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2023 International Poetry & Storytelling Competition

2023 MLK International Poetry & Storytelling Festival This year’s Poetry & Storytelling festival was held at the Civic Club of Harrisburg. Thank you to all who came to this event and congratulations to the winning students: India Smith, Sahiti Kulkarni, Tsion Estifanos. 2023 MLK International Poetry & Storytelling Festival Civic Club of Harrisburg 2023 MLK …

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2022 International Poetry & Storytelling Festival

Watch the entire event here: https://www.facebook.com/WACHarrisburg/videos/5357853157592017 Students from the Harrisburg area and overseas submitted short stories and poems on this year’s theme: “We Shall Overcome: Covid & Social Unrest” Here are the Harrisburg area winners: First Place A country built on war, Preaching about peace A country built on stealing and looting, Preaching about charity …

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Peace Symposium Honored 2018 PEACEMAKER IN OUR MIDST!

The World Affairs Council of Harrisburg honors organizations and individuals that have served as peacemakers in our communities and around the world. The 2018 Peacemaker in Our Midst awards will be presented at the International Peace Symposium  from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 2018, in the Susquehanna Room of Elizabethtown College. PURCHASE TICKETS …

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2013 Competition

1st Annual Poetry and Storytelling Gala Photos and video below, but first, our winners! Winners: First Place: The Words of the World There are heroes among men Blending in with the crowds They stand with their heads bent With their eyes lowered And backs stooped For they carry a world on their shoulders A world …

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ANNOUNCING: 2019 International Poetry & Storytelling Festival & Competition

ENJOY GREAT FOOD, MUSIC, POETRY & PROSE 2019 MLK DAY INTERNATIONAL POETRY & STORYTELLING FESTIVAL! GREAT FOOD, POETRY & PROSE! MLK DAY – 6 P.M. JAN 21, 2019 TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HARRISBURG BUY TICKETS NOW Sell tickets online with Ticketleap FEATURING INDIAN MUSIC! Baba and Keerthana Sontyana! Baba Sontyana is a professional singer who sings in many …

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2017 Peacemaker in Our Midst Awardees!

2017  PEACEMAKER IN OUR MIDST Honorees! Neighborhood Dispute Settlement – Jacob Kanagy     Pine Street Presbyterian Church  Joyce Bylander – Dickinson College Dr. Rukhsana Rahman Athar Rafiq  Ann Marie Judson  Samia Malik Dr. Kurt DeGoede, Elizabethtown College  

Congratulations to Winners of 2017 Poetry & Storytelling Competition!

ANNOUNCING WINNERS OF 2017 INTERNATIONAL POETRY &  STORYTELLING COMPETITION FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CLICK HERE FOR COPY OF ONLINE JOURNAL! FIRST PLACE: YI LIN – CUMBERLAND VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL We Are Humans SECOND PLACE: RACHEL WONDER – CUMBERLAND VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL Peace by Peace THIRD PLACE: EMILY HELLWIG – SUSQUEHANNOCK HIGH SCHOOL Train of Thought …

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Paths to Peace – 2016 International Peace Symposium!

THANKS TO ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE’S  CENTER FOR GLOBAL PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING TO IMAM MOHAMAD BASHAR ARAFAT Founder and President  Civilizations Exchange and Cooperation Foundation  Baltimore, MD AND ALL OF THE SPEAKERS AND HONORED GUESTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL 2016 INTERNATIONAL PEACE SYMPOSIUM! PATHS TO PEACE At Home and Beyond  Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 MYERS HALL/SUSQUEHANNA ROOM Elizabethtown …

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