Project Title: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr School # 9 Peace Garden
Status: Complete
Project Contacts: Jamie Hearn, Jeronda Griffin, and Anna Madrid
Partners: M.K. Gandhi Institute for Non Violence of Rochester
Partners: Broccolo Tree and Lawn Care
Partners: Steel Tech Fabricators Inc.
Funding Needed? Yes
When you think of challenges to overcome hatred, what would help?
Some students may experience bullying, depression, fear of the pandemic, or hostility within our school community. We envision that a peace garden that has a wide variety of activities to choose from will help the students have an outlet to use to help them calm down and conquer their fears. Our peace garden will give students a fun safe place to drive out hate and welcome in love and unity. The school-wide activity of peaceful stone messages will include everyone because messages will be written in spanish and english. We want to create the garden to inspire our whole school to choose peace and love.