Rotary District 7430 Youth Exchange Program Champions Global Peace with Peace Pole at Wyomissing Public Library
As part of the Rotary District 7430 Youth Exchange Program, the Wyomissing Public Library was selected to receive a Rotary Peace Pole, which was dedicated at the library, located at 9 Reading Boulevard in Wyomissing, in March 2026.
The idea for this initiative originated with Linda Kennedy, who serves as Chair of the Rotary District 7430 Youth Exchange program, during the Rotary International worldwide convention held in June 2025. At this convention, leaders of Youth Exchange programs were encouraged to weave peace initiatives into their long-term exchanges. The Peace Pole is designed to foster unity among people of various cultures, ethnicities, and backgrounds.
According to the Peace Pole website, “Peace Poles are recognized as the most prominent international symbol and monument dedicated to peace on earth. Peace Poles have been planted on every continent in over 200,000 communities by friends and supporters working in unison to uplift the consciousness of humankind. They serve as reminders to cultivate peace in thought, word, and action.
Every Peace Pole has the same message, "May Peace Prevail on Earth," which was authored in 1955 by the late Masahisa Goi of Japan. The Peace Pole at the Wyomissing Public Library carries the message in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese and Norwegian. These languages represent the countries of the current Rotary Youth Exchange Students for academic year 2025-26 living in Rotary District 7430.
