<div dir="ltr">I totally agree ! And we should definitely attribute it to the right person !</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 4:51 PM kuumba treahm <<a href="mailto:kuumbatreahm@gmail.com">kuumbatreahm@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><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" target="_blank">akeo@me.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><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:rgb(255,255,255)">I pledge allegiances to the Earth</span><span style="font-kerning:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">And to all things that it nourishes</span><span style="font-kerning:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">All growing things</span><span style="font-kerning:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">All species of animals</span><span style="font-kerning:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">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:rgb(255,255,255)">I promise to protect all life in our planet</span><span style="font-kerning:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">To live in harmony with nature</span><span style="font-kerning:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">And to share our resources justly</span><span style="font-kerning:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">So that all people can live in dignity</span><span style="font-kerning:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">In good health and in Peace</span></p><div><span style="font-kerning:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div></div></blockquote></div></div>
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