Celebration of peace, healing, solutions continues today

Yoga has been a programming mainstay at the Dayton International Peace Museum for many years. CONTRIBUTED

Yoga has been a programming mainstay at the Dayton International Peace Museum for many years. CONTRIBUTED

A celebration of hope, healing and thought-provoking discussion kicked off this weekend at Dayton’s Peace Museum and will continue today at the museum on West Monument Street downtown.

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Along with music, games, food and daily yoga and mindfulness sessions, former NFL player Chris Borland said there will be a series of discussions on gun violence, racism and mental health that will involve national experts, state and local policy makers and Dayton area people directly impacted by those issues.

Alter grad and former San Francisco 49er Chris Borland in front of of Ned Pepper’s Bar in the Oregon District. Tom Archdeacon/CONTRIBUTED

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Borland is a former football star at Alter High School, the University of Wisconsin and with the San Francisco 49ers. After retiring from football more than four years ago, he has focused on activism.

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His attention has turned in recent months to helping his hometown rebuild after tragedy.

“I felt helpless,” Borland told Dayton Daily News columnist Tom Archdeacon in the days after the mass shooting. “I was thousands of miles away and I wanted to do something. I have benefitted so much from the Dayton community over the years and I wanted to help in some way now.”

All events will take place at the museum (indoor and outdoors). Parking will be available at the Westminster church next door, organizers say.

Chris Borland (right) and Kevin Kelly, the executive director of the Dayton Peace Museum on the front steps of the Dayton Peace Museum on Monument Avenue in downtown Dayton. Mark Borland/CONTRIBUTED

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Here’s what to expect this weekend:

MONDAY 10/14 

8-9 a.m. — Free yoga

10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. — Free mindfulness seminar with meditation teacher James Gallagher

Noon-4 p.m. — Free festival with music, food trucks, four-square tournament, yard games.

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WANT TO GO?

What: Dayton Peace Festival 2019

When: Oct. 12-14

Where: Dayton International Peace Museum, 208 W. Monument Ave., Dayton

Admission: Free

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