Many ways to celebrate International Day of Peace!
International Day of Peace, September 21st of each year, was created by a United Nations Resolution in the 1980s and has grown to become a day of global celebration, education, and reflection on peace in local communities and throughout the world.
The United Nations website for International Day of Peace is here:
https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-day-peace
This year’s theme is Actions for Peace: Our Ambition for the #GlobalGoals. It is a call to action that recognizes our individual and collective responsibility to foster peace. Fostering peace contributes to the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals will create a culture of peace for all.
- The International Day of Peace website from the United Nations
- Peace Day Philly Resource Pages
- International Day of Peace Facebook Site
- Together Campaign U.N. Website
Global Feast for Peace, held annually during Peace Day or Peace Month in September
During Peace Week, families, friends, organizations, as well as cities, towns, and villages across the world gather and break bread together in a Global Feast for Peace.
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Global Feast Details (PDF download)
Spanish Fiesta Details (PDF download)
Sharing food together in celebration of friendship and common interest is a tradition as old as the human family. The Global Feast for Peace is part of the U.N. sponsored International Day of Peace, celebrated around the world on September 21st each year. Whether it’s a small family celebration or a large community gathering, the Feast for Peace is a simple and profound expression of peace that everyone, no matter how humble or blessed their circumstances, can connect with and enliven the global celebration. Feast for peace!
Who can participate?
• Families, neighborhoods, communities, and cities
• Organizations, including faith-based, interfaith and secular
• Businesses, both for-profit and not-for-profit
• Schools from nursery schools to higher education
• Anyone who wishes to express their wish for peace
What to do?
Join together during International Day of Peace or during Peace Week. The gathering can be a formal lunch or a group potluck where people bring a dish and share. Other events can be planned before, during, and/or after the Global Feast, including bell ringing, speakers, musical events, meditations and prayers, moments of silence and other activities that foster a culture of peace.
When to celebrate and plan?
Each year, there are thousands of celebrations around the world. Planning for the Global Feast should begin weeks or, better, several months ahead in order to involve as many people as possible.
Where to have the Feast?
The place for the Feast can be as small as a family dining room or as large as an amphitheater. One person can even Feast for Peace at home!
Why plan a Global Feast?
To come together as members of the human family; to honor those who have worked and who are working today for a more peaceful world; to encourage the next generation of peacebuilders. The Global Feast for Peace is a thanksgiving of the peace we have and to inspire actions to foster a culture of peace during the coming year.
To Register Your Event:
Post on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/internationalcitiesofpeace/
Or send info to: feast@internationalcitiesofpeace.org
Initiated by members of the Peace Cities Subcommittee of the IDP NGO for United Nations International Day of Peace.
View the 2022 Global Feast for Peace video of actions and events from Cities of Peace around the world.
