2023 UN International Day of Peace Boston
Actions for Peace: Our ambition for the #GlobalGoals
Sunday, September 17, 2023 at 2pm ET
Boston Common near the Park Street MBTA Station
A program of Music, Song, Arts, & Peace Education led by emcee Dawn Duncan including brief presentations by peacemakers such as Nichol Brewer-Lowry, Rev. Cindy Davidson, Isabella Fuentes, Dr. Ira Helfand, Dr. Jonathan King, David Shane Lowry, and Rev. Vernon Walker about their work, musical performances by Miranda Henne, Toussaint Liberator, Alastair Moock, and Split Feather Singers and others, and art activities for children. It will conclude with the reading of a 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.
A program of Music, Song, Poetry, Dance, & Peace Education
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 Actions for Peace: Our ambition for the #GlobalGoals.
Location if Bad Weather: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul (138 Tremont Street, Boston).
This year’s event features a unique program of Music, Song, Arts & Peace Education led by emcee Dawn Duncan, including brief presentations by peacemakers such a Nichol Brewer-Lowry, Rev. Cindy Davidson, Isabella Fuentes, Dr. Ira Helmand, Dr. Jonathan King, David Shane Lowry, and Rev. Vernon Walker about their work. There will be art activities for children as well as musical performances by Miranda Henne, Toussaint Liberator, Alastair Moock, and Split Feather Singers. The day will conclude with the reading of a list of recent local victims of violence. We will walk to the nearby Garden of Peace to pray for peace among stones engraved with the names of these victims.
Bad Weather Site: The Cathedral Church of St. Paul (138 Tremont Street, Boston).
For more information: visit our website – www.idpboston.org
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