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The International Day of Peace in San Francisco 2024
It was a Day of Celebration, Honoring the Past, Embracing the Now, and Activating a Pathway to the Future
So, Where Do We Go From Here?
40 years ago, in 1984, people gathered on the lawn across from City Hall in San Francisco for an event that honored and commemorated the passage of the resolution establishing the UN International Day of Peace in 1981. This gathering was organized by Pathways To Peace, was collaborative and inclusive, included over 50 countries, and launched the PeaceWave: A Minute of Silence and Moment of Peace at Noon in Every Time Zone.
That PeaceWave, honored at that first International Day of Peace gathering in San Francisco by a crowd of dedicated peacebuilders, became a global movement. And that Peace Day movement now engages 3 billion people worldwide!
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September 18, 1984, was the first major civil society celebration of the UN International Day of Peace in Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco. | |
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Pathways To Peace felt that the 40th anniversary of the first Peace Day gathering in San Francisco was worthy of celebration!
Together, with support from so many partners,
Peace Day in San Francisco took Place on September 21, 2024!
On the International Day of Peace (Peace Day), September 21st, 2024, Pathways To Peace returned to the City Center Plaza, the site of the Peace Day celebration 40 years ago, to host a 40th Anniversary Peace Day Celebration. In addition to an outdoor staged event with spectacular performers and tabling organizations with interactive activities for audience members, our San Francisco Celebration was central to a 24-hour Global Broadcast – produced by Hubcast Media!
https://hubcastnetwork.com/creators/unite-4-peace-live/38and
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Maryam Muduroglu, San Francisco Chief of Protocol
presents the SF proclamation to David Wick
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Tezikiah Gabriel announcing the honoring of peacebuilders ceremony. | Information tables for peacebuilding focused organizations | Maria Muldaur and Her Red Hot Bluesiana Band |  | |
We came together to not only celebrate the future and to recognize how far the peacebuilding community has come, but also to lay the groundwork for the next evolution of our work for Peace!
Along with so many others, we recognize the time is NOW for us to come together on behalf of our common humanity to create Peace on Earth by activating a Culture of Peace for all!
There are so many people to acknowledge and thank – you all know who you are! We are deeply grateful to our Core Planning Team Members, Our Primary Sponsor – 24 Hour Pause for Peace, Our Angel Contributor – Council Member Erica Schneekloth, our sponsoring organizations and individual contributors – and so many more!
Where Do We Go From Here?
Peace Day 2024 San Francisco gave us a platform for the next evolution of our Peacebuilding movement and deeper connections with some core partners that will be essential in our collective commitment to activating the Culture of Peace and co-creating a world that works for all. The following are some of those next-step activities—please join our partners!
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Pathways To Peace is so honored to have 24 Hour Pause for Peace as our Peace Day 2024 Sponsor – and we’re so delighted to be partnering in this exciting 2025 initiative! Jennifer McKenna, CEO of 24 Hour Pause for Peace, will be sharing about the initiative and how you can become involved in two virtual informational meetings:
- Thursday, October 24, at 7:00 pm ET
- Tuesday, November 19, at 7:00 pm ET
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86591292340?pwd=V16i8yEWUns7wUkyhXpVqPeAwisHfy.1 You can also access the meeting zoom through the QCode.
If you attended Peace Day 2024 in person, you’ll remember singing Happy Birthday to Jennifer from our stage.
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Stephen Fantl, a longtime Peacebuilder and Pathways To Peace partner brought the L.O.V.E. Pod technology to power our WIFI signal for our Peace Day Celebration at the Civic Center Plaza on September 21st, 2024. The Plaza is notorious as a challenging venue for internet connection, and the L.O.V.E. Pods performed beautifully! This safe, innovative, affordable, green technology allows anyone anywhere to access the internet, even in emergencies! As Stephen said … https://youtu.be/YyFA19myX64
Pathways To Peace is hosting an informational meeting to take a “Deeper Dive” into the L.O.V.E. Pod technology and opportunities for collaborative fundraising for peacebuilding organizations:
Thursday, November 7, at 7:00 pm ET via zoom: https://zoom.us/j/6091308836
CONNECT FOR PEACE: www.connectforpeace.com
|  | Our Peace Day SF culminated with a Global Peace Walk, hosted by Global Peace Yes and led by Crispin Clarke. Global Peace Yes is hosting PEACEFUL YOGA IN THE PARK THIS Sunday, October 20th. If you are in the Bay Area, you won’t want to miss this opportunity! | |
Lastly, Pathways To Peace is excited about launching a Culture of Peace Collaborative with our organizational partners in the SF Bay area. This collaboration will plan and implement a Culture of Peace Initiative that is bound to bring Peace into closer focus. Stay tuned to learn more!
Thank you for your ongoing support of our work! We can’t do it without you, and we are greatly inspired and grateful!
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About Pathways To Peace
Incorporated in 1983, Pathways to Peace (PTP) is an international organization dedicated to making Peace a lived reality in our world today. PTP is an UN-designated Peace Messenger Organization that holds consultative status with the UN Department of Global Communications (DGC) and the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). For over 40 years, PTP has been engaged in innovation, collaboration, and movement-building. Our Vision is for a World at Peace, and our work is about building a Culture of Peace.
Pathways To Peace provides education, consultation, and mentorship. Working in partnership over the years, PTP has inaugurated several UN-recognized global Peace initiatives, including UN International Day of Peace, the UN Culture of Peace Resolution and Programme of Action, and the PeaceWave.
Pathways To Peace works in partnership with Peacebuilders locally and globally, multi-generationally and cross-culturally on programs that build Peace and eliminate barriers to Peace, including nuclear disarmament, climate change, racial equity, and gender equality. works to raise awareness and advocate for nuclear disarmament and the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) globally and within Albania.
We invite you to join us in our Peacebuilding efforts! For more information about
Pathways to Peace, please visit our website: pathwaystopeace.org
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Thank You for Contributing to Pathways To Peace!
We can’t do our work without you.
This newsletter comes to you from Pathways To Peace (PTP), steward of the Culture of Peace Initiative (CPI) newsletter. PTP is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, whose work would not be possible without our volunteers and your support. If you would like to support Pathways To Peace programs and activities around the globe, you can do so by clicking the Donation Button above. A heartfelt thank you from the Pathways To Peace Team!
For more information or to make a donation by check, Venmo, or Paypal, please contact:
Tezikiah Gabriel, Executive Director
tez@pathwaystopeace.org
651-357-4436
Pathways To Peace Business Office
122 Demont Avenue E, #173
St. Paul, MN 55117
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