A staff member at another branch had a wonderful idea for a creative collaboration among the different branches of our library system. Each branch made a Peace Mural in honor of Martin Luther King Jr's birthday. The murals will eventually be put together into one large mural that will go on display here at our main library.
I chose AccuCut stencils of a dove and of Martin Luther King Jr.'s silhouette for the kids to decorate. We had some cut-outs in the Children's Room and some in Teen Space for kids to complete throughout King Week. We encouraged them to decorate their "peace symbols" with their own ideas of what peace means, as well as their dreams of peace in the style of Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech.
I was very impressed at the amount of participation that went into this passive program, especially from teenagers who are usually so reluctant to participate in library programming. As you can see, however, many children and teens were able to express their ideas of peace creatively and beautifully (and adorably!). I am thrilled with the results.
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