PURPOSE:
The purpose of this plan is to describe the goals of the Peaceable Community
Committee and to outline the path forward in obtaining its objectives.
The Committee is a group of community leaders and residents who came together
to support and promote activities that create respect and harmony among
the people who live and work in Westford.
VISION:
Westford is a peaceable community built on respect, pride, and responsibility
for ourselves, for each other, and for the environment.
MISSION:
Support a community-wide conversation on ways Westford residents can demonstrate
more respect for people and the environment.
DESCRIPTION:
This work began in 1997 as the Peaceable Schools initiative. A group of
concerned leaders and residents, principally associated with the schools,
met to discuss what could be done to promote a peaceable atmosphere within
Westford. They decided to actively sponsor programs. To publicize the
effort, a contest was held for a logo design. The winning logo was place
on the recycle bins distributed to every home. Programs were held but,
unfortunately, they were not sufficiently visible as being part of the
peaceable community initiative.
In the spring of 1999, School
Superintendent John Crisafulli invited members of various organizations
to meet to reinvigorate the Peaceable Community activities. This was partially
in response to the Emerson Hospital 1998 Youth Risk Behavior Study. In
parallel, another group of parents and teachers were planning the annual
school leadership program to be held in fall 1999. Recognizing they had
similar goals, the groups met collectively and formed a vision for "Westford
2000 –"A
Peaceable Community".
The Committee plans to act
as an umbrella group: enhancing the community-wide conversation and encouraging
and promoting other group activities as they are planned and held in Westford.
Realizing that this cannot be a one-time effort, the outlook is for a
continuing effort to span at least two years into the 21st
century. The Annual School Leadership Program (formerly, the Rodeo), scheduled
for October 13th, will kick off the peaceable community efforts.
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