Trachtenberg Office Attends Peace Youth Leadership Conference

On Saturday, May 1, 2010, the Trachtenberg Office was represented at the Peace Youth Leadership Conference sponsored by PeaceAction Montgomery, and Montgomery College Peace and Global Justice Studies, Mxd Unity and Contagious Love Experiment. Attendees heard reports from the participants on their recommendations to promote peace in their lives and in the County. Students from local high schools and colleges participated in workshops on youth gang violence, food justice, the Middle East, street harassment, the costs of war, and youth empowerment. They also heard from ex-prisoners, and young people who had grown up amidst the violence of Sierra Leone. Some had participated in service projects to decrease plastic water bottle use, and salvaging food waste in the county. The overwhelming response to the conference was that the experience of working together for the day to discuss how peaceful communities are created was invaluable and should continue.