Less than 4 months 'til
Peace Day Philly 2015
(Sept. 14 - Sept. 21) !



Planning to participate?
Email your program or activity plans to
or call us at 215-688-6127

Go to the 
Section 
for many Peace Day activity ideas


NOW is the time to share information about the International Day of Peace with educators and communities! Many Peace Day activity ideas can be found here...







 




Deadline: May 30!!
18th Annual Peace Pals International Contest &
 Art Exhibition
 
This year's theme: LOVE TO HIROSHIMA
Look at past entries on FB

MAY PEACE PREVAIL WITH OUR CHILDREN 
 MAY PEACE PREVAIL 
 ON EARTH!


#peaceday


Global FB Site:

Global Affiliate:

City Affiliate:
Build the Peace, Chicago, IL


Please view PDP's 2015 
video slideshow!

This slideshow includes many images by 
Deb Schell Photography and music by Farah Siraj. It reflects just some of the
many wonderful activities and programs that took place in the past for Peace Day Philly!
We honor and deeply appreciate ALL of the organizations that offered something in past years for Peace Day Philly!
For photos of last year's PDP activities, 


To mark the 70th anniversary of 
the United Nations, the 
 2015 global Peace Day theme is

Partnerships for Peace 
Dignity for All
 

"The world's quest for dignity, peace, prosperity, justice, sustainability and an end to poverty has reached an unprecedented moment of urgency." 

"There can be no better way to celebrate the UN's birth than by working in close partnership with civil society to build a safer, more equitable & habitable world for ourselves & those who come after us." 

 

  - Statements by the 

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
 

Get involved in Peace Day 2015!  Partner, collaborate, engage, educate and inspire!


Participating Organization Spotlight:


For PDP 2014, we were thrilled that IOT presented Elegy to the Lost Children of Theresienstadt 
- a production which involved children 6-18 in the recreation of the last performance of an opera by youth in a concentration camp. This camp held 15,000 children - only 150 of these children ever returned home.
Karen Saillant, Artistic Director, of IOT, speaks of her process and deep commitment to "the preservation of the flourishing child heart. The Saillant System is based on an original self organizational theory that honors the joy of music making and the spirit of play while inspiring self confidence in decision-making and individuality in community."
In the words of a parent, the IOT process  resulted in "both of my children now fiercely believing in themselves - not only as performers, but as artists with a duty to foster tolerance and change in their audiences and their broader lives."

Peace Day Philly salutes 






Twitter: @peacedayphilly