<div>I think that's a great idea!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Gina</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 13:06 Amy Olson <<a href="mailto:akeo@me.com">akeo@me.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span><font color="#424242">In 2016, Eliza Fournier had all of us read this Peace Pledge during her keynote a the conference. On our website, it<span>’</span>s attributed to </font><span style="color:rgb(66,66,66)">Mahatma Gandhi but I can only find attribution to Aline D. Wolf, a Montessori teacher and author. (We should fix that!)</span></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span><span style="color:rgb(66,66,66)">Anyhow, I am wondering about doing something similar for this year, perhaps as part of the Welcome. Perhaps we could have students read a pledge or poem?</span></span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(66,66,66)"><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:#ffffff">I pledge allegiances to the Earth</span><span style="font-kerning:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:#ffffff">And to all things that it nourishes</span><span style="font-kerning:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:#ffffff">All growing things</span><span style="font-kerning:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:#ffffff">All species of animals</span><span style="font-kerning:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:#ffffff">And all races of people</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(66,66,66)"><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:#ffffff">I promise to protect all life in our planet</span><span style="font-kerning:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:#ffffff">To live in harmony with nature</span><span style="font-kerning:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:#ffffff">And to share our resources justly</span><span style="font-kerning:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:#ffffff">So that all people can live in dignity</span><span style="font-kerning:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:#ffffff">In good health and in Peace</span></p><div><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:#ffffff"><br></span></div></div></blockquote></div></div>