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Peace Day Preview
Unity Foundation and Pathways To Peace welcomes you to a PREVIEW of
"PEACE DAY", a 24-Hour World Peace Celebration and Global Broadcast
commemorating the 27th Annual United Nations' International Day of Peace on September 21, 2009.
This is a sample of the 24-hour video presentations from around the world that will be featured on September 21, 2009.
Bill Miller’s two part interview with Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and former President of Ireland, concerning the state of Human Rights around the world on the 60th Anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The interview was conducted at the UN Television Studio in New York for Global Connections TV.
Mary Robinson Interview Part 2.
Al Gore’s Keynote Address at the Annual Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In his address, Mr. Gore credits members of the Association with being his mentors on the issue of Global Climate Change. His address features new visual presentations building upon the content in the film “An Inconvenient Truth”.
Positive Spin (program # 125) featuring positive, innovative and solution oriented news from around the world. The program includes a 20th Anniversary Tribute to Richard Goldman, founder of the Goldman Environmental Prize, the world’s largest and most prestigious environmental award; a Bill Miller interview with Salil Shetty, Director of the UN Millennium Campaign which supports and inspires people around the world to work to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
“Positive Spin” program # 122 featuring a profile of the Global Security Institute with an introduction by Jonathan Granoff, President of the Institute; a PBS interview with Joe Firmage, Founder and CEO of ManyOne Networks, which is pioneering a new universe on-line that will change the web and the earth by informing, educating, and engaging people everywhere; a United Nations film focusing on a United Nations Population Fund program that is providing education about contraceptives to sexually active youth in Mexico; and a UN in Action film profiling Demasca Simba, a teacher who saved hundreds of lives during the genocide in Rwanda.
A series of brief Human Rights Films produced by the United Nations in commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
We are presently offering high profile pro-bono opportunities to skilled Internet technicians, television producers, public relations and promotions firms, and entertainment attorneys.
Sponsorship proposals are available for philanthropists, foundations and corporations interested in funding this historic celebration.
Your support of Peace Day will promote the ongoing efforts of thousands of organizations around the world working for peace, human rights, development and environmental sustainability. Through your generosity, the international community will recognize your leadership in creating a Culture of Peace. Sponsorships are tax-deductible through the Unity Foundation’s fiscal sponsor, the Agape Foundation. For more information please contact Bill McCarthy, President of the Unity Foundation at (310) 450-5592, or by email at: Bill.McCarthy@unityfoundation.org
CPI's Global Events Calendar
Post your peace events and activities on CPI's Global Events Calendar, which includes worldwide events on the International Day of Peace (September 21). Now more than ever, Peace Day is every day! You can also add your stories, photos, and video from your 2008 Peace Day events to be included in CPI's Annual Report.
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