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Reflecting Back, Looking Forward, and Giving Thanks
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Once again, on September 21st, people of all ages, backgrounds, cultures, and experiences, and from all parts of our world came together to envision and experience Peace. The Pathways To Peace Team extends our deepest gratitude to everyone who participated in building Peace Day into a worldwide movement. Together Peace is becoming a lived reality! We honor you and join you in creating a Culture of Peace so that Peace Day may be celebrated every day, for the benefit of all.
Unity Foundation: Together for Peace -
9th Annual Peace Day Global Broadcast
This year, on September 21, Unity Foundation's Peace Day Global Broadcast reached hundreds of thousands around the globe with a video marathon of hit music, stories about people successfully tackling world problems with the help of the UN, and peace messages from public figures like Michael Douglas, Ringo Starr, Jane Goodall. Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, and peace ambassador Prem Rawat. The broadcast streamed directly from
peacechannel.com
, from the websites of the United Nations and EU Pledge to Peace, and many other supportive internet and social media sites. The broadcast garnered more than 700,000 views, more than doubling last year's audience.
The 2017 UN theme was "Together for Peace: Respect, Dignity and Safety for All." Much of the global broadcast focused on the plight of the world's 65 million refugees. One animated segment narrated the perilous journey made by Syrian Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini, recently appointed a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador.
"In times of insecurity, communities that look different become convenient scapegoats," said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. "Together, let us stand up against bigotry and for human rights. Together, let us build bridges. Together, let us transform fear into hope."
"Music is a universal language and on Peace Day, it says peace," said Unity Foundation President Bill McCarthy, the global broadcast founder and longtime community activist. "We showcased artists using their celebrity to promote peace through the
United Nations
: Katy Perry playing with refugee children, Shakira campaigning against child marriage, and Pharell Williams, encouraging youth to seek happiness in their lives."
PeaceC
hannel.com
streams the best of humanity, 24/7, 365 days a year. Unity Foundation and the Peace Channel have already begun production for the tenth anniversary of the Peace Day Global Broadcast. Supportive organizations are welcome to embed the Peace Channel video stream on their websites.
More Global Webcasts for More Global Action
On September 25, Peace Channel, in partnership with Unity Foundation, launched its first Global Webcast for the Global Goals, as part of the Global Day of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals. "We intend to do this each year until 2030, when the goals are meant to be complete," said Dr. Darlene Shelton, Peace Channel Executive Producer.
Starting in 2018, the partnership also plans
to
produce worldwide webcasts for three more UN International Days: International Women's Day in March, World Refugee Day in June, and Human Rights Day in December.
"We're looking for short, broadcast-quality videos with news, views and music that help viewers experience what its like to actually live in a world of peace and prosperity," said Dr. Shelton. "We
also
welcome
people to tape a one to two minute
video
expressing their
feelings about peace and global action."
Positive Spin Season 20: First Episode Features
Pathway To Peace
Who better to inaugurate Season 20 of Unity Foundation's Positive Spin TV show than Pathways To Peace Co-founder and President Avon Mattison and Co-founder Joanie Ciardelli? The two are interviewed in this season's first episode by producer/host Bill McCarthy. Positive Spin presents positive, innovative and solution-oriented news from around the world, with frequent reports about the accomplishments of the UN and its humanitarian agencies. The current events
program
airs throughout the U
nited
S
tates
on DirecTV Channel 348 and DISH Network 9415. It also streams live from
www.freespeech.org
About Unity Foundation
Unity Foundation is a not-for-profit organization with a 40 year history of promoting peace, cooperation and unity throughout the world through music and media events. Unity Foundation President Bill McCarthy and Vice President Laurien Towers are the founders and executive producers of the annual Peace Day Global Broadcast. In 1975, inspired by a Jefferson Starship lyric, aspiring rock singer Bill McCarthy launched Unity Foundation (
UnityFoundation.org
) with
the First San Francisco Unity Fair,
headlined by Jefferson Starship and the Grateful Dead
. The Unity Fair
brought together 45 spiritual, environmental, political and community organizations.
Contributions to Unity Foundation are tax deductible through the fiscal sponsorship of the Peace Development Fund.
About Peace Channel
Peace Channel curates the best of YouTube programming and produces original video content - blending news, views and music about peace, prosperity and protecting the planet. In 2014, media psychologist Dr. Darlene Shelton and attorney David Weinberg, a community peace advocate, launched
peacechannel.com
as a digital platform streaming the best of humanity, 24/7. Contributions to Peace Channel are tax deductible through the fiscal sponsorship of the Peace Development Fund.
About Pathways To Peace and the Culture of Peace Initiative
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 official Peace Messenger
Organization of the United Nations and has Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. PTP works locally and globally, inter-generationally and multi-culturally, to promote Peacebuilding, Peace education, and to collaborate with other organizations in initiatives that help further the
Culture of Peace Initiative (CPI).
With participants from around the world,
the Culture of Peace Initiative (CPI
) is a cooperative local-global Peacebuilding Initiative uniting the strengths of organizations, networks, projects and people to realize a Culture of Peace for the Common Good. The
CPI also serves as a vehicle for bringing to light many previously unseen and unheard Peacebuilders working along diverse paths, who are embodying the emerging Culture of Peace within Humanity. The annual highlight of the
Culture of Peace Initiative is the International Day of Peace, which provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations, and nations to work together, on a shared date, to create practical acts of Peace with a year-round impact.
For more information about Pathways To Peace, please visit our website:
www.pathwaystopeace.org
or contact:
[email protected]
About the International Day of Peace
An annual focus for Pathways To Peace (PTP) is the International Day of Peace (Peace Day), held annually on September 21st. Pathways To Peace has worked with the UN to observe and promote the International Day of Peace since its inception in 1981 and has grown International Day of Peace from a single event of a few hundred people into an annual global observance that now reaches hundreds of millions of people.
Established in 1981 by unanimous United Nations resolution, Peace Day provides a globally shared date for all humanity to commit to Peace above all differences and to contribute to building a Culture of Peace. http://internationaldayofpeace.org
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A Heart-Felt Thank You from the Pathways To Peace Team!
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