Peace Day - September 21 - The International Day of Peace

Today, June 13 marks the start of the 100 Day countdown to the International Day of Peace. Arun Gandhi, Robert Thurman, Avon Mattison, Dot Maver, Rick Ulfik and other peace leaders are joining for a live webcast on the World Puja Network in honor of the 100 Day Countdown launch tonight at 6pm Pacific Time, 9pm Eastern time. Log on early to register for free access to this historic event. (http://www.worldpuja.org/ )

September 21, 2006 will be the 25th annual Peace Day observance! This year events and activities include concerts, parades, 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 that are being planned by more than 1200 organizations in over 150 nations. (For highlights, local listings and to list your event, please visit www.internationaldayofpeace.org)

In honor of the 100 Day Countdown to Peace Day, Pathways To Peace is proud to announce the launch of the CULTURE OF PEACE INITIATIVE website - www.cultureofpeaceinitiative.org. Formerly the "We The Peoples" Initiative, this UN-designated Peace Messenger Initiative serves to promote the International Day of Peace and to unite the strengths of existing organizations building Cultures of Peace for succeeding generations. The Initiative includes a network of more than 350 participating peace-building organizations in every region of the world. With the launch of this new website, Pathways To Peace, as the International Secretariat, would like to invite all peace-building organizations to participate and to list their organizations in the Culture of Peace participant directory. You can also post your activities for the International Day of Peace and your work towards building a culture of peace. By doing so, individuals and other organizations can learn about your work, offerings and needs.

Pathways To Peace is an international peace-building organization that was instrumental in working with the UN to create the International Day of Peace in 1981 and has been promoting it since its inception.

Pathways To Peace has chosen award-winning artist Irene Kai's beautiful peace dove as the new signature image for the Culture of Peace Initiative. A primary reason is because it beautifully embodies hope for a world at peace. It also gives inspiration that all of our efforts for a better world, along many different pathways, are helping to create a culture of peace. Two posters were created with this new image, and a portion of the proceeds will go to Pathways To Peace to help fund our work in coordinating the Culture of Peace Initiative, and to maintain and the InternationalDayOfPeace.org website. (www.PTPposter.com/ )

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