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2024 UN International Day of Peace Boston
2024 UN International Day of Peace Boston
Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 2-4pm ET
Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 2-4pm ET
The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul (138 Tremont Street, Boston)
The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul (138 Tremont Street, Boston)
Park Street MBTA Station
Sara Ting
Dawn Duncan
Rev. Vernon K Walker
A program of Music, Arts, & Peace Education led by emcee Dawn Duncan, including brief presentations by peacemakers such as Sara Ting, Joanna Don, Karilyn Crockett, Zakiya Alake, Ron Bell, Leigh Meunier and Rev. Vernon Walker 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 tribute to longtime organizer, Ian Harrington, from our friend, John Bach, and a reading of the list of recent local victims of violence. We will then walk to the nearby Garden of Peace to pray for peace among stones engraved with the names of local victims of violence.
2024 UN International Day of Peace Program (order subject to change)
Opening Dawn Duncan, Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness (MCNAA)
Land Acknowledgement Dawn Duncan
Sara Ting CEO, World Unity, Inc.
Rev. Vernon Walker Clean Water Action
Leigh Meunier Climate CREW/Better Future Project
Miranda Henne (cellist) Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor
Karilyn Crockett Assistant Professor of Urban History, Public Policy & Planning, Hacking the Archive (MIT)
Zakiya Alake Fair Housing and Equity, Boston
Lina Marcela Sarmiento Tellez Singing
Joanna Don Emerson Prison Initiative
Ron Bell Dunk the Vote
Zenaida Peterson (poet) Spoken Word
In Honor of Ian Harrington John Bach, Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) representative at Harvard
In Honor of Victims of Violence Dawn Duncan, Don Gianniny, and Kim West
Walk to Garden of Peace
We also have a few tables set up for information about these organizations and others, including Alda Witherspoon of The Witherspoon Institute and the Department of Public Health.
Miranda Henne
Leigh Meunier
Zakiya Alake
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 "Cultivating a Culture of Peace." "In a world with rising geopolitical tensions and protracted conflicts, there has never been a better time to remember how the UN General Assembly came together in 1999 to lay out the values needed for a culture of peace. These include: respect for life, human rights and fundamental freedoms; the promotion of non-violence through education, dialogue and cooperation; commitment to peaceful settlement of conflicts; and adherence to freedom, justice, democracy, tolerance, solidarity, cooperation, pluralism, cultural diversity, dialogue and understanding at all levels of society and among nations." – UN site
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 "Cultivating a Culture of Peace." "In a world with rising geopolitical tensions and protracted conflicts, there has never been a better time to remember how the UN General Assembly came together in 1999 to lay out the values needed for a culture of peace. These include: respect for life, human rights and fundamental freedoms; the promotion of non-violence through education, dialogue and cooperation; commitment to peaceful settlement of conflicts; and adherence to freedom, justice, democracy, tolerance, solidarity, cooperation, pluralism, cultural diversity, dialogue and understanding at all levels of society and among nations." – UN site
Zenaida Peterson
Ron Bell
Ian Harrington
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
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