Board of Aldermen 01-12-2021 Page 14
“Whereas the public art project, Brave New World, resilience in the time of COVID inspires unity and peace
with its uplifting tone. This collaborate project was created by 80 Nashua students, Rodney Coffin, art
teacher from Nashua North, Robin Peringer, art teacher from Nashua South and Stephanie Sewhuk-
Thomas, art teacher from Brentwood Academy. It is a much-needed ray of light during this dark time and
Whereas displayed on a chain-link fence outside Amherst Street Elementary School, Brave New World is a
series of positive messages in the form of signs and images saying things like “Teach Peace”, “love”, “work
hard dream big” “You got this” “Be Brave” and many others. The exhibit is meant to encourage positive
thoughts, motivate and remind us of our community’s resilience as we continue to navigate the COVID-19
pandemic and
Whereas the students and teachers were inspired by the “Choose Love” movement, particularly its Social-
Emotional Learning lesson on positive thinking. It resolves that by consciously changing one negative
thought today to a positive one you could potentially change the course of your day, how you feel and
change your life. The project is dedicated in the memory of North student Tyler Almeida, who lived the
Choose Love Life as an inspiration to all who knew him. In addition to the exhibit, the students and teachers
created a website to share the behind the scenes of the project and
Whereas thank you to these incredible students and teachers for showing us through art that we all matter
and that we can get anything as long as we do it together; and
Now Therefore: |, Jim Donchess, Mayor of the City of Nashua, and the Board of Aldermen do hereby
recognize the students and art teachers behind the Brave New World Art Project as kind, caring, creative
citizens who exemplify what Nashua is all about.”
President Wilshire
Pretty awesome; thank you Mayor. And thank you to all of you who were involved in that project. | drive by
that beautiful display every day and it just makes me smile. It’s pretty awesome, so thank you all for
everything you’ve done. | think it’s a nice thing for the citizens of Nashua to see and drive by. It’s very heart
warming. So thank you to all of you; teachers, students, everyone and congratulations.
Robin Peringer, Nashua Art Teacher
And thank you very much for the recognition, | know that we all greatly appreciate that and we are glad that
it can lift your spirits because that was the intent. So thank you very much.
President Wilshire
Thank you Robin. Thank you everyone.
READING MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS
There being no objection, President Wilshire declared the minutes of the Special Board of Alderman
meeting of December 21, 2020 and regular Board of Aldermen meeting of December 22, 2020
accepted, placed on file, and the readings suspended.
COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING ONLY PROCEDURAL ACTIONS AND WRITTEN REPORTS
FROM LIAISONS
From: Lisa M. Fauteux, Director of Public Works
Re: Referral from Board of Aldermen — O-20-040
From: Donna Graham, Legislative Affairs Manager
Re: Communications Received from the Public
