SevenDays 2016—Make a Ripple Change the World, a community event dedicated to kindness and interfaith dialogue, continues through this weekend with a series of enlightening events.
One of the leaders of SevenDays is local entrepreneur Mindy Corporon, co-founder of Boyer & Corporon Wealth Management.
Corporon lost her son, 14-year-old Reat Griffin Underwood, and her father, Dr. William Corporon, during the April 13, 2014, shootings at the Jewish Community Campus and Village Shalom. SevenDays was designed as a response to the attack, which also killed Teresa LaManno.
Here’s a look at this weekend’s slate of events:
Saturday
On Saturday, April 16, The Ali Kemp Educational Foundation will host a “lunch and punch” workshop for all women and girls age 12 and older, who will be given self-defense training. A light lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to noon, followed by training until 2 p.m. It’ll be held at Lifetime Fitness, 6800 W. 138th St. in Overland Park.
An Interfaith Youth Dinner and Workshop is set for 5:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at Cleveland University, 10850 Lowell in Overland Park. Students between the ages of 14 and 20 will learn strategies for bringing people of different faiths together to work on service projects and other common-action initiatives.
Sunday
“Survival, Persistence & Optimism: A Community Event” will feature Holocaust survivor Sonia Warshawski in a talk with her daughter, Regina Kort, from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 17, at Heritage United Methodist Church, 12850 Quivira Road in Lenexa. As a teenager, Warshawski survived the Majdenek, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps, including a nearly fatal gunshot wound shortly before Bergen-Belsen was liberated.
“Understanding Our Muslim Neighbors: A Community Event” is scheduled for 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 17, at Cleveland University, 10850 Lowell in Overland Park. The event will feature a panel of local Muslims, including business and community leaders and students.
Monday
SevenDay’s signature event, the annual Peace Walk, will be held on Monday, April 18. It’ll kick off with a pre-walk event at 4:30 p.m. at Satchel Paige Park, adjacent to the Jewish Community Campus, emceed by retired Chiefs legend Trent Green. The walk itself will start at 6:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Campus and proceed to Church of the Resurrection, where there will be a unity event and the announcement of the winners of this year’s kindness and song composition scholarships.
All the events are free, with the exception of the Peace Walk, which has a $10 participation fee.
For more information on registration and other details, visit this website.
