We are approaching the 40 day countdown to the International Day of Peace! 

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has announced that this year’s Peace Day Theme is “Peace, Youth and Development” under the slogan “Peace = Future”. Watch our new promotional video!

Have you made plans for an event in your community? Please share your event, no matter how small.  Let’s make Peace Day, September 21, a day to remember for future generations.

Share your event on our 2010 calendar or find an event nearby!
For inspiration, see our 2009 CPI Report!

This year, the Culture of Peace Initiative’s (CPI) special 2010 project is “International Positive Week” (September 20 - 26), a celebration and global initiative in conjunction with Celebrate Positive, the Culture of Peace Initiative (CPI) and the United Nation’s International Day of Peace.

This special program focuses on the 2010 UN NGO Positive Peace Awards (The Voting Academy includes Pathways To Peace, Rotary International and Sister Cities International).  The goal of this week is to celebrate and shine the light on the world’s most positive Communities, Athletes, Entertainers, Schools, and Businesses, while promoting the message of World Peace.

Please take a minute to share your nomination for most Positive Community or Business. We invite you to nominate your own!

During International Positive Week, different categories of “Positive Peace” will be highlighted each day during the week-long celebration.

• September 20 (Monday):  Positive Business Day:
• September 21 (Tuesday):  Positive Entertainer Day (International Day of Peace)
• September 22 (Wednesday):  Positive Community Day
• September 23 (Thursday):  Positive School Day
• September 24 - 26 (Friday - Sunday):  Positive Sports Weekend

Want to learn more? Explore the Celebrate Positive website!

Thank you for being a pathway to Peace,
Your dedicated Team at CPI

All works of love are works of peace. — Mother Theresa
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The Joan Kenley show’s latest radio program is called Avatar:  The Meaning and the Message.  The story has so many implications for our world right now. Beyond the issues of right and wrong, good and evil, and choices of all kinds - Avatar also looks at what the deep connection to nature, plants, animals, and one another can mean for mankind.  We encourage you to listen to it!

Unity Foundation, Pathways To Peace, PeacePortal.mobi and Getzooks welcomes you to the PEACE DAY 24-Hour World Peace Celebration and Global Broadcast commemorating the 27th Annual United Nations’ International Day of Peace on September 21, 2009.

[The broadcast can be viewed on PeaceDay2009.org]

This broadcast highlights the vitally important work of the United Nations and its humanitarian agencies, as well as organizations and individuals around the world dedicated to creating a more peaceful, just and sustainable world. The broadcast includes Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Peace; as well as interviews with present and former high level UN officials and other world leaders. The broadcast also includes videos of the “UN in Action” and Peace Day events around the planet. See the press release.

Do you want to share this broadcast? You can embed this broadcast on to your website, blog, myspace, etc. for FREE!  To add the broadcast to your Facebook profile, click here to download the Livestream application!

The Peace Day brochure plus sample proclamations for Presidents and Prime Ministers are available for downloading in Spanish. Check under “Download Materials“!

If you’re looking for a Peace Day event in your area, and can’t find it in the “Events Calendar“, take a look at the new “Peace Day Supporters” page. Here you will find a list of organizations that actively promote Peace Day and present their own lists of events online. Click on the link after each organization to visit their websites!

Need logos and other material for your Peace Day event? Now you can download the Peace Day logo, a Peace Day poster (PDF) and an updated brochure (PDF) on the site. Click on “Participate” and “Download Materials”. You can also get sample proclamations to send to your elected officials, asking them to declare September 21 as the International Day of Peace.

The “Download Materials” section will continue to grow. Send us your suggestions: info@internationaldayofpeace.org