September Peace Month World Events - World Dreams Peace Bridge

DaFuMu Dreaming For World Peace, Friday, September 15

As we do each month, members of the World Dreams Peace Bridge will invite their dreaming selves to provide information about what can be done to achieve peace in our troubled world. We hope that you will join us. And we hope that you will join others in your community for EarthDance on September 16 and the United Nations Day of Peace on September 21. People all over the planet will be searching for peace during this week of prayer, meditations, dreams and celebration.

EarthDance International Festival, Saturday, September 16

www.earthdance.org

EARTHDANCE
HAMPTON ROADS
2006

Come join the largest global synchronized dance event in the world, Earthdance 2006. For one day in 250 locations in 50 countries worldwide, people of all nations will come together for a peaceful celebration through the global language of music and dance.

Tidewater Talents, a group of performing artists, have teamed up with local grassroots and peace organizations in the Hampton Roads area, to bring Earthdance 2006 to the state of Virginia. Their mission is to inspire humanitarian awareness and charitable giving through the arts.

The event will take place at the KOA Campgrounds in Virginia Beach on Saturday, September 16th from 1-10 PM, with the Global Prayer for Peace at 7PM. The day’s events promise a wide range of multicultural dancing, interactive dance activities and workshops. Musical genres will include world music, country, gospel and more. Come listen to some of the areas inspirational speakers and poets. There will be face painting and other activities for children. Experience the ancient art of henna tattooing or just relax with a shoulder massage provided by local massage therapists.

The suggested donation for admission to the event is $15 and children under 12 are free. 50% of the proceeds from Earthdance Hampton Roads 2006 will go to support 4 local nonprofit organizations, which include Catholic Workers, The Peace Bridge, IF Journal and the Hampton Roads Indymedia Coalition. The remaining portion will be used to support future Earthdance and local charitable events.

For more information you can contact Janeeda at (757) 754-0892 or Sonia Monson at savanegas@yahoo.com . You can find out more information about Earthdance at www.Earthdance.org.

Celebration of UN Day of Peace in Adelaide, South Australia, September 21

Dear All

Firstly the Management Committee of the GFS Peace Trust would like to invite you to the United Nations International Day Commemoration to be held on September 21. This event has been organised in collaboration with the Psychologists for Peace. Please see attachment for invitation details.

Here is some information about UN International Day of Peace:

"The International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by a resolution of the UN General Assembly. The resolution recalled that the promotion of peace, both at international and national levels, is among the main purposes of the United Nations. In 2001 resolution was strengthened to fix the date annually on 21 September and for it to be a day of non violence and cease fire."

Secondly the Trust is sharing a stall with the Psychologists for Peace and the Medical Association for the Prevention of War on September 17 at the Peace One Day Festival in Light Square from 11am onwards.

Please can anyone help on the stall for an hour or two from 11am to dusk? This would be much appreciated. Also can anyone help with providing information about how the Trust can borrow light, portable pin up/display board/s? We need this urgently for the stall. Please e-mail me if you can on ebertsmith@gotalk.net.au

Thirdly a new program:
NEW RADIO PROGRAM:
"A PEACE OF THE ACTION"

On Radio Adelaide 101.5 FM for a half hour every week . It will be connecting the peaces, exploring the common threads that compel people to act out against injustice. The program will respond to issues as they break as well as addressing perennial problems such as racism, colonialism, and environmental degradation.

From September 3rd, 12.30pm Sundays

Looking forward to seeing you.
In Peace
Leonie Ebert

Tidewater Peace Alliance Celebration of UN Day of Peace Scheduled

The Tidewater Peace Alliance recently decided to develop a local celebration in support of the official UN designated Day of Peace on Sept 21, when all member nations are asked to enforce ceasefires and halt hostilities for 24 hours. There will be corresponding peace actions globally. This actual Sept 21st event has only been in existence since 2001, when an English actor named Jeremy Gilley went on an amazing sojourn to persuade the UN to adopt this formal date and seriously endorse it, because prior to Gilley's efforts the peace day concept was a sort of floating holiday with no punch. And Gilley's idea is one day devoted to peace achieved, 364 to go.

So what has transpired thus far locally is this: We have decided on a nondenominational, interfaith religious activity and made inquiries to the Unitarian Church on the Hague. They have granted us two hours, from about 6 to 8 PM on Thursday the 21st for a Peace Service, after which we will all troop out of the church and hold a Candlelight vigil on the Hague, perhaps even marching up toward Christ & St. Luke's at the other end of the Hague. The particulars of this service are still being sketched in. The service will incorporate prayer, speeches, an interpretive dance by Avanha, and some congregational hymns, chants or songs at this point.

Our concept of the service will include representatives of different faiths giving short speeches or prayers or some other spiritual expression to invoke world peace as time and numbers permit. It is possible that as organizing for this event grows, we will need to have a meeting or two of the main participants to develop an inclusive and effective service.

The official cosponsors thus far are the Tidewater Peace Alliance (as an umbrella organization), the Naro Cinema, the Studio for the Healing Arts, My Yoga Spirit, the World Dreams Peace Bridge, the Rev. David R. Hackett of Christ and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, The Hampton Roads Peace & Justice Center, the Hampton Roads Independent Media Coalition and local members of Veterans for Peace, with an endorsement by the organizers of Hampton Roads Earthdance on Sept 16, another peace event. We are also in contact with quite a few other groups at this time and are awaiting their reply. Rev. Boothby of the Unitarian Church will also be participating as well as Rabbi Zoberman of the Beth Chaverim Synagogue. And several Buddhist organizations, the Norfolk Catholic Workers and the Hampton Roads Network for Non-violence are expressing interest.

If you want to research this a bit regarding the international scope of Sept 21 events, here are some websites:

The international Day of Peace website:
http://www.internationaldayofpeace.org/

Service for Peace (a member group of the UN NGO Steering Committee)
http://serviceforpeace.org/

Jeremy Gilley (who started the whole thing) and his Peace One Day website:
http://www.peaceoneday.org/
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You can email me at Mac166688@aol.com .

For Peace,
Mac McKinney

GaiaField Meditation and Prayer Vigil 2006

Dear friends,

I am very proud and excited to announce the launch of www.gaiafield.net with a pilot global meditation project, described below. This is the project I've alluded to in previous emails that involves developing a hub website to help better link networks who participate in global meditation events. Thank you for your patience and support! Please join us!

love,
David Nicol