Location
Ploughshares Monthly Meeting
Fif Fernandes and Carolyn Pogue will speak about using the arts to explore and achieve peace. Together Fif and Carolyn call themselves PeaceJam, a couple of slightly off-the-wall women who might use story, puppetry, music, laughter yoga, breathing or visual arts to help young people focus on peace with self, nature, family, community and the world. They are the co-founders of The Art of Peace: A Camp for Kids, a regular summer event for artists and for children aged 9 to 13. Since the first Art of Peace Camp in Calgary 5 years ago, there have been 4 other camps started, from Halifax to Gulu, Uganda.
When they are not presenting as PeaceJam, you may find Carolyn writing another peace book or giving a workshop about writing to change the world in a school or library. You might find Fif as Shanti Amani Salaama the Peace Fairy at Banker's Hall or as Jumpa, the Therapeutic Clown at the Children's Hospital.
