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Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, … (Preamble, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, December 10, 1948)

 

Organizers and Sponsors: BCTC’s Peace and Justice Coalition, Centrak Kentucky Council for Peace and Justice, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, Open Ground, Sierra Club, Sustainable Communities Network

Focus of the Peace and Global Citizenship Fair is ecological sustainability, global awareness, human rights, and community building and understanding.

 Music on Stage 1 (near AT Building Patio):

12:00 – 12:30  Lexington Children’s Drum Choir

12:30 – 1:30    New Morning

1:30 – 2:30      Water

2:30 – 3:30     Lost Dog

3:30 – 4:30     The Swells

4:30 – 5:30     Wes Houp and High Bridge

5:30 – 6:30     Jen Rose & the Kentucky Bootleggers

6:30 – 7:30     What Happened When Acoustic

7:30 – 8:00     Jeff Hatmaker, closing ceremony for peace (with

                       Drumming by New Morning)

 Storytelling and Dance on Stage 2 (on Oswald Building Patio):

12:00               Brazilian Capoeira with Grupo Balanca and Bico, Steven Harris    

12:45                Neo-Shamanism, with David Peck

1:30                  Iranian culture, with Maryyam Kaykavoosi

2:00                 Jack Tales, with Charlie Eyer  

3:00                 Once Upon a Dragon Time, puppetry with Bob Barker

3:45                  World Cooperative Games, with Open Ground

4:15                   A Musical Tribute to Paul Robeson, with Kenneth Anderson

5:15                   Cajun Stories, with Charlie Eyer

5:45                  Bridge-building Stories, with Paschel Baute

6:30                  Cherokee Culture in Dane and Story, with Jeff Hatmaker

7:30                  Jeff Hatmaker, closing ceremony for peace

 Film and Presentation on Stage 3 (in the Oswald Building Auditorium, Room 230):

1:00 – 2:00     Power Point Presentation by Javier Amado Recinos, President of Comunidad Nueva Alianza, Guatemalan Organic Fair Trade Cooperative. He will speak about the creation of his cooperative, its operation, and the reasons for supporting fair trade coffees and other fair trade products.

2:00 – 6:00       International Pangea Day Films

6:00 – 6:20       The Awakening Universe

 Facilities:

Restrooms on first floor of the Oswald Building and the AT Building

Water fountains near restrooms on first floor of buildings

Oswald Auditorium on 2nd level of building (room 230)

Soft drink machines on first floor of buildings, near entrances

Lost and found, or need help: CALL 859.312.4466

 Children for Peace:

Winner of the 2008 Human Rights Banner Contest: Lexington Quaker Youth

 Food:

Terrapin Hill Farm and Slow Food Bluegrass: healthy and local; some kid-sized options available

Gelato Gilberto: Italian ice cream

Central Kentucky Council for Peace and Justice: coffee, Highbridge Springs Water

Good Foods Market and Café: healthy snacks