Peace Day - September 21 - is a powerful global day to take local action for peace! This section offers many Peace Day activity ideas for how you/your organization can engage in the day. You can participate as part of a group or organization or as an individual. Click on the tabs to the left for many activity ideas and peace resources. What will your #PeaceDay plan be?
PEACE DAY TOOLS
Be A Peace Ambassador!
Share about Peace Day, Sept. 21, the International Day of Peace. Volunteer for us. Do something at your workplace or community that we can promote! We need you to make Peace Day a meaningful day in Philly! Our efforts and intentions will connect with others all around the world taking action for Peace Day!
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Did you know there is a global day of peace? It's Sept. 21! What can you do to create, promote, BE peace in your world on and around Peace Day? Check our more info and activity ideas at www.peacedayphilly.org #peaceday
Peace Day Philly (www.peacedayphilly.org) has been working to promote Peace Day for 15+ years! How can we help make Peace Day a Philly Thing? Post about this global day of local opportunity, tell your friends and networks to do so, too. Together we can create a wave of peace actions, on September 21. No action is too small, as long as your heart is behind it!
Here are some of the many types of activities that take place across the globe for Peace Day: *Minute of silence at 12 noon (all timezones) *Engaging youth in peace-building activities *Peace education events *Intercultural and interfaith dialogues *Workshops on the UN Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) *Peace Breathing, meditation and prayer *Planting peace poles *Vigils *Concerts and festivals *Soccer/football matches in the spirit of peace *Service to others *Feasts for Peace *Writing projects for peace *Marches, parades and flag ceremonies *Yoga * *Environmental projects *Public programs with government officials *Social justice programs *Peace art activities *Private or group meditation.
GLOBAL PEACE DAY INITIATIVES
Global Spotlight: Peace One Day
The UK based Peace One Day has worked for decades to raise the visibility of the International Day of Peace globally. Check out their website and see their ideas for getting involved: https://peaceoneday.org/Main/ICommit.
- Minute of Silence - Individuals, communities, families and workplaces can observe this global minute at 12noon in all time zones across the world. You are encouraged to use this minute to meditate on, pray for, or envision peace. This "peace wave" becomes a shared act of peacebuilding in which all can participate. Join others on Peace Day for this global minute: https://www.facebook.com/groups/726040717876690.
- "May Peace Prevail On Earth" - Include this universal statement - perhaps around a local Peace Pole - to begin and/or end a program or gathering.
-Roots and Shoots - Each September, Roots & Shoots groups from around the world celebrate Roots & Shoots and honor the International Day of Peace. Dr. Jane Goodall, founder of Roots and Shoots, has been a UN Messenger of Peace since 2002. She encourages people across the globe to fly giant peace doves.
- II Days of Global Unity - The 11 Days of Global Unity aims at strengthening the ideals of unity and equality, diversity and oneness, harmony and compassion and, above all, at advancing the culture of peace.
- Peace Crane Project - Create and share peace cranes with people in different parts of the world.
- One Day One Goal - Peace One Day's campaign using the power of sport to bring people together.
- Global Feast For Peace - Gather people together with food in the spirit of peace - include interfaith or intercultural dialogue if you wish.
PDP encourages PEACE BREATHING to be included in your activities. A simple yet profound action for just a few minutes can change your level of inner and interpersonal peacefulness.
- PEACE BREATHING PDF from Peace Day Chicago
- WHY PEACE BREATHING? PDF
- Thich Nhat Hanh on The Practice of Mindfulness
- Article - Breathing is Key to Meditation
- Exercises & Books for Breathing/Mindfulness
- Teaching Kids Breathing/Mindfulness