Spreading peaceful ideas

The Dorothy Trippier Peace Essay Competition was established by members of Southport Meeting in memory of Dorothy Trippier, who was a member of the Meeting.

An example of yarn-bombing. | Photo: Lord Jim / flickr CC.

This year the winner was Charlotte Sowter. Her winning essay was on the subject of ‘How to spread peaceful ideas in your community’.

How can we achieve true peace? How can we rise above our differences between other religions? Shouldn’t everyone have equal rights and be accepted more into society no matter their skin colour, race and mental or physical ability? Peace must involve everyone putting in the effort to make their community a much more happy and tranquil place to live in. Children must have a complete education to begin understanding why people may not look or sound the same way as they do. Communities must be prepared to make changes in order to achieve true peace. People must also not become prejudiced towards people they don’t know. What will that accomplish?

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