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A day of memory, hope and action. |
The Best Thing We Can Do To Honor The Memory Of Those Who Died And Can No Longer Act For Themselves Is To Perform Deliberate Acts Of Kindness And Compassion. |
To the world, they were victims. But we had other names for them. They were our husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, our friends. This site was created in preparation for the one year anniversary of 9.11. One year later, September 11, 2003, this site remains as a rememberance of those efforts, as well as the husbands, wives, brothers, sisters and friends that were lost on that day. Today in Tacoma there will be "A Day of Reflection" at the Tacoma Art Museum, the Washington State History Museum and the Museum of Glass. There will be hands on art projects at each of the museums including: Sand painting at the Washington State History Museum; Origami at the Museum of Glass; The American Red Cross Helping Hands quilt at the Tacoma Art Museum. The day begins at 12:15 with an Opening Ceremony at the Museum of Glass reflecting pool. At 1:00 p.m. there will be a quartet from the tacoma School of the Arts at the Tacoma Art Museum. At 2:00 p.m. "Coping with Pathogenic Terror: a lesson from Lewis and Clark" by David Nicandri at the Washington State History Museum At 3:00 p.m. a poetry reading by David Francis at the International Museum of Glass and contemporary Art. At 4:00 p.m. a quartet from the Tacoma School of the Arts at the Tacoma Art Museum. At 5:00 p.m. Closing Ceremony at the WA State History Museum Brian Stone on Classical Guitar Closing Prayer by Arlyce Kretschman Procession of the Prayer Poles. |
In March, Jacob, the son of Rabbi Mark Glickman of Temple Beth El in Tacoma, wrote a letter to President Bush about the Sept. 11 attacks on America. He said the day should be a holiday of peace for the nation. The soon-to-be third grader wrote that Bush should ask everyone in the country to do "at least a little something" to help bring peace to the world. Jacob listed the following acts of peace and kindness: "People could give food to the hungry; they could visit sick people in the hospital, or maybe just give a hug to somebody who looks like they need it." Jacob's father brought the idea to the Interfaith Roundtable of Associated Ministries, a group of Pierce County religious leaders that meets to discuss issues affecting our community. The Interfaith Roundtable decided to help make Jacob's idea to create peace in our community a reality. |
