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PHOTOS: Zags promote harmony, create human peace sign

By: Tracy Simmons

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September 23, 2012

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On Sept. 21 Gonzaga University students, faculty, and staff gathered to form a human peace sign to celebrate the International Day of Peace.

The event, according to a news release, symbolized Gonzaga’s support of peace and justice around the world. The Gonzaga Student Body Association's noted the following regarding the human peace sign: “It is stated in our mission that at Gonzaga University ‘We also believe that a knowledge of traditions and cultures different from our own draws us closer to the human family of which we are a part and makes us more aware of both thepossibilities and limitations of our own heritage.’ By standing together as a Jesuit university and uniting as one, we make a statement that Gonzaga is open to cultural peace and justice and willing to stand against the harms inflicted when the world cannot co-exist.”

Photos courtesy of Gonzaga University.

Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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