29th Annual Peace & Dignity Ceremony

Mott Community College
10.11.2021
Photos provided by Dawn Hibbard

On a beautiful fall day, dozens of community members gathered at Mott Community College to celebrate the area’s native peoples and Hispanic Heritage Month. The program included rededication of the Peace & Dignity Tree and the People of the Four Colors ceremony with dancing and drumming. The ritual honors people of all colors (red, yellow, black and white) and requires four people to represent each color. This year’s representatives were Anupa Shantaram (East/Yellow), Robert McAllister (South/Black), Aurora Saucedo (West/Red) and Michael J. Thorp (North/White). The event is designed to promote cultural and racial harmony.

 

Related Posts

Yarn has always had a way of tying people together. From “spinning yarns” to passing down patterns, it creates close-knit communities, provides warmth in sweaters and blankets, and brings people together around a shared passion. That is especially true in places where knitters and crocheters can gather, learn, share ideas and find whatever supplies they

PHOTOS COURTESY OF TRANSFIGURATION LUTHERAN CHURCH   People either love tattoos or hate them. And people either have hope and faith, or they don’t. Imagine if you combined tattoos, hope and faith. What good things could result? Members and leaders at Fenton’s Transfiguration Lutheran Church (TLC) are discovering what can happen when people of all

  • https://www.mycitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/FIA-Generic-Banner-ads-2026_300x250.jpg