Japan. Russia. Canada. Kurdistan.
Just a few of the countries whose relationship with the United States has become increasingly fraught in the last months, but also just a few of the countries with whom Duluth enjoys a sister-city relationship.
The chance for people here to connect to the wider world, to meet people who are simultaneously different from and the same as they -- those relationships could be seen as the antidote to fear.
Concerns about weather prompted a move to the DECC for today's International Day of Peace Celebration.
More information about today's event is here on Facebook: