It took Haley Swem nearly half an hour to stitch the word âpeace.â When she was done, she had a 10-by-10-inch canvas that read âUnity is peace and peace is thanks.â The Montara seventh-graderâs art piece was one of dozens submitted by local kids for a peace flag that now billows outside Half Moon Bay City Hall. The project, initiated by local activist and artist Runa Ray, was designed to encourage reflection about peace, following a summer that marked the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement and â for Ray who is originally from India â the attacks against Muslims under Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this year. Her hope was that art would slow people down enough to help them internalize their own definition of peace.