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UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE “Cultivating a Culture of Peace” SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
and ARKANSAS PEACE WEEK
Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology
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
#PeaceDay
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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