P.E.A.C.E. News

Book Recommendation — September 2026

Put Your Records On, by Corinne Bailey Rae and illustrated by Gillian Eilidh O’Mara, celebrates music’s power to soothe or energize us.

This September we’re celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, Labor Day, the International Day of Peace, Yom Kippur and more.

Dolly Parton: I’ve had to go against all kinds of people through the years just to be myself. Everybody should be allowed to be who they are.

Congress is moving toward its August recess, when Senators and Congressmen will be at home in your jurisdiction.

In July, P.E.A.C.E. members met in person and via zoom, at the Mercy Center in Auburn, CA, for our annual Retreat.

Our 2026 Peace Award recipients are Olesya Saban for her work helping Ukrainian children, and Betsy Hiteshew for her work with ECE.

The White Marsh Site children participated in many different activities to help promote peace in their classrooms.

The first two stories address family vs. school culture; the last story describes how a complicated medical issue was explained to the class.