check out: http://
Thursday the 2nd -
A MORE PEACEFUL DOLLAR
Presented by the Market Path
6:00pm
Market Path - W. Market St
Dae Evans will discuss the impacts of buying locally and buying from fair trade businesses and organizations. The choices we make in how we spend our money could go a long way to building sustainable systems and create more peaceful communities.
Friday the 3rd -
LOVE IN ACTION
Presented by Nancy Holland and Blue Hen Yoga
6:00-7:30pm
Blue Hen Yoga - 109 N. Highland Ave, Akron
Nancy will lead us through a special meditation and take us on an interactive journey into what it looks like to bring Love into Action. Yoga asks us to look at ourselves and make changes, and then to go into the world and bring Love into each day. This will be a powerful and moving program. Feel free to bring a journal or notebook.
Donations are accepted for Nancy's time and the Yoga studio's space.
Saturday the 4th -
WE ARE ALREADY PEACE (A Meditation Journey)
Presented by area meditators.
11:00am - 1:00pm
Lock 4 - 182 S. Main St, Akron (corner of Main and Bowery)
Peace is humanity's basic nature. We just need to remember that. Meditation brings us into the quiet of the present and helps us connect with our true selves, and our true nature - peace. Meditation is a large concept and there are many paths that all lead to the goal. This workshop will give us a taste of some of these various paths, led by skilled practitioners from the area.
PEACE THROUGH CITIZEN JOURNALISM
Presented by the Akronist, with Blue Green and Chris Miller
Time TBA
Akron Public Library - 60 S. High St, Akron
The Akronist is a community-based project engaging the community in telling it's stories. Peace spreads when we tell our stories of peace, as well as when we shine a light upon the dark things in our neighborhoods. Learn how to tell stories, use technology like cell phones, and more!
PEACE THROUGH THE EYES OF CHILDREN
Presented by the Akron Public Schools, with Jodi Crossley curating.
October 1 - 9th
Location TBA
Art is a powerful medium that invokes beauty, thought, and inspires us to our ideals. This is doubly so when the artwork is made by children. Art classes in all of the Akron Public School system were asked to create pieces dealing with the topic of what peace is or what peace means to the students. We are most happy that these pieces can be displayed and a part of the Akron Art Walk for October.
PEACE POP UPS AT THE AKRON ART WALK
5:00pm - 10:00pm
The Art Walk footprint (Summit Art Space, We Gallery/ High St Area, and Northside district)
We will be creating signs with peace and Love slogans to display and carry along the route and for venues of the Art Walk. There also may or may not be a Hug Flash mob happening throughout the night.
Sunday the 5th -
EATING HEALTHY ON A BUDGET WORKSHOP
Presented by Beth Vild and the WOMB (Way of Mind and Body)
12:00pm.
Summit Lake Farmer's Market
Beth shows sensible and economical ways to be healthy! A common deterrent to healthy eating is the cost. As the Health and Wellness coordinator with the WOMB, Beth provides many delicious options and suggestions to getting healthy food on very limited budgets.
The PROVENANCE CONCERT
Presented by Zach & the GAR Hall
5:00 - 7:30pm
$5
GAR Hall - 1785 Main St, Peninsula
Last year 15 songwriters with ties to NE Ohio came together to write songs and collaborate on something that could benefit the community. This concert features several of the artists involved in this project. You will hear a few songs from each of these artists, as well as the one from the Provenance CD. Some of the featured artists are Zach, Colin John, Kristine Jackson, Ryan Humbert, Scott Franklin, Courtney Cable, Theresa Gottl, Charley Mosbrook, and more! We will be raising funds at this concert for the Love Initiative Fund, a fund started through the Provenance CD to help area nonprofits create programs to educate and inspire nonviolence in our community.
Monday the 6th -
LAUGHING PEACE
Presented by Patrick Welage and Lululemon Akron.
6:00 - 9:00pm
Lululemon - 403A 21 Furnace St, Akron
Laughter produces numerous productive and enjoyable hormones and reactions in our bodies. When we feel happier, we can be happier. When we are happier, peace is much more clearly manifested. Patrick Welage is one of the preeminent Laughter Yogis in the country, a disciple of the yogi and doctor who began the practice. This is not a class of jokes, but of exercises and en-light-enment! It is truly a transformative experience.
Tuesday the 7th -
MARIGOLD YOGA
Presented by Jeffrey Zayda and the Massage and Yoga Healing Arts
2:00 - 3:00pm
Massage and Yoga Healing Arts - 3250 W. Market St, Suite 104, Fairlawn
Marigold yoga is generating peace, wellness and health into late life. Exercises for bone density, balance, and to reverse and prevent the effects of aging.
FREE AKRON YOGA
Presented by Free Akron Yoga and Nancy Holland
7:00 - 8:15pm
Musica- Market St, between High and Main St
Yoga is a philosophy that takes us within to connect to our universal Selves. Free Akron Yoga uses asana poses and insights to help us connect to the unity and peace within us all as we get to know and realize ourselves.
Donations are accepted for the use of the venue space and Nancy's time and instruction.
Wednesday the 8th -
YOGA & MEDITATION ON THE TIBETAN FOUR DAEMONS
Presented by Jeffrey Zayda and the Massage and Healing Arts
9:00am
Massage and Healing Arts - 3250 W. Market St, Suite 104, Fairlawn
Come to greater peace with yourself through this ancient Buddhist meditation practice of opening a dialogue within yourself to whatever issues are keeping you endarkened (in suffering) in order to help integrate, heal, and resolve them. This is a tantric visualization practice. Bring a journal.
SPEAKING PEACE
Presented by Davidionne Pearl, Nonviolent Communication, American Friends Service Committee, and the WOMB
6:00-7:30pm
Akron Public Library. Meeting Room 2AB, 60 S. High St, Akron
Words hold incredible importance and power. We can create peace or conflict often time simply based upon what we say, how we say things, and what we think we hear other people say. This workshop will give us tools to help us learn to listen to what others are actually trying to say, and how we can communicate more clearly.
SINGING PEACE
Presented by Zach and Uncorked Wine Bar
8:00-10:00pm
Uncorked Wine Bar - 22 S. High St, Akron
Zach's music is built upon inspiration, Love, and positive energy.
Thursday the 9th -
CLOSING CEREMONY
Presented by the WOMB and the American Friends Service Committee.
6:00 - 9:00pm.
The WOMB - 915 E. Market St, Akron
We end as we began, with intention ceremonies, music and nonviolent games. We set our intentions for how to take what we've learned during peace week and bring it into our daily lives and throughout the year.
