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We are members of the Bookmakers and Dreamers Club a group of students from Groton-Dunstable Regional School District in Massachusetts. Our goal is to build the biggest book in the world and the topic is PEACE. We believe kids CAN make a difference in helping to create a more peaceful world. Our after-school club has been meeting since 2004 to create a giant book that tells our story and includes letters, poetry, artwork, photos and even songs that we have collected in answer to our questions about world peace.  Get involved, send us your letter!

 

We have contacted people all over the world and have received responses from nearly 1000 people including Nobel Laureates President Jimmy Carter, Nelson Mandela, Dr. Helen Caldicott, and the Dalai Lama. We also have letters from veterans, soldiers, school children, politicians and religious leaders.

On September 19, 2008, we told our story at the United Nations International Day of Peace Conference at UN headquarters in New York. Hoping to be included in the Guinness Book of World Records, our book will be an amazing 12 feet tall by 10 feet wide, weighing more than a ton. It will contain over 500-double sided pages. Our ultimate goal is to share these messages of peace and hope with children worldwide by displaying our giant book in major museums internationally.


Betsy Sawyer and the student members of the Groton-Dunstable Bookmakers and Dreamers Club were the proud recipients of  the prestigious and honorable Children’s Courage of Conscience Award from The Peace Abbey.

The Peace Abbey is dedicated to creating innovative models for society that empower individuals on the paths of nonviolence, peacemaking, and cruelty-free living. They offer a variety of programs and resources that teach, inspire and encourage one to speak out and act on issues of peace and social justice. Faith in action is the cornerstone of their fellowship and activist pacifism is their creed.

Previous recipients of the Courage of Conscience Award also include 

  • humanitarian Mother Teresa of Calcutta

  • civil rights activist Rosa Parks

  • heavy weight champion and humanitarian Muhammad Ali

  • spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dali Lama

  • musician and activist Pete Seeger

  • and many others.


Read more!

Groton-Dunstable Middle School teacher and club advisor for the Bookmakers and Dreamers Club modestly finds herself astounded by the honor of receiving the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award.

View the slide show from the event.
Photos by Karen Riggert


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