2026 UN International Day of Peace Boston

Invest in Peace

Sunday, September 20, 2026, 1:30-3pm ET

Friends Meeting at Cambridge

5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA 02138

To participate using Zoom, click this link or provide the meeting ID 783 475 1861 and passcode 1652 (if requested) on Zoom.com, the Zoom app, or after calling 1-646-558-8656

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), David Shane Lowry (Lumbee Tribe), Caroline Stack, MPH (MA Dept. Public Health), Traci Griffith (ACLU MA), Alda Witherspoon (Witherspoon Institute) and others regarding their work, with artistic performances by Cellist Miranda Henne, Stone of Hope Drumming Circle and others. It will conclude with a reading of the list of recent local victims of violence.

Dawn Duncan

2026 UN International Day of Peace Program (MORE TBA)

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

Land Acknowledgement Dawn Duncan

Traci Griffith ACLU Massachusetts Racial Justice Program

Alda Witherspoon Witherspoon Institute

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

David Shane Lowry Anthropology Professor at USM & Lumbee Tribe of NC

Caroline Stack, MPH MA Department of Public Health

Stone of Hope Drumming Circle

Ron Bell Dunk the Vote

In Honor of Victims of Violence

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

Ron Bell

David Shane Lowry

Alda Witherspoon

Caroline Stack, MPH

Traci Griffith

Miranda Henne

Stone of Hope Drumming Circle

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 "Invest in Peace."

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