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2008 Events
Community Presentation - UU Church of Nashua
We were joined by Benjamin Rush, Founding Father and proposer of a federal Office of Peace in 1792. In the reciprocity of sharing, we were gifted with the knowledge that Benjamin Rush was also a founding Universalist.
"Universalism holds a vision for a better world. By practicing forgiveness, we rise above the struggle. We do not ignore injustice. We can face it without fear. We can name it and point to a better way." - From a sermon by the Rev. Daniel Charles Davis "Benjamin Rush, Universalist Patriot"
Photo at right - some of the participants.
International Day of Peace
The New Hampshire campaign to establish a U.S. Department of Peace and Nonviolence participated in a variety of events in the state to do just that, strengthen the ideals of peace and keep the hope enlivened.
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Summer Peacebuilding Institute
NH Department of Peace and Nonviolence campaign coordinator, Barbara Thorngren organized this provocative pilot program dedicated to enhancing peacebuilding skills and their transformative possibilities for self, community and the world.
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July 4th Parades in Temple and Amherst, NH Dept of Peace Celebrations 2008
This year's parades featured "Grace", NH's eight foot tall dove, and Jan dressed as Julia, Benjamin Rush's wife ...
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Unity Democratic Obama/Clinton Rally
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Peterborough Chamber Choir (NH)
The hauntingly harmonic, precise offerings of the chamber choir were interspersed with readings of deeply emotional letters written by soldiers and others affected by various past wars. The subtitle of the concert read; "A choral meditation on the human cost of war and the hope for peace."
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Peace wants a piece of the Pie - Mother's Day National Action
We met with administrators from the offices of Senator Sununu, Senator Gregg, Representative Shea-Porter and Representative Hodes. (None of our congressmen/women currently support the Department of Peace and Nonviolence.)
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"Civil Approaches to Peace Building."
Unitarian Universalist Church in Manchester Event
The NH DoP was invited to present at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Manchester where we addressed a small but interested gathering following their morning service.
We all had the privilege of hearing the first-hand sharing of a reformed X-inmate whose personal shift was guided by the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) behind the prison walls. He was an inspired speaker who clearly demonstrated the effectiveness of these skills as a transforming power, skills which we could all use as citizens, governments and caring neighbors.
Northeast Regional Department of Peace Conference
The Second Northeast Regional Department of Peace Conference was held March 28-30, 2008, at The Canonicus Retreat Center in Exeter, RI. Attendees came from Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, and New Jersey to share their ideas and experiences in the movement to create a cabinet level Department of Peace and Nonviolence.
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Kathleen Boyer, Co-State Coordinator attended and read a statement about the movement to create a US Department of Peace and Nonviolence.
Boyer encouraged everyone to contact their state and federal congressional representatives and senators urging them to support H.R. 808, the bill to establish a cabinet level US Department of Peace and Nonviolence.
As a primary state, NH is fertile ground for first-hand rubbings with the candidates. The candidates may show up at the local café, a house party or at an all out political rally. There is seldom a day when a Presidential hopeful is not active somewhere in our state. As a matter of fact there are websites offering this information along with morning reports of locations and times on NH Public Radio...
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The NH Department of Peace team presented to a receptive group of participants from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashua. Our evening was the culmination in a series offered by the church on ways to actively practice Peace. 
For two weeks in July, the Nashua Community College played host to the Summer Peacebuilding Institute. 
Members of the NH Department of Peace attended the Independence day parades at Temple and Amherst this year. 
Late in June, on a hot summer day, the NH Department of Peace team joined thousands of other citizens at a
unifying rally for the Democratic Party in the tiny community of Unity, NH.
As we waited in line along the village green surrounded by its white clapboard houses, we were approached by an Obama campaign representative and invited to sit in the bleachers behind Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
The Peterborough Chamber Choir, under the direction of David Vernier, presented two benefit concerts entitled, "War and Peace". 
In conjunction with the national action of pie delivery to the Congressional offices in Washington, DC, the NH steering team delivered four home-business baked pies to our local state offices in Manchester and Concord. 
