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Peace Day
FLORIDA

Join the worldwide movement to create a Global Ceasefire and Day of Peace & Nonviolence in our homes, our communities and between nations on September 21, The International Day of Peace. Peace Day has been a focal point for community-uniting and peace-inspiring events since its inception in 1981. This year will be the greatest Peace Day, yet. Together we can create a more peaceful, just and sustainable world, one heart, one family, one community at a time. Join the Countdown To Peace and help inspire your community to celebrate humanity's first day of peace, ever.

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

  • Ask your favorite organization, group or religious institution to support the International Day of Peace
  • Plan or attend a Peace Day Event in your community (scheduled events include concerts, parades, marches, fasts, conferences, festivals, gatherings, service projects, ceremonies, children's activities such as peace art & essay contests and pinwheels for peace, Peace Day parties and peace vigils)
  • Ask your Mayor, City Council, Governor and President to declare a Proclamation of Peace
  • Print out Flyers, Posters and other Resources

2006 EVENTS
(Please check PinwheelsForPeace.com for additional Pinwheels For Peace locations)

AVENTURA
Aventura City of Excellence School
Email: lloewenthal@aventuracharter.org
Web:www.aventuracharter.org
EVENT : Aventura City of Excellence School, (ACES) will help promote International Day of Peace by sharing a very special and memorable ceremony on September 21, 2006, so ACES Students, Families, City Officials and Community Members can experience the significance of peace. Guests include the Aventura Mayor Susan Gottlieb and Aventura City Manager Eric Soroka, the Aventura City Commissioners, WLRN-TV host Meredith Porte, the ACES Living Values Education Program volunteers, ACES Students and Families. Mayor Gottlieb will present a proclamation declaring September 21 as International Peace Day in the City of Aventura. The ceremony includes; beautiful music, displays of Peace Day projects created by ACES students, a peace song by the ACES Chorus, Principal Dr. Katherine Bray Murphy discussing ACES Award winning "Human Rights" Curriculum that embodies the value of peace and a multi-media presentation by students on Peace. Key Note speaker, TV Host, Meredith Porte, Coordinator for Voices of Hope, S. Florida will share her view on the roll we each can play in making Peace a reality. To culminate the ceremony, Community leaders, ACES staff, volunteers, students and families will enjoy "Peace Day Cake." Prior to Peace Day, ACES classrooms are working together to create their own Peace Day Projects to display for the ceremony. This has created awareness by engaging, and educating our students on the magnitude of this holiday and event.

Print out proclamation issued by Mayor of Aventura
BARTOW
Polk County Citizens for Peace & Justice
Web:www.polkpeace.org
EVENT : Hosting public vigil in Bartow, FL on September 21.
BOCA RATON
PINWHEELS FOR PEACE confirmed location.
More than 1350 schools and groups around the world participated last year in the Pinwheels For Peace program to celebrate Peace Day, creating and displaying 1/2 million pinwheels for peace to inspire their communities to imagine whirled peace - This year many more will participate. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
CLEARWATER
Alternative Treatment International
Email: info@alternative2rehab.com
Web:http://www.alternative2rehab.com
EVENT : Conducting an International Peace Week, the week of 9/21, with groups, activities, assignments with this intention in mind as well as conducting art therapy groups based on this.
CLEARWATER
Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater
Tel: 727-531-7704
Email: mail@uuclearwater.org
Web:www.uuclearwater.org
EVENT : On september 21st at 7 PM we will be having a dedication ceremony for our newly installed peace pole.
COCOA
PINWHEELS FOR PEACE confirmed location.
More than 1350 schools and groups around the world participated last year in the Pinwheels For Peace program to celebrate Peace Day, creating and displaying 1/2 million pinwheels for peace to inspire their communities to imagine whirled peace - This year many more will participate. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
COCONUT BEACH
PINWHEELS FOR PEACE confirmed location.
More than 1350 schools and groups around the world participated last year in the Pinwheels For Peace program to celebrate Peace Day, creating and displaying 1/2 million pinwheels for peace to inspire their communities to imagine whirled peace - This year many more will participate. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
COOPER CITY
PINWHEELS FOR PEACE confirmed location.
More than 1350 schools and groups around the world participated last year in the Pinwheels For Peace program to celebrate Peace Day, creating and displaying 1/2 million pinwheels for peace to inspire their communities to imagine whirled peace - This year many more will participate. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
CORAL SPRINGS
CodePink South Florida
Web:www.codepinksouthflorida.org
EVENT : Holding vigils,public events,demonstrations.
CORAL SPRINGS
Coral Springs for Peace
Email: dgfaerman@hotmail.com
Web: www.coralspringsforpeace.org
EVENT : vigils and pinwheels for peace .
DANIA BEACH
PINWHEELS FOR PEACE confirmed location.
More than 1350 schools and groups around the world participated last year in the Pinwheels For Peace program to celebrate Peace Day, creating and displaying 1/2 million pinwheels for peace to inspire their communities to imagine whirled peace - This year many more will participate. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
DAYTONA BEACH
Contact person: Sarah Griffith
Phone: 386-478-9012
Email: sarahcgriffith@yahoo.com
IDP Vigil : Interfaith peace vigil at 6:00pm at City Island Park in Daytona Beach featuring live music, prayers by Muslim, Jewish, and Christian leaders, and silence .
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com)
FLAGLER BEACH
Mirit Eder-Turley
Phone:
Email: mirite@yahoo.com.au
Website: www.miritturley.com
IDP Vigil : vigil .
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com)
FT. LAUDERDALE
"STAND-UP FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE"
a night of comedy in recognition of Peace Day
THE IMPROV COMEDY CLUBS -
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (Thurs 9/21)
http://www.improvclubs.com
One of more than 45 comedy club performances in support of the International Day of Peace. For a complete list of of participating comedy clubs: ThinkPeace.net
FT. LAUDERDALE
Nova Southeastern University
Contact: Terry Morrow
Email: tmorrow@nova.edu
EVENT : having people come together around the Peace Pole and say prayers and poems. We may bring in music during the day that speaks to peace.
FORT MEYERS
Renaissance School
Email: lindap@renaissancechild.com
Web:www.rennaisancechild.com
EVENT : At Renaissance school, we share the International day of peace with the parents and children in our community. We learn about the needs of man and focus on peace being the moment where people have most of what they need.We explore what peace feels like. The young children in my class have dedicated themsleves to caring for the community by cleaning the trash once a week. The children will participate in the peace pole celebration on 9/21. .
HOLLYWOOD
Grandview Condo Meditation Group
Email: bkroz@juno.com
EVENT : Having our weekly meditation with topic of PEACE--followed by lite supper...expecting around 25 people.
HOLLYWOOD
Hillcrest Meditation Group
Email: clublaret@aol.com
EVENT :We will have a very special meditation at Hillcrest Condo's Playdium. This week's attendance included 27, mostly senior citizens and we're hopeful that next week's special program will draw at least 30 people. "Let There Be Peace On Earth and Let It Begin With Me."
HOLMES BEACH
Anna Maria Elementary
Web:www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/annamaria/index.html
EVENT : We have recently moved into a new building and are relocating our Peace Garden. On September 21st our students, staff, and parents will be rededicating our Peace Pole and garden by replanting several memorial plants that were part of our original garden. Students from each grade level will conduct different activities such as releasing butterflies, flying peace doves that they have made, walking a "Peace Walk" lined with 108 international flags, laying down garden stones that each classroom has made, and planting special seeds around our Peace Pole. Our mayor has written a proclamation, declaring our city as a participant in the International Day of Peace and this proclamation will be read at our ceremony. We will celebrate together with music, poetry, and pledges that our students have written.
JACKSONVILLE
Wage Peace, Inc.
Wage Peace, Inc.
Group size: 50
Contact person: Mary Claire Van der Horst
Phone: 904-764-2046
Email: mcvdh@bellsouth.net
Website: www.wagepeace.g
IDP Vigil : A candle light vigil at Riverside Park near 5Points. Bring a candle. We will supply cups to contain them.
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com)
MELBOURNE
PINWHEELS FOR PEACE confirmed location.
More than 1350 schools and groups around the world participated last year in the Pinwheels For Peace program to celebrate Peace Day, creating and displaying 1/2 million pinwheels for peace to inspire their communities to imagine whirled peace - This year many more will participate. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
MIAMI
Miami Police Department
Group size: 20
Contact person: Officer Paule Villard
Phone: 3055796184
Email: paule.villard@miami-police.org
IDP Vigil : The Community Relations Section will be hosting a Peace March in order to commemorate the International Day of Peace, involving Middle Schoolers within the City of Miami.
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com)
MIAMI
"STAND-UP FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE"
a night of comedy in recognition of Peace Day
THE IMPROV COMEDY CLUBS -
Miami, Florida (Thurs 9/21)
http://www.improvclubs.com
One of more than 45 comedy club performances in support of the International Day of Peace. For a complete list of of participating comedy clubs: ThinkPeace.net
MIAMI
PINWHEELS FOR PEACE confirmed location.
More than 1350 schools and groups around the world participated last year in the Pinwheels For Peace program to celebrate Peace Day, creating and displaying 1/2 million pinwheels for peace to inspire their communities to imagine whirled peace - This year many more will participate. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
MIAMI
Snapper Creek Elementary School
EVENT : Snapper Creek Elementary School will honor International Peace Day at a school rally around our Peace Pole and garden. This year we will add a flagpole and world peace flag next to the Peace pole. Students will create their indiviual peace posters which they will bring to the rally. At the rally we plan to read the "Peace Pledge", give out certicates to the "Peacemakers of the Month", sing the "Peace Pal" song and "Kids Can Make A Difference". Students will be reminded that each one of them contributes to peace just by being in our "Students Against Bullying" club and taking appropriate action steps to stop bullying and create peace through communication and problem solving.
MIAMI
Frank c. Martin K-8 International Center
EVENT: One of the hundreds of ENO Schools (Environment Online) that will plant trees for the International Day of Peace as a symbol for environmental protection, international co-operation, cultural diversity, tolerance and peace. (http://eno.joensuu.fi/treeceremony.htm)
MIAMI BEACH
Siri Rishi and Ganesha
Email: siri_rishi10@yahoo.com
Web: www.kundaliniyogamiami.com
EVENT : We will be hosting a meditation for peace and healing.
MIAMI SPRINGS
PINWHEELS FOR PEACE confirmed location.
More than 1350 schools and groups around the world participated last year in the Pinwheels For Peace program to celebrate Peace Day, creating and displaying 1/2 million pinwheels for peace to inspire their communities to imagine whirled peace - This year many more will participate. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
NEW PORT RICHEY
PINWHEELS FOR PEACE confirmed location.
More than 1350 schools and groups around the world participated last year in the Pinwheels For Peace program to celebrate Peace Day, creating and displaying 1/2 million pinwheels for peace to inspire their communities to imagine whirled peace - This year many more will participate. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
NEW PORT RICHEY
Hello, From My Heart
Email: TeesideCom@aol.com
Web: www.HelloFromMyHeart.com
EVENT : With over 1.1million visits to our website we have organized participants in 29 nations to greet everyone they meet with a smile and the words, "Hello, From My Heart." As we seek change, this is a way to become the change we seek. We invite all who are interested to do the same and register on our site. While on our site be sure to see the statistics / history confirming this as a way to measurably eliminate violence and create peace.
NICEVILLE
Emerald Coast Yoga
Email: CarolynReynolds@cox.net
Web: www.EmeraldCoastYoga.com
EVENT : EmeraldCoastYoga will host yoga classes on September 21st. The classes will be heart-centered yoga based on the foundation yogic principle of ahimsa, or non-violence. Quotes from your website will be read throughout classes and we will end with a candle light filled room as John Lennon sings “Imagine.” Carolyn Reynolds and Nancy LaNasa, yoga instructors, Niceville and Pensacola, Florida .
OCALA
PINWHEELS FOR PEACE confirmed location.
More than 1350 schools and groups around the world participated last year in the Pinwheels For Peace program to celebrate Peace Day, creating and displaying 1/2 million pinwheels for peace to inspire their communities to imagine whirled peace - This year many more will participate. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)

 

ORANGE COUNTY
Proclamation issued by Mayor Richard T. Crotty

Print out for your Peace Day event. (PDF-487K)
ORLANDO
Celebrate the art of film and its power to promote peace and new understandings at The 4th Global Peace Film Festival in Orlando, Florida, September 14th-21st. Held in conjunction with the UN’s International Day of Peace, September 21st,the festival promotes the art of the motion picture to further the goal of peace on earth, beyond anti-war, ideology and activism. Events include special film programs, panels, parties and a special concert. For films, events and ticket information visit www.peacefilmfest.org, or call 407.224.6625 For September 21st, GPFF & Rollins College are developing the "Big Peace Idea" involving students and community for a big peace visual display which will be seen from the air.. www.peacefilmfest.org
ORLANDO
PINWHEELS FOR PEACE confirmed location.
More than 1350 schools and groups around the world participated last year in the Pinwheels For Peace program to celebrate Peace Day, creating and displaying 1/2 million pinwheels for peace to inspire their communities to imagine whirled peace - This year many more will participate. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
ORLANDO
Tuskawilla Presbyterian Church
Group size: 100
Contact person: Susan Peterson
Phone: 407-678-4693
Email: sueanded71@earthlink.net
Website: www.tuspcoviedo.org
IDP Vigil : 45-minute worship service focusing on peace at home, in our community, and around the world.
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com)
ORLANDO
Meditation Group First Unitarian Church of Orlando
Group size: 20
Contact person: Nini Galyon
Email: meditationgroup@aol.com
Website: www.oralndomeditation.org
IDP Vigil : We normally hold meditation of that evening so we will dedicate our meditation for peace and then have an outdoor candlelight vigil, weather permitting .
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com)
ORLANDO
Orlando Resource Group
Tel: 407-897-5468
Email: suroka45@cfl.rr.com
Website: www.floridaconnect.net
EVENT: offering a video presentation of Prem Rawat, also known by the honorary title of Maharaji, giving the keynote address at the International Day of Peace celebration at the the Australia House of Parliment in Canberra, Australia. The video screening will be held at the Orange County Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd., in downtown Orlando, in the Albertson Room on the third floor. The presentation will begin at 4pm. "Peace," says Prem Rawat, "resides equally in the heart of every human being." He says that "willing individuals have an opportunity to experience peace in their lifetime." The public is warmly invited. Admission is free .
PALM BEACH COUNTY
PINWHEELS FOR PEACE confirmed location.
More than 1350 schools and groups around the world participated last year in the Pinwheels For Peace program to celebrate Peace Day, creating and displaying 1/2 million pinwheels for peace to inspire their communities to imagine whirled peace - This year many more will participate. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)

Palm Harbor
Pathway of Peace: Peace Circle Gathering
SEPTEMBER 21, 2006 - 7:30-9:00pm
On the Medicine Wheel at Oak Trail Books Florida Ave., Palm Harbor, Fl. 727-785-1960
Web:www.churchofthecreator.org
DRUMMING FOR PEACE; LIGHTING OF THE WORLD PEACE FLAME CANDLE; PASSING THE SACRED PIPE; Legend of the Peacemakers Journey to the Iroquois Nations bringing THE GREAT LAW OF PEACE; MEDITATION; THE GREAT INVOCATION; CREATING A NEW WORLD WHERE LOVE, HARMONY AND PEACE PREVAIL! A HO!
Rev. Caroline Dawley, facilitator
aka White Fawn Star

PALM HARBOR
Cypress Woods Multicultural Committee
Contact person: Tina Koufogazos
Email: koufogazosf@pcsb.org
EVENT : Promoting Peace Activities, making windmills, reading peace quotes and having a moment of silence for PEACE!
PANAMA CITY
GFWC Gulf Coast Women's Club
Contact person: Linda Powell
Email: calusa38@aol.com
Web: : www.gfwcgcwc.org
EVENT :GFWC Gulf Coast Woman's Club is sponsoring International Day of Peace in Panama City, Florida. We have invited the Mayor's of 8 municipalities in Bay County to come together and sign and attend a very special proclamation proclaming September 21st as the International Day of Peace. The event will take place Monday, September 18, 2006 at 4:00 P.M.in the Higby Gallery at the Visual Art Center in Panama City. We are asking that each mayor also bring awareness to their communities about this special Day of Peace. Gulf Coast Woman's Club is going to attend Northside School for the 2nd year to celebrate September 21st. The Fifth grade classes (125 students) will begin at 12 noon with a minute of silence. Five Gulf Coast Woman's Club members will read and discuss the Peace Day Book in individual class rooms. The students have already made pin wheels and have worked on conflict resolution. Their is an essay contest on "WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO CELEBRATE AN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE? First and second place wnners will be announced from each class. Cupcakes with International Flags will be served. The media has been invited to attend both events and PSA'S have also been sent out. Panama City Florida is looking forward to Particapating on this special day.
PENNEY FARMS
Penney Farms Peace Forum
Group size: 50
Contact person: Ellizabeth Younger
Phone:
Email: bnyounger1@juno.com
IDP Vigil : Gather in international costumes at Peace Pole at Penney Retirement Community's Memorial Church at 11 a.m. for brief ceremony then walk with posters to community dining room for dinner. Hand out flyers explaining meaning of ceremony .
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com)
PENSACOLA
Emerald Coast Yoga
Email: CarolynReynolds@cox.net
Web: www.EmeraldCoastYoga.com
EVENT : EmeraldCoastYoga will host yoga classes on September 21st. The classes will be heart-centered yoga based on the foundation yogic principle of ahimsa, or non-violence. Quotes from your website will be read throughout classes and we will end with a candle light filled room as John Lennon sings “Imagine.” Carolyn Reynolds and Nancy LaNasa, yoga instructors, Niceville and Pensacola, Florida .
PINELLAS PARK
MULTICULTURAL COUNCIL/PINELLAS CENTRAL ELEM./
EVENT : having the school population sign pledges of peace, and by displaying artwork depicting peace.
POLK COUNTY (163 SCHOOLS!)
PINWHEELS FOR PEACE confirmed location.
More than 1350 schools and groups around the world participated last year in the Pinwheels For Peace program to celebrate Peace Day, creating and displaying 1/2 million pinwheels for peace to inspire their communities to imagine whirled peace - This year many more will participate. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
SARASOTA
PINWHEELS FOR PEACE confirmed location.
More than 1350 schools and groups around the world participated last year in the Pinwheels For Peace program to celebrate Peace Day, creating and displaying 1/2 million pinwheels for peace to inspire their communities to imagine whirled peace - This year many more will participate. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
ST. AUGUSTINE
The Center for Positive Living
Contact: Diana Starke
Email:cplstaug@bellsouth.net
Web: www.cplstaugustine.org
EVENT:  Erecting a peace pole on our church grounds and having a dedication ceremony.
ST. PETERSBURG
Lakewood United Church of Christ
Group size: 80
Contact person: Kim Wells
Phone: 727 867-7961
Email: lucc2@juno.com
Website: http://www.lakewooducc.net
IDP Vigil : Free vegetarian friendly meal at 5pm followed at 7pm by Visions of Peace, a concert featuring a variety of performing artists and groups.
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com)
TAMPA
"STAND-UP FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE"
a night of comedy in recognition of Peace Day
THE IMPROV COMEDY CLUBS -
Tampa, Florida (Wed, 9/20)
http://www.improvclubs.com
One of more than 45 comedy club performances in support of the International Day of Peace. For a complete list of participating comedy clubs: ThinkPeace.net
TAMPA
The Love Foundation
Email:lchidel@tampabay.rr.com
Website: www.thelovefoundation.com
EVENT : We will be FEELING and intending the presence of unconditional love all day long. We will visualize this beautiful energy expanding and reaching to all parts of the globe...we will hold in meditation the beauty of life and feel total appreciation and gratitude for all life...the water and the air we breath, realizing that through water and air we are divinely connected. Through self acceptance and forgiveness, we will unconditionlly love ourself and others...Through tolerance and compassion, we embrace diversity. The ultimate result of unconditional love is Peace!!
VERO BEACH
Ad Hoc Committee to Honor Fallen Soldiers and Gold Star Families
Email:reallist1@comcast.net
EVENT : Having a peace vigil in support of ending the war in Iraq
WESLEY CHAPEL
PINWHEELS FOR PEACE confirmed location.
More than 1350 schools and groups around the world participated last year in the Pinwheels For Peace program to celebrate Peace Day, creating and displaying 1/2 million pinwheels for peace to inspire their communities to imagine whirled peace - This year many more will participate. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
WEST PALM BEACH
"STAND-UP FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE"
a night of comedy in recognition of Peace Day
THE IMPROV COMEDY CLUBS -
West Palm Beach, Florida (Thurs 9/21)
http://www.improvclubs.com
One of more than 45 comedy club performances in support of the International Day of Peace. For a complete list of of participating comedy clubs: ThinkPeace.net
WEST PALM BEACH
PINWHEELS FOR PEACE confirmed location.
More than 1350 schools and groups around the world participated last year in the Pinwheels For Peace program to celebrate Peace Day, creating and displaying 1/2 million pinwheels for peace to inspire their communities to imagine whirled peace - This year many more will participate. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
WILTON MANORS
Center for Spiritual Living - Religious Science Fort Lauderdale
Contact: Rev. Donna L. Conley
1550 NE 26 Street
Wilton Manors, FL
Phone: 954-566-2868
Email:RevDonna@comcast.net
Web: www.rsiftl.com
EVENT:  Concert, Interfaith Peace Celebration, Meditation .

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PEACE DAY ARCHIVE

BROOKSVILLE, FL, USA
2005- Students at Pine Grove Elementary School made Pinwheels for Peace for the International Day of Peace. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
CASSELBERRY, FL, USA
2005- Students at Sterling Park Elementary planted Pinwheels for Peace for the International Day of Peace. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
COCONUT CREEK, FL, USA
2005- Coconut Creek Elementary School celebrated the International Day of Peace with pinwheels for peace. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
COCONUT CREEK, FL, USA
2005- Students at Monarch High School planted hundreds of Pinwheels for Peace in the shape of a giant peace sign; inside students participated in a Peace Program on the International Day of Peace. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
COCONUT CREEK, FL, USA
2005- On International World Peace Day, approximately 500,000 pinwheels were spinning in over 1,350 locations throughout the world! Pinwheels for Peace is an art installation project started in 2005 by two Art teachers, Ann Ayers and Ellen McMillan, who teach at Monarch High School in Coconut Creek, as a way for students to express their feelings about what’s going on in the world and in their lives. (www.creekgov.net/community/pinwheels.asp)
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, USA
2005 - The Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Nova Southeastern University held a Peace Fair with films and workshops on peace.
www.nova.edu/cwis/ia/pubaffairs/
ebulletin/sneak_peeks/2005/sept28/day_of_peace.html
FREEDOM SHORES , FLORIDA, USA
2005- All 1075 students at Freedom Shores Elementary School made and placed a pinwheel outside the front area of the school forming a beautiful "spinning" peace sign. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, USA
2004- The Gainesville Society of Friends rededicated their Peace Pole at a Peace Social. To celebrate the international character of their community, they invited individuals to recite May peace prevail on earth in many different languages. The event included singing and lighting of candles for peace and concluded with social time for dessert and coffee. (www.internationaldayofpeace.org/events/2004wpps/us-florida.htm)
HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA, USA
2005- Students at the Charter School at Waterstone celebrated the International Day of Peace with pinwheels for peace. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
LAKELAND, FLORIDA, USA
2005- Students at the Valleyview Elementary School celebrated the International Day of Peace with pinwheels for peace. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)



LAUDERHILL, FLORIDA, USA
2005- Students at Lauderhill Middle School celebrated the International Day of Peace with pinwheels for peace. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
LONGWOOD, FLORIDA, USA
2005- Students at Longwood Elementary School celebrated the International Day of Peace with pinwheels for peace. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
MELBOURNE, FLORIDA, USA
2005- Students at Roy Allen Elementary School celebrated the International Day of Peace with pinwheels for peace. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA, USA
2005- Students at Lewis Carroll Elementary School celebrated the International Day of Peace with pinwheels for peace. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
NAPLES, FLORIDA , USA
2005- The Naples Roots & Shoots chapter flew a Giant Peace Dove as part of their Peace Day celebration.
(www.janegoodall.org/peace-day/gallery2005)
PLANTATION, FLORIDA, USA
2005- Students at Mirror Lake Elementary School celebrated the International Day of Peace with pinwheels for peace. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
SOUTH BROWARD , FLORIDA, USA
2005- Students at South Broward High School celebrated the International Day of Peace with pinwheels for peace. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, USA
2005- Students at 74th St. Elementary School celebrated the International Day of Peace with pinwheels for peace. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
TALAHASSEE, FLORIDA, USA
2005- Students at Chaires Elementary School celebrated the International Day of Peace with pinwheels for peace. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
TAMPA, FLORIDA, USA
2005- Students at Wilson Middle School celebrated the International Day of Peace with pinwheels for peace. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)
WINTER PARK, FLORIDA, USA
2005- Students at St. Margaret Mary Catholic School celebrated the International Day of Peace with pinwheels for peace. (www.pinwheelsforpeace.com)

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Students at Roy Allen Elementary in Melbourne, Florida celebrating Peace Day with Pinwheels For Peace

Peace Day CONTACTS

Service For Peace
Contact: Harold Silva
Florida International University
Miami, FL
Tel: (786)663 0723
Email: sfp@fiu.edu
Web: www.ServiceForPeace.org

FRIENDS OF THE UN
GAPs (Groups of Action Towards Peace
Contact: Alicia Quaini
Email: unrights@aol.com
www.commitmentofpeace.org/
http://friendsoftheun.homestead.com/IDP.html

Season For Nonviolence Network
Fort Lauderdale, Hudson, Royal Palm Beach, Tampa, Zephyrhills
snv@agnt.org

Florida Peace Day
SUPPORTERS

Please ask your favorite group, organization or religious institution to support
The International Day of Peace
(*The opinions of these organizations are their own.
Pathways To Peace and The International Day of Peace NGO Committee at the UN
do not necessarily support the views expressed by these organizations
that support the International Day of Peace.)

Peace Day 2006



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