2025 UN International Day of Peace Boston

Act Now for a Peaceful World

Sunday, September 21, 2025, 2-4pm ET

Eliot Church of Newton UCC

474 Centre Street, Newton, MA 02458

A program of Music, Arts, & Peace Education led by emcee Dawn Duncan (Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness), including brief presentations by peacemakers such as Ron Bell (Dunk the Vote), Zakiya Alake (Fair Housing and Equity), and Alda Witherspoon (Witherspoon Institute) regarding their work, with artistic performances by Cellist Miranda Henne, Singer Lina Marcela Sarmiento Tellez, and Spoken Word Poet Zenaida Peterson. It will conclude with a reading of the list of recent local victims of violence.

Dawn Duncan

2025 UN International Day of Peace Program (order subject to change)

Opening Dawn Duncan, Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness (MCNAA)

Land Acknowledgement Dawn Duncan

Ron Bell Dunk the Vote

Lina Marcela Sarmiento Tellez Singing

Zakiya Alake Fair Housing and Equity, Boston

Zenaida Peterson (poet) Spoken Word

Alda Witherspoon Witherspoon Institute

Miranda Henne (cellist) Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor

In Honor of Victims of Violence

We also have a few tables set up for information about these organizations and others.

Ron Bell

Zakiya Alake

Alda Witherspoon

We have planned and organized the Boston area celebration of the United Nations International Day of Peace each year since 2010. This year's theme is "Act Now for a Peaceful World."

Our Thanks

This event was made possible by great contributions from the speakers and musicians on the program and the contributions of many others, including the following:

Contact us at InternationalDayofPeaceBoston@gmail.com