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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
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On March 31,
2011, each of the Bristol Community
College (BCC) campuses (Fall River, Attleboro and New Bedford)
added peace poles to their
respective campuses, as a visual symbol of peace. The poles were
constructed by YouthBuild
of Fall River and the entire project was student-led. BCC students
selected the languages to be included on the poles through an online
survey. Each pole contains the message "may peace prevail on
earth" in American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, English, French,
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
Students designed and painted the poles as part of a
service project through the Center for Civic Engagement, led by Melissa
Masse. Speakers
included: Mayor Flanagan; Sally Cameron, Vice President of College
Communication, BCC; Wendy Garff-Lipp of United Neighbors; Michael
Vieira, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, BCC; Jenn Boulay,
Civic Engagement Coordinator, BCC.
Working with the World Peace Prayer Society,
United Neighbors uses a comprehensive,
multi-disciplinary five-prong approach
to address gang and youth violence in the city of Fall River. Click
here for the Herald News article. For more information, contact either
Wendy
Garf-Lipp at
508-324-7900. (Photos
courtesy of Jennifer Boulay) |
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(Top row) Sally Cameron, Vice President of College Communication welcomes students to the presentation of a peace pole for the Fall River Campus by Michael Vieira. (Middle row) Fall River Mayor William Flanagan and United Neighbors director Wendy Garf-Lipp speak at the event in the Commonwealth Center of the Fall River campus. (Middle and bottom row, center) Students who painted the poles release doves at the event. (Bottom row, left) _______________ accepts a peace pole from Melissa Masse on behalf of the New Bedford campus. (Bottom row, right) Rebecca Clark accepts peace pole from Melissa Masse on behalf of Attleboro campus. |
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