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CARP Bay Area and YSP-SFP (Youth and Students for Peace - Service for Peace) gathered on the evening of November 22, 2021 to prepare boxes of fresh produce, canned goods, turkeys, chickens, and Thanksgiving ingredients to distribute to families from the Oakland Community.
On May 29th, 2021, CARP Bay Area, the hub consisting of chapters from Chabot College, California State University East Bay, and University of California Berkeley, teamed up with Service for Peace (YSP) and Generation Peace Academy (GPA) for a service project in Oakland Chinatown.
CARP Bay Area concluded a successful MLK 40 Days of Service from January 18 to February 27, 2021.
During the 40 Days of Service, the mural team and volunteers from various organizations would meet once a week to help paint the welcome section of the mural stating: “Welcome to Sobrante Park.” Each service day, a group of 15 to 20 volunteers would show up early in the morning ready to contribute to beautifying the wall. Many times while painting the wall, passersby would stop and express their utmost gratitude for our service and also want to learn how they can begin to plug in and contribute to the project. It was an incredible feeling seeing the face of true joy and gratitude from the community.
On September 25, CARP Bay Area hosted an online peace rally with over 50 participants who gathered to hear two guest panelists speak on the theme “Peace Starts With Me: Empowering Individuals.” The two speakers—Mrs. Stephanie Mann and Mrs. Debby Gullery—shared their experience in their respective fields making strides towards real peace. They also took time to answer questions, providing us with practical tips and guidance on how we can be empowering individuals that practice, embody, and live the mindset of ‘peace starts with me.’
On August 31st, September 1st, and September 4th, CARP New Jersey and Generation Peace Academy (GPA) collaborated on the True Love Bakery service project. It has been hard on everyone as the community has not been able to meet up face to face, but through the action of visiting their homes with gifts of homemade cookies, some scripture, and singing songs, we hoped to give our love and appreciation.
On June 12 to June 13, CARP LA and CARP Sun Moon University in Korea hosted an online program to share about their respective activities and promote peace on the Korean peninsula, which is a lifelong dream and project of CARP’s Founders, Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, known as Father and Mother Moon respectively.
On Friday, November 22, CARP Bay Area held their second “Peace Starts With Me” Campus Event at Chabot College with the message of “Education Empowering Peacemakers.”
The vision for these Campus Events is to offer principled education of heart and character on the campus level and encouraging more faculty, students, and community leaders to stand up for these values.
“This topic is especially relevant because we’re in college. We always ask, ‘What do we want to become?’ but not ‘Who do we want to become?’ I think that’s important to discuss.” - Mikuni Tamura, CARP Chabot College
On October 19th, the 24th TFV Awards Banquet was a 'Peace Starts With Me' Gala and JAM Concert attended by 1,300 people of different backgrounds and co-hosted by Family Federation for a Heavenly USA. Read more about the Banquet here. This year, CARP Grand Rapids brought 26 students to the Gala from Grand Rapids, Michigan.
CARP Grand Rapids took the Gala as an opportunity to experience a culture of heart and peace, one that lives for the sake of others, and invited their members and friends on a road trip to Chicago to see peace in action. Twenty-two students came from Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) and four from other colleges in Grand Rapids.
From May 17th to 19th, the Midwest CARP chapters held a retreat in Benton Harbor, Michigan, with the theme, “Leaving a Legacy of Love”. Nineteen participants came to join the retreat.
Our guest speaker, Dr. Robert Beebe, flew in from New Jersey to give three presentations from the CARP Curriculum: Education, Love and Sexuality, and Marriage and Family. From the presentations, participants deepened their understanding about the value and importance of families.
