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Peace Day Philly 2022
September 21, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Philadelphia will join with groups and organizations around the world to mark this global day of local opportunity September 21. The event will be held at the north side of City Hall, at Broad Street and JDK Blvd. The global Peace Day theme, set by the United Nations, is End Racism. Build Peace. Guests will speak to this theme and we will share in the global act of observing one minute of silence at 12 noon. Live music and poetry will also be a part of this event, as well as Chalk 4 Peace and peace button art-making. Free.
Peace Day Philly is the local initiative for the UN International Day of Peace, September 21. Since 2011, Peace Day Philly has encouraged, collaborated on and offered over 175 programs related to peace and justice on and around Peace Day. This September, over a dozen in-person and virtual programs will be offered from Sept. 15 – Sept. 21.
The global theme for Peace Day 2022 is: End Racism. Build Peace. Thus, some of our programs relate to issues of racism and peace on personal, local and global levels. We are offering films, a benefit concert, an intercultural dialogue, a march for police/youth relations, meditations, panel programs on subjects including gun safety and forced migration.
Our special Peace Day Program at City Hall on September 21 will include speakers, music and the minute of silence at 12 noon (an activity that takes place in all time zones around the world on Peace Day).
For a full list of programs and events, go to www.peacedayphilly.org/events.
A NEW Toolkit for schools and communities with ideas for engaging kids and communities in Peace Day is available at https://bit.ly/PDPToolkit
