MANSFIELD — We ACT, Community Activist Doc Stumbo and Mansfield City School District Superintendent Stan Jefferson would like to inviteĀ the public to the Spread the Light kickoff on Sunday, Aug. 18 at 5 p.m. at Graham Automall, 1515 W. 4th St., Mansfield, to honor local safety forces and promote peace in the community.
The Spread the Light kick-off will feature music, speakers, and refreshments, and free blue light bulbs.
The special guest speaker will be Mansfield City Schools Superintendent Stan Jefferson. He will bring students from the Mansfield City School District with him.
They will be promoting āPeace On My Block,ā an effort that promotes peace all throughout the district by encouraging students to take a peace pledge and encouraging peaceful resolutions to conflicts.
āSpread the Light 2024ā is a blue light week to promote pride in our local safety forces, partnership in all communities of Richland County and peace in our neighborhoods.
Please help āSpread the Lightā and promote āPeace on My Blockā by putting a blue light bulb on your porch or business during the week of Aug. 18 to 24, as students go back to school.
Richland County āSpread the Lightā began in 2016 and is a localized approach to Project Blue Light which originated in 1988 in Philadelphia when a relative of a fallen police officer placed a memorial blue light in a window along with other seasonal decorations.
Its intent was to show others that they are not alone in their loss and to remember the officer who died. The concept has caught on nationwide.
Courtesy of Graham Auto Mall, Richland County Prosecutorās OfficeĀ and the Richland County Sheriff’s Office, free blue light bulbs will be available on a first-come, first-served basis at the kick-off.
For more information, emailĀ weactrichland@gmail.comĀ or call We ACT co-founders, Angel Singleton, Tim Holt, or Brigitte Coles at 419-610-6915.