8 April 2014

Since I met with Mr. Gorgievski in 2011, the garden has progressed tremendously.

In the past few months, we have grown from four to eight garden beds and averaged close to 15 volunteers per week from all around the world, from those living on the Scarritt Bennett grounds to college students who recently moved from Saudi Arabia.

We have recently had a local news team volunteer at the garden that publicized it on the air. Additionally, Scarritt Bennett held events centering around the garden and the mission of Unity in Diversity including an interfaith blessing of the land, in which major religions were represented to bless the garden for the coming growing season and a culture and food workshop with an interfaith climate vigil this Saturday.

The garden is truly becoming a place where cultures and faiths are coming together to live harmoniously. Photos, videos and information can be found at our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/UnityInDiversityPeaceGardenAtScarrittBennettCenter.
 
Thank you,
Kiran Thawardas

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On behalf of GDF and Unity in Diversity project partners, congratulations! Special thanks Kiran, the Nashville team, and Scarritt-Bennett Center. Your work is inspiring.  We are looking forward to joining you for the inauguration.

Peter (Pece) Gorgievski
Global Dialogue Foundation

On May 18, 2013, we had our celebration event, which was a great success. We were able to have fantastic dialogue and were able to get the word out about the garden.

Speeches – YouTube video below.

Kiran Thawardas