{"id":73083,"date":"2017-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/newport-eighth-grader-defines-real-peace-at-uris-7th-annual-gandhi-essay-award-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2017-06-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T00:00:00","slug":"newport-eighth-grader-defines-real-peace-at-uris-7th-annual-gandhi-essay-award-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2017\/06\/newport-eighth-grader-defines-real-peace-at-uris-7th-annual-gandhi-essay-award-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Newport eighth grader defines \u2018real peace\u2019 at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s 7th Annual Gandhi Essay Award Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2014 June 20, 2017 \u2014 Michael Garman, an eighth grader at Cluny School in Newport,<\/strong> won first place in the 7th annual Rhode Island Gandhi Essay Contest sponsored by the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n

Garman\u2019s essay reads in part, \u00a0\u201cTo me, \u2018real peace\u2019 is more than merely the end of war. It includes the end of prejudice and discrimination, and is the state of worldwide harmony. A world in which there is real peace is one of unity, where all people stand together, regardless of age, gender identity, race, religion, or socioeconomic background.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Newport resident was one of 21 eighth graders from 13 schools to celebrate their accomplishments recently with their families and the 溏心vlog免费B站 community and to honor the peace and nonviolence philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi.<\/p>\n

Twenty-two public and private schools held classroom and school level contests resulting in 67 of the best entries from the eighth graders. During the last seven years, more than 1,000 eighth graders have participated in the essay contest. This year, the young essayists expounded on this Gandhi quote: \u201cIf we are to teach real peace, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.\u201d<\/p>\n

In their essays, the students explained what is meant by Gandhi\u2019s statement and how they serve others in their communities.<\/p>\n

Awards were presented by contest founders 溏心vlog免费B站 Professor of Marketing Ruby Dholakia in the College of Business Administration and Psychology Professor Paul Bueno de Mesquita, director of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies.<\/p>\n

Second-place awards were presented to North Kingstown <\/strong>resident Christopher LoPresti and Newport <\/strong>resident Darcy Weber, both students St. Michael\u2019s Country Day School, Newport.<\/p>\n

Third Place awards went to East Greenwich\u2019s <\/strong>Jordan Kalinsky from Archie R. Cole Middle School, North Providence\u2019s <\/strong>Samantha Williams from Dr. Edward A. Ricci Middle School, and Narragansett\u2019s <\/strong>Lily Kutcher from Rocky Hill School.<\/p>\n

Along with essay awards, distinguished Professor Emeritus Ghasi Ram Verna, humanitarian and a champion of women\u2019s education in his native India, celebrated the virtue of selflessness by presenting five students with the Gandhi Compassion and Selfless Service award. The students are: Sean Jacob Alcordo, from Sacred Heart School in East Providence,<\/strong> Michael Garman, from Cluny School in Newport, <\/strong>Christopher LoPresti from St. Michael’s Country Day School, in Newport,<\/strong> Nicholas Petrillo, from Nicholas A. Ferri Middle School in Johnston<\/strong> and Kasey Regan, Cluny School, Newport<\/strong><\/p>\n

The award ceremony concluded with students, parents, and teachers singing the national anthem of peace, \u201cThis Little Light of Mine\u201d led by Bueno de Mesquita.<\/p>\n

溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Nonviolence and Peace Studies subscribes to the values of Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by advocating the teaching and practice of nonviolence so that future generations will learn the skills needed to solve conflicts peacefully and create a world without war and free from violence.<\/p>\n

Josh Reyes, an intern with 溏心vlog免费B站 Marketing and Communications and a sophomore public relations major, wrote this release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2014 June 20, 2017 \u2014 Michael Garman, an eighth grader at Cluny School in Newport, won first place in the 7th annual Rhode Island Gandhi Essay Contest sponsored by the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the 溏心vlog免费B站. Garman\u2019s essay reads in part, \u00a0\u201cTo me, \u2018real peace\u2019 is more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}