June is when we annually begin our Countdown to 11 Days of Global Unity September 11 – 21 culminating on Sept. 21st, the U.N. International Day of Peace. On June 13th you’re invited to join this Global Telesummit for the 100 Day Countdown to the International Day of Peace. Find out about what’s going on this year and shareyour action plans with the international organizers and participants!
Lift Off – The 100 Day Countdown to the International Day of Peace
June 13, 2013
9-10:30 Pacific Time / 12 noon-1:30 p.m. Eastern Time (USA)
Webcast Link: http://attendthisevent.com/?
(No pre-registration necessary)
Local call-in numbers include: 206-402-0100 (Seattle), 415 671-4335 (San Francisco), 312 279-3393 (Chicago), and 718 290-9983 (New York).
A complete list of local access numbers is at: http://instantteleseminar.com/
After calling in, use this Access Code: 862166#
Join leaders of the International Day of Peace NGO Committee at the United Nations including Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury (former UN Under Secretary-General), Nathalie Leroy (UN Dept of Public Information), Deborah Moldow(World Peace Prayer Society), Shawn Sweeney (Jane Goodall Institute), Michael Johnson (Pathways To Peace), Monica Willard (United Religions Initiative), Dot Maver (National Peace Academy), Jean Trudel (Cercle de Paix), Rick Ulfik (We, The World), and special guest Avon Mattison (Pathways To Peace).
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has issued a 100-Day Countdown message calling for Education for Peace athttp://www.un.org/en/events/
This year’s Peace Day theme Education for Peace draws on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Education First initiative – a call to educators around the world to include education for conflict resolution skills and global citizenship at all levels of curriculum.
11 Days of Global Unity – 11 Ways to Change the World
11 Global Campaigns Promoted Worldwide September 11 – 21
Culminating on Sept. 21st, the U.N. International Day of Peace
We invite you and your organization to sign up (at www.we.net/11days/participate) and participate in one or more of the 11 Global Unity Campaigns (see www.we.net/11themes) which include critical areas of concern like Environment, Economic Justice, Health, Children & Youth, Women, Human Rights and Peace (via the International Day of Peace).
We look forward to your participation with the June 13th Global Telesummit as well as the 11 Days of Global Unity Action and Awareness Campaigns and all the International Day of Peace plans!
Rick Ulfik
Founder of We, The World and the WE Campaign – www.WE.net
PS If you think organizing for change is more important than ever, we encourage you to support the WE Campaign atwww.WE.net/donate. Together, let’s do what we can’t do on our own: create a world that works for all. Thank you!