Really good day at Prospect today.
Two young women stopped by. They saw the word "peace" in our tablecloth and that caught their attention. After I explained who we are they immediately wanted to know what they could do to help - give money, whatever. I encouraged them to write something for the zine. I asked them if they would be interested in starting a peace club. They really liked that idea. When I suggested they ask Mr. Camardella if he would be willing to be the sponsor, they said they were thinking the same thing. I told them to tell Mr Camardella that they would do all the work with our help. Hopefully something will come of this.
Later a young man stopped by. We got to talking and he ended up sitting and talking to me for the entire lunch hour. He said he was diagnosed as ADHD as a child and we had a long conversation about whether he has a "defect" or just learns in a different way. We had a long wide-ranging conversation about problems in the world, how to fix them, tolerance, respecting people's differences, how high school really sucks for a lot of young people.
He started a meditation club at Prospect and has found meditation very helpful in his life. He also is very interested in a peace club. He pointed out, quite accurately, that our method of tabling at the school and trying to change hearts and minds through a series of short conversations isn't particularly useful; that we need to use more social media. He's absolutely right.
And for whatever reason, Prospect always announces our group on the hall monitor -
Libby