Come along for the quest as we experience the Past, and take Action for a more Just and Peaceful Future. On September 21, 2014, the International Day of Peace, you can experience PEACE DAY DALLAS - AWARENESS ADVENTURE, from 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
The interactive tour is a three-mile loop through history, art and architecture, where you will be prompted on your phone with exciting fun facts and trivia, fascinating stories and challenges. The touring mobile app will guide participants through downtown Dallas, highlighting our city’s past and intertwining it with the current day to challenge participants to be part of a more progressive and tolerant city.
The event starts and ends in the heart of downtown Dallas at the Dallas Holocaust Museum, in the West End directly across from The Sixth Floor Museum. The first stop will be Dealy Plaza. Participants can start their Adventure anytime between 10:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. with no official start time. Adventure Awareness Route and activities end when the Holocaust Museum closes at 5:00 p.m. All participants must finish the course by 5:00 p.m.
The Awareness Adventure is for all ages offering fun facts, exciting trivia and great stories about our city, state, nation and world, including historical events taught through the city’s art, landscape and architecture . We anticipate widespread student participation as well as a fun time for learners of all ages.
The event will recognize the “Peace One Day” global day of peace and celebrate the 30th anniversaries of CISV-DFW and the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance.
Families and teams of 5 or more are $20 per adult/ $10 per student. Individuals are $25 per adult/ $12 per student. No charge for children 6 and younger.
Advance registration is available online at www.peacedaydallas.org. Registration on the day of the event will be at the Holocaust Museum 211 North Record Street, Suite 100.
Proceeds will benefit CISV DFW and Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance
About CISV DFW
CISV DFW, an all-volunteer organization, is one of many CISV chapters around the world. CISV (formerly Children's International Summer Villages) hosts a variety of educational programs each year. Following the devastation of World War II, CISV was created to promote and maintain peace. CISV believes peace is possible through friendship and that the real difference can be made by starting with children. CISV-DFW is hosting three programs in 2014 - Step Up (for youth age 15), Village (11 year olds) and our first IPP (International People's Project) working with African refugees in the Dallas area. Visit www.dfw.cisvusa.org for more information.
About The Dallas Holocaust Museum Center for Education and Tolerance
The Dallas Holocaust Museum Center for Education and Tolerance inspires people to think about the consequences of their choices by remembering and teaching the Holocaust and other genocides. We raise some of the most fundamental questions about human nature and challenge all to think and to be Upstanders. The Museum is committed to teaching the moral and ethical response to prejudice, hatred and indifference for the benefit of all humanity. The Museum’s education programs have had a profound effect on people of all ages. Funds raised from Peace Day Dallas Awareness Adventure would allow Title One and economically disadvantaged students in the North Texas area to visit the Museum. More information may be found at http://www.dallasholocaustmuseum.org/.