"Idyll Banter: Teens give peace a chance
6:18 AM, Jul. 31, 2011 |
Last week, beside a fireplace in a living room at the Sugarbush Inn in Warren, two teenage girls told me of their plans to raise awareness among young adults of the prevalence of violence against women. A few minutes later, along the couches near the inn's main entrance, two teenage boys outlined for me their program to encourage public schools to expand their recycling programs.
Both ideas -- only two of a dozen and a half that I heard about that day -- were inspiring. But here is what excited me the most: The two girls were visiting Vermont from Armenia. The two boys had journeyed to the Green Mountains from Turkey."
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