Children and their parents worked together to hop across a simulated toxic swamp and stack buckets using string, among other activities. Peace Games started in 2006 in response to a call by Medford ...

kicked off the dialogue with a description of her work at Seeds of Peace, a camp in Maine focused on bringing children from areas of conflict together for fun activities and constructive dialogue.

So far, 150 kids have signed up for activities ranging from art and cooking classes to sports. PEACE Week will culminate in the PEACE Fest, a resource fair and concert scheduled for Saturday.

“I’m here tonight during this peace rally looking for feedback from the kids, from you guys, on how we can work together to limit the violence or maybe even come up with a way to prevent it in ...