Birmingham Art Peace Project

Homewood Senior Center will partner with other community groups in the Birmingham area for the Birmingham Art Peace Project. This endeavor has been initiated to create a symbolic memorial in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the tragic 16th Street Baptist Church bombing during the Civil Rights era.

To help create the memorial, participants are making paper cranes using the Japanese paper-folding technique origami. Inspiration for the project came from the display of these paper cranes hanging in memoriam at Ground Zero in New York. Adopted from Japanese culture, the crane symbolizes peace.

Senior Center members will begin making cranes on Jan. 22. For details on participating elsewhere, contact Margot Wade at margotwade@spaceoneeleven.org or Melissa Turnage at goodnewsmelissa@gmail.com.