Jerry Park's blog

Tuesday or Friday afternoons MJ & Jerry are welcomed at Beacon House in Northeast DC to center the children of the Peace Club and try on the skills of peace makers.  The songs and games open their imagination.  The role playing gives insight into the courage and love we are invited to grow into.

Strengthening families in a diverse community is the theme of Emma Violand-Sanchez' re-election campaign for school board in Arlington county, VA.  She heard about LFFP's Peace Camp, came to a parenting workshop and decided to adopt our code words of caring, sharing, cooperating, shining and celebrating for her kick-off event.

Members of a Practicing Peace in Daily Life group invited fellow teachers and a school nurse to pick up 'instruments of peace' from MJ to use in their classrooms and with fellow staff at their schools.  Doing it in the natural beauty at the Peace Oasis was a special treat.

Through Torture Abolition and Support Coalition we met a beautiful family from Rwanda via Uganda that is still trying to reunite after having been scattered.  Julius and Joy have Bliss, Bless, Bijou, Ruth and Prince Bond.  They have found their oldest boy and are saving and waiting on bureaucracy to allow him here.

The Peace Oasis, Park family's home in a forest 30 miles south of DC, awaits friends who thirst for Mother Nature's refreshment.  Call them (240 838-4549) to compare time slots when you and they are available.