On September 15, 2011, the Bookmakers and Dreamers Club attended the United Nation Youth Peace Conference in New York City for the fourth year in a row. The club was represented by 37 high school and middle school students along with Betsy Sawyer and parent and faculty chaperones.

The group was asked to bring a full size page for the Big Book to commemorate the conference which incorporated the message poster for this year's International day of Peace. This year's theme was #Peace and Democracy: Make Your Voice Heard! Many thanks to our designer Joan Paley for her beautiful and fast response to our request for this page as well as Bart Kulesz of EFI VUTEk for getting it printed with very short notice in time to bring the replica to the United Nations. Club members displayed the 10 x 12 foot vinyl replica page in the lobby area outside of the conference room, drawing much attention to our Big Book: Pages for Peace Project. Many groups and individuals stopped to hear about the project from our students and to get their picture taken in front of the enormous page.

The conference began with the ringing of the Peace Bell in the rose garden outside of the main United Nations building. Several of our students were asked to participate by joining the parade of flags which represent all members of the United Nations. This ceremony was led by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who encouraged everyone to actively acknowledge the International Day of Peace on September 21, 2011. The outdoor ceremony culminated with the release of white doves.

United Nations Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information Mr. Kiyo Akasaka chaired the youth conference while special guests actor Michael Douglas, Dr. Jane Goodall, Stevie Wonder, Monique Coleman, Olympic athlete Yuna Kim, and author Ishmael Beah participated in a panel discussion. Our students listened attentively to the messages of peace offered by the guest speakers who further conveyed the idea that everyone can make a difference in the world and with modern communication and technology such as Facebook and Twitter at the click of a mouse, or keyboard, individuals can spread the concepts of peace daily around the world. It was pointed out that if the world can be shown horrible images of violence and acts of hatred constantly through media and technology, we as individuals can post positive images of peace and hope just as steadily, negating any violent messages with ones of non-violence.