Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology
https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/09/omni-united-nations-international-day.html
International Day of Peace (United Nations)
The International Day of Peace, also officially known as World Peace Day, is a United Nations-sanctioned holiday observed annually on 21 September. Wikipedia
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2024
Celebrations: Multiple world wide events
Observed by: All UN member states
40 years ago, people around the world came together in San Francisco, the birthplace of the United Nations, to celebrate the passage of the United Nations resolution establishing the International Day of Peace (Peace Day). Attend in person or watch our Global Live Broadcast.
WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE?
The International Day of Peace (“Peace Day”) is observed around the world each year on 21 September. Established in 1981 by unanimous United Nations resolution, Peace Day provides a globally shared date for all humanity to commit to Peace above all differences and to contribute to building a Culture of Peace.
This is a long-established universal website that serves all involved in Peace Day, beginning annually with the 100-day Countdown.
Let us all create Peace Day every day!
2024 Global Peace Day Theme:
Cultivating a Culture of Peace
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace.
Learn more HERE
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From education to the arts, social justice to sports, health to the environment, neighborhood issues to service for others, there are many ways to participate in Peace Day! We invite you to create a public or private activity related to peace, spread the word about Peace Day and/or attend an event in your community.
Here Is the Vision! A Global Movement for a Culture of Peace
David Adams. “ Transition to a Culture of Peace.” TRANSCEND Media Service 10 Jun 2024 – Two weeks ago we said “Here are the people.” And we asked, “Where is the vision?” And now, as if in response, the UN has declared that the official theme for this year’s International Day of Peace is “Cultivating a Culture of Peace.”
Webinar recording: “JFK’s Principles of Peace: How Do We Apply Them Successfully in Today’s World?” with David Hartsough. United for Peace and Justice (3-30-24).
On March 10, the JFK Peace Speech Committee with the Community Church of Boston presented a webinar featuring Quaker and lifelong peace activist David Hartsough. Following a showing of Kennedy’s “Peace Speech” delivered at American University on June 10, 1963, David recounted his experiences as a Quaker in the peace movement in the 1960s and since, including his meeting with JFK in the Oval Office in May 1962. This meeting took place 13 months before Kennedy’s speech at American University and may well have influenced the President’s thinking which led to the speech, conclusion of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty with the Soviet Union, and other initiatives for peace. Watch the recording. David is a co-founder of World Beyond War and the Nonviolent Peaceforce. He is the author of Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist. (See James Douglass. JFK and the Unspeakable, on the assassination of JFK. –D)
Syracuse Cultural Workers
Fri, Sep 20,)
Dear friend: 9-20-24
As the violence of war continues in Palestine (and the broader Middle East region), Ukraine, Sudan and elsewhere, the United Nations will mark the annual International Day of Peace on Saturday, September 21. The 2024 theme “Cultivating a Culture of Peace” draws inspiration from UNESCO’s foundational belief that “wars begin in the minds of men, so it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed.”
While we reject the dated, sexist language, cultivating a culture of peace has always been a primary goal of Syracuse Cultural Workers. As we say in our mission statement: Syracuse Cultural Workers strives to nourish communities that honor diversity and creative expression, and inspire movements for justice, equity and liberation while respecting our Earth and all its beings.
We see cultural work as an essential part of and support for political, social and economic change. Many of our materials celebrate movements for social change and their leaders, thus helping to legitimize history that is largely ignored or trivialized by commercial media and school textbooks. May our wishes for peace be transformed into persistent, powerful actions to end militarism and violence in it’s many manifestations. In peace,
Andy Mager, for SCW
PS: We have several hundred products in our “Peace” category, so consider doing some scrolling to find items that speak to you.
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