SAN JOSE
Rasur Foundation
Maribel Muñoz
phone: (506)282-6576
email: maribel@rasurfoundation.org
web: www.rasurfoundation.org

EVENT: This Thursday, September 21, at put on a white shirt and join the celebration!
Ceremony: Thursday, September 21 at 10:00 AM, at the National Cultural Center (CENAC), next to the Casa Amarilla building in down town San Jose. Let’s all build Peace together! For more information, please contact the Rasur Foundation at 282-6576.

There is a sub government commission in Costa Rica working for the honoring of this day. It is called Sub Comisión Nacional para el Día Internacional de la Paz. This proposal was presented and accepted by this commission. Different campaigns are presented to celebrate this day:

Peace Education Campaign
A proposal was submitted to the Ministry of Education. It proposes that educators dedicate a lesson to reflect upon the topic of a Culture of Peace with their students, and the way Costa Ricans identify themselves with this concept. there is a motto made up by Maribel Muñoz with the purpose of motivating people to wear white on 21 September. This motto is being included in all campaigns the commission is working on. As Costa Ricans usually wear red color when the national soccer teams performs, the slogan states: “Si te pusiste la roja por la sele, ponete la blanca por la paz” (I you wore the red T-shirt for the Costa Rican team in the World Cup, wear the white one for Peace)

Interfaith Campaign
The proposal addressed to the religious sector of the country includes communication with the Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica among other religious groups. They have been requested a special petition to “Ring the Bells for Peace” on Thursday 21 September at 6:00 p.m. as an expression of the Church’s commitment with a Culture of Peace in Costa Rica Our primary target is “to encourage praying for peace and nonviolence on the International Day of Peace in each church, synagogue, mosque or any other place of spiritual practice by religious groups and spiritual based individuals seeking for peace." Besides this request, all religious groups were asked to include in their main service, previous to 21 September, a message around peace and building peace in Costa Rica

Mass Media Campaign
It turns out high-priority to approach mass media with the purpose of creating awareness about the reality in which we live, as well as the promotion of a Culture of Peace. Different means of communication are being contacted to celebrate the importance that Costa Rica was one of its main promoters

Peace Concert Campaign
We are planning to celebrate with a concert. Meetings with the Municipality of San Jose have launched the possible location to the concert: Centro Nacional de la Cultura (CENAC); different artists have been contacted to collaborate and participate at no charge. The concert could offer, in addition to music, an opportunity for reflections on peace.

Ceremony
It is proposed to have a ceremony on 21 September, where different governmental institutions will gather to reflect upon peace on that day.