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Peace Day 2007
INDIA

All United Nations member countries agreed to celebrate September 21, The International Day of Peace as a Global Ceasefire and Day of Peace & Nonviolence in our homes, our communities and between nations. Peace Day has been a focal point for community-uniting and peace-inspiring events since its inception in 1981. 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 create 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 Head of State to declare a Proclamation of Peace
  • Print out Flyers, Posters and other Resources

2006 PLANS


AUROVILLE
GaiaField Meditation & Prayer Vigil
 Email: wim@auroville.org.in
Web: www.gaiafield.net
 From 3.30-4.30pm GMT (9-10 pm local time), groups will gather in Auroville (India), the Findhorn Community (Scotland), and the California Institute of Integral Studies (USA) for a sacred ceremony that will be linked via state-of-the art video and audio communication technologies. The ceremony will also be broadcast live over the internet to a global audience who will be able to participate from their own homes.
BANGALORE
Nithyananda Bliss Team-Dhyanapeetam-Bangalore
Group size: 100s
Contact person: Ma Nithya Maneeshananda for Bangalore
Phone: 080-41153624
Email: mail@nithyananda.org
Website: www.nithyananda.org / www.dhyanapeetam.org
IDP Vigil :  Nithyananda Foundation's Bangalore Chapter ( Dhyanapeetam)members will promote and honor the United Nations call for peace by conducting a 24 hour group relay-meditation & peace prayer to increase the positivity of collective consciousness. Paramahamsa Nithyananda's mission is to work towards global peace through individual transformation using meditation.
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com)
BANGALORE
Bright Beginnings - A Montessori Preschool
Email: bb_preschool@yahoo.com
EVENT :  Planting a tree in our school, talking about peace, singing our peace song, doing art aroud peace and observing the one minute's silence at noon .
CHENNAI
Universal Peace Federation-Chennai-India
Contact: Shine Jose
Email: shinejose@gmail.com
Web: www.peacefederation.org
EVENT :  Unversal Peace Federation (UPF) In association with Ambassadors for Peace, Religious Youth Service (RYS) & Gandhian Institutions Chennai will be organising a Peace Day Programme with more than 3000 youths and Students at Thakkar Bapa Vidyalaya,Nandanam,Chennai, Tamilnadu, India on 21st Sept from 10 am to 12 pm. The Peace Day Programme includes Peace Vigil, Peace Day Pledge, Proclamation, Peace day Sighning Campagin, Pin Wheels for Peace and Cultural Programmes, Dignitaries from Government, Social, Cultural,Sports and Entertainemnt Industry will be participating in this INternatrional Peace Day Celebration.
CHENNAI
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)
COIMBATORE
Isha Foundation
Group size: >250 000
Contact person: Kumar Govind
Phone: +91-422-2319655
Email: kumar.govind@ishafoundation.or
Website: www.ishafoundation.org
EVENT :  Weeklong celebrations including: Peace March & AIDS Awareness Campaign Launch, Sept 23rd, Coimbatore, in collaboration with the Rotary Club. Isha Fest & Celebration of World Peace Day, Sept 24th, Isha Yoga Center, Velliangiri Foothills, featuring a concert by Anuradha Sriram, cultural programs, exhibits, stalls, and discourse by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. .
DELHI
Presentation Sisters
Email: arannmary1@gmail.com
EVENT :  Peace Vigil
KOLKATA
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)
Kottarakkara
COSMIC COMMUNITY CENTRE(CC OF URI)
Group size: 55
Contact person: Dr. Abraham Karickam
Phone: 91-474-2454087
Email: karickam@yahoo.co.in
Website: www.wfism.rog
IDP Vigil :  Peace procession with students and others of the locality and a public meeting
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com)
LUCKNOW
C.M. Sgomti Nagar
Contact: Anisha Singh
Email: anishadotcom@rediffmail.com
EVENT :  spreading the message of peace all over the world and by performing the concerts having the message of peace.
MUMBAI
Service Civil International- India
Contact: Jayaprasad Kumar
Email: scindia@bol.net.in
Website: http://www.workcampsindia.tk
EVENT :  We the members of the Service Civil International- India,Maharashtra State Group in Mumbai are going to have a meditation Session, and thereafter there will be Peace songs and skits on Peace Themes by different College Students and at last Peace Pledge.
MUMBAI
Jamnabai Narsee School (International Baccalaureate)
Contact: Richa Sheth (12th grade student)
Email: contactus@jns.ac.in
Web: www.jns.ac.in
EVENT :  For this day, I have gotten permission to have classes only till lunch (only for the 11 and 12th grades), after which it is declared "Peace Day" where the students and teachers will meet in the Global Arena (cafeteria), a student will then say the speech that is given and acknowledge Peace in general as an important issue. After this, we will plant a tree (between 12.00 and 12.30 as recommended) and proceed with singing a song for peace and ending with a prayer. Pictures and comments will be taken.
MYSORE, KARNATAKA
Nithyananda Foundation
Email: hanumanth@airtelbroadband.in
Phone: 0821-2333735
Website: www.nithyananda.org
EVENT :  Conducting a group meditation to increase the positivity of the collective consciousness. paramahamsa nithyananda says global peace can be acheived only by the transformation of the individual - transforming him to radiate love and peace, achievable through meditation
NABHA
mehram group of publications. pvtt. ltd.
Email: ywcshahkot@rediffmail.com
phone: +91-5942-247057
EVENT :  organise a prayer program.
NAINITAL
Girideep Area Development Program
World Vision of India
Email: Girideep_India_ADP@wvi.org
phone: +91-5942-247057
website: www.worldvisionindia.org
EVENT :  We will observe one minute silence. Then have and Hand print for peace and plant trees.
NEW DELHI
Service Civil International- India
Contact: Jayaprasad Kumar
Email: scindia@bol.net.in
Website: http://www.workcampsindia.tk
EVENT :  Blood donation drive by Kolkata State Group,Meditation and Peace songs by Delhi,Chennai and Maharashtra State Groups
NEW DELHI
World Community Service Centre - Delhi Zone
Email: delhi@wcsc.info
Website: www.vethathiri.org
EVENT :  The World Community Service Centre's Delhi Chapter will do the Peace Prayer given by Shri. Vethathiri Maharishi on this event. Group meditation and continuous chanting of the Peace prayer for the whole day will send positive thoughts to this Earth to prevail the peace.
PUNE
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)
PUNE
Friends of the Gandhi Museum Pune
Email: sarvodayaindia@yahoo.co.in
Website: www.gandhisalt.org
EVENT :  Distributing 500 badges showing Gandhi's portrait with the words: 100 Years of Nonviolence
PUNJAB
SKSS International Public school
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)
RAIPUR
Religion of youth
Contact: Dr.Jawahar Surisetti
Email: jawahar4@yahoo.com
Phone: 09303277947
Website: www.religionofyouth.com
EVENT :  Gathering and taking the peace pledge
SHAKHOT
Youth Welfare Club(r) Shahkot
Email: honeywalia@rediffmail.com
Phone: 919855960931
Website: geocities.com/youthwelfareclub
EVENT :  Full day prayer programme for Internatiol Peace and Mutual Understanding
TEZPUR
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)
Tiruvannamalai
Arcot Lutheran Church
Group size: 1000
Contact person: Rev.solomon Rajan Babu
Phone: 91 4175 224607
Email: asrbabualc@sancharnet.in
IDP Vigil :  Through drama, street play, skits videshow to give awareness to the people about the violance around the world .
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com)
UTTAR PRADESH
Uttar Pradesh Voluntary Action Network (UPVAN)
Group size: 223 Civil Society Gr
Contact person: Mr. Diwakar Bhatt
Phone: 91-0522-2361563
Email: info@upvan.org
Website: www.upvan.org
IDP Vigil :  WE ARE A BROAD BASED NETWORK OF 223 VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA. WE HAVE PASSED ON YOUR MESSAGE TO AL OUR MEMBERS, WHO IN TURN WOULD BE OBSERVING THIS DAY THROUGH AWARENESS MEETINGS, RALLIES AND MANY OTHER SUCH EVENTS.
(for more IDP Vigils see: www.IDPvigil.com)
VISHAKAPATNAM
Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam
Email: sangodey@hotmail.com
phone: 98491- 17400
website: www.nithyananda.org
EVENT :   Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam’s Vishakapatnam ( AP) chapter members will promote and honor the United Nations call for peace by conducting a group meditation & peace prayer to increase the positivity of collective consciousness. Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s mission is to work towards global peace through individual transformation using meditation.
Arun Kumar Das
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://enotreeplanting2006.blogspot.com/)

Planning a Peace Day event? Have a Peace Day event photo to share?

 

Peace Day ARCHIVE

INDIA
2005- The TREE Foundation flew Roots & Shoots Peace Doves out on boats as part of their Peace Day celebrationin Chennai.
(www.janegoodall.org/peace-day/gallery2005)
INDIA
2005- The TREE Foundation also flew Roots & Shoots Peace Doves in a caravan through the city as part of their Peace Day celebration in Chennai.
(www.janegoodall.org/peace-day/gallery2005)
INDIA
2004- In Coimbatore, India 100,000 gathered to celebrate peace through expressions of joy, dance and song.
(www.idpvigil.com/commitments/vigilResults2004.html)
INDIA
2003- An International Day of Peace prayer vigil was organized by City Montessori School in Gomtinagar. The event was covered by TV and local print media.
(www.internationaldayofpeace.org/events/2003/india.htm)
INDIA
2003- Students at Guru Harkrishan Public School in Vasant Vihar, New Delhi celebrated the International Day of Peace, beginning with a traditional lamp lighting ceremony, speeches by faculty and students and a dance performance.
(www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030929/ncr2.htm)
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The International Day of Peace

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