September 21, 2015. Our first recognition of the U.N. International Day of Peace at the Prescott Courthouse in honor of Kayla Mueller.

September 16, 2016. Making Peace with Mother Nature: A family gathering at Acker Park 

September 17, 2016. Movie: Inside Peace 

September 18, 2016. Book Discussion: “I Shall Not Hate” 

September 21, 2016. Candlelight Vigil for the U.N. International Day of Peace at the Prescott Courthouse

September 10, 2017. Storytelling event with Ali Cassady 

September 17, 2017. Community Sing: “Making Peace with Music”

September 23, 2017. Dances of Universal Peace at First Congregation Church

March 3, 2018. John Dear, of Pace e Bene, Catholic priest, activist, author at Peregrine Books and Granite Peak UU on his book: “They Will Inherit the Earth”. 

April 22, 2018. Earth Day table at “Peace Ecology: Local Communities Addressing Global Challenges.” Book talk at Peregrine Books.  

September 15, 2018. Storytelling Event: "The Kindness of Strangers” at Thumb Butte Distillery 

September 16, 2018. Peace Festival at Granite Creek Park

September 18, 2018 “Practical Peace Through Compassionate Communication” at Prescott Library  

September 19, 2018. Movie: “The Sultan and the Saint” at Prescott Library 

September 21, 2018. Candlelight Peace Vigil for the U.N. International Day of Peace at the Prescott Courthouse

November 18, 2018. “Incarceration for Peace,” an afternoon with Nobel Peace Prize recipients Sr. Carol Gilbert and Sr. Ardeth Platte of “Nuns on the Bus.”

January 18, 2019. Women’s March 

April 28, 2019. Storytelling at Prescott College, “Experiencing the Real Magic of Nature”

May 12, 2019. Mother’s Day event at Courthouse Plaza, “Peaceful World for All Beings”

August 6, 2019. “Hiroshima/Nagasaki Day of Remembrance: Never Again” (storytelling performance) Prescott Library

August 12, 2019. Vigil against Gun Violence at Courthouse Plaza 

September 21, 2019. U.N. International Day of Peace Celebration

January 18, 2020. Women’s March 

January 30, 2020. George Lakey, activist and author, spoke at Granite Peak UU and Peregrine Bookstore. 

February 16, 2020. Storytelling event “Love is Here to Stay” at Los Pinos Restaurant 

April 2020. Earth Week table and crafts at Prescott City celebration

April 2, 2020. 5-week George Lakey book discussion at Granite Peak UU - “How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning” 

May 5, 2020. Candlelight Vigil for George Floyd

September 21, 2020. “Shaping Peace Together”. The International Day of Peace at the Courthouse Plaza. Our theme was “Connecting for Peace”. 

October 1, 2020. “Campaign Nonviolence” online workshop by Pace e Bene. Several of our Steering Committee participated. 

June 2, 2021. “Mothers and Others for a Peaceful Future” at the Courthouse Plaza

August 6, 2021. “Confronting Nuclear Madness through the Decades,” a theatrical performance focused on eight important activists

September 21, 2021. U.N. International Day of Peace program at the Courthouse Plaza. First year with students reading original poems about peace.

November 30, 2021. “Mission Joy” movie at Granite Peak UU

Prescott Peacebuilders Steering Committee gets involved with the Launch Pad’s Better Together program. 

May 22, 2022. Peacebuilders led the worship service at Granite Peak UU titled, “Give Peace a Chance”. 

August 6, 2022. “Confronting Nuclear Madness” program

September 21, 2022. U.N. International Day of Peace program: “End Racism. Build Peace”

September 26, 2022. Movies with Meaning: “Disturbing the Peace”

September 29th, 2022. “End Racism. Build Peace.” Speakers: Linda Ogo, of the Yavapai Prescott Tribe offered a blessing. Panel: Manuel R. Lucero IV, Director Museum of Indigenous People; Ernesto Todd Mireles, Frantz Fanon Community Strategy Center at Prescott College; Rev. Anthony Mtuaswa Johnson, Sedona Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. La Tierra students read poems. 

December 17, 2022. Mary Steenhoek, Prescott Peacebuilders founder, received the 10th Annual Albert Lovejoy Memorial Social Justice Award from Granite Peak UU.

Movies with Meaning (January-April): The Biggest Little Farm; Eleanor Roosevelt; I Am Not Your Negro; MLK; Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down followed by a discussion on gun violence. 

April 30, 2023. Storytelling Event. “Harmonic Convergences” at Prescott Library

June 2, 2023. Mother’s Day program with Julia Ward Howe 

August 6, 2023. “Confronting Nuclear Madness through the Decades.” Prescott Library

September 21, 2023. U.N. International Day of Peace celebration at the Courthouse Plaza, “Actions for Peace”

September 24, 2024. Our first Peace Concert at Granite Creek Park

Prescott Peacebuilders continue to participate with The Launch Pad Better Together moderator training

Movies with Meaning (January-April): Boxcar People; Cherokee Word for Water; Disturbing the Peace; Where Olive Trees Weep

February 1, 2024. Yavapai College Peace Forum- Mary Steenhoek, panel member

August 11, 2024. Hiroshima/Nagasaki Day of Remembrance. Prescott Library. Mary Lou Prince played her koto and shared slides of living in Japan. Video from Ema Mangham from Hiroshima.

September 15, 2024. Our second Peace Concert in Granite Creek Park 

September 21, 2024. U.N. International Day of Peace celebration. Candlelight ceremony on the Courthouse Plaza - “Cultivating a Culture of Peace”

October 11, 2024. Manuel R. Lucero IV, Director, Museum of Indigenous People, presented Peacebuilders with his own handmade talking stick for use to peacefully moderate our meetings. 

November 2024. Launch Pad “Better Together” Dinner. Several Peacebuilders were table moderators. 

January 19, 2025. Movies with Meaning. “Joan Baez, “I am a Noise.” In this biography that opens with her farewell tour, Joan Baez takes stock in an unsparing fashion, confronting often painful memories and opening up about her history with mental illness, her family, drugs, ageing, and questions of guilt and forgiveness.

April 5, 2025. “The Truth About Migrants and the Border: Stories of Humanity and Hope”. Presentation and film at Prescott College by filmmaker and humanitarian David Damian Figueroa, Rita Danks, and Gail Kocourek. Panel: David Damian Figueroa, Maria Elena of Prescott Indivisible; Justin Yuille, Prescott College; Celia Bavier, Borderland Community Alliance.

May 11, 2025. Mother’s Day picnic at Granite Creek Park.

September 21, 2025. Movie: “Peace One Day.” Followed by our 3rd U.N. International Day of Peace Celebration and Peace Concert combined at Granite Creek Park.