Peace Pole - SUNY Binghamton - Vestal, NY
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N 42° 05.348 W 075° 58.118
18T E 419892 N 4660126
This peace pole is in the memorial garden in the center of the fine arts building.
Waymark Code: WMMQD5
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 10/25/2014
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"The pole was donated to Binghamton University last year as a gift from peace activist Arthur Romano after he visited BU last spring(2007). Romano’s offering was part of a campaign in which he promoted the “planting” of peace poles all around the globe...Last year’s Programming Board decided to use their cultural education budget, coupled with efforts from then-VPMA Bass, to bring Romano to campus, according to SA VP for Programming Board Sandi Dube. The speaker was a change in the use of the budget from previous years, in that the money was usually dispensed to individual groups but was instead used for something universal last year."
"Students worked to get equal representation of the world on the pole, according to Carla Gunther, Bass’s chief of staff last year. The languages on the pole include Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, French, Hausa and English."