SEPTEMBER 9 ­ 11, 2005
The Crossings?in?Austin, TX
Course: 07302-045
Tuition: $275 

Join us at this third gathering of Common Ground, where we will co-create an inter-faith community through shared ritual, group creative process, guided experiential practices, and dialogues of discovery. Together we will explore structures, methods, and principles for InterSpiritual activism, so that we may move the work of world peace forward as a cohesive unit. This meeting will also be a tribute to Brother Wayne Teasdale, who inspired and guided the founding of both InterSpiritual Dialogue (ISD) and Common Ground, and who transitioned last year. Some of Brother Wayne¹s core teachings will be illuminated through experiential meditation and contemplation. In addition to presenters Keating, Borysenko, Flowers, and Hayashi, representatives of constituencies that Wayne supported will voice their remembrances.

A Simple Case of Mistaken Identity:
A Day Long Return With Loch Kelly

New York Insight Meditation Center 
28 w. 27th St., 10th fl (between B¹way and 6th Ave.) 

Manhattan, New York City

Preregistration at www.nyimc.org (click on retreat) or at the door on the day of the event
Fee: $40 plus Teacher Donation

Instead of retreating from life, this daylong event is an invitation to return to that which we have always been and to include everything. The ego functioning mind has become exhausted and confused in trying to get it right and to be somebody. This is revealed to be a simple case of mistaken identity. Ego functioning mind is not our identity. Our true identity is already free and happy for no reason. It does not need to be developed or improved upon, but simply recognized and realized. In this experiential day, Loch will draw upon Buddhist practices from Vipassana, Zen, Mahamudra, and Dzogchen and will include meditation exercises, talk, questions, and dialogue.

There will be a ³glowing away² party following the event at 5:30 (whether you attend or not).   Loch and Paige are moving to Half Moon Bay, CA (just south of San Fran).  Please feel free to bring an appetizer, snack or just bring yourself! If you bring food to the retreat, please know there is no refrigeration. 

Loch will also be returning to New York  for a Daylong event on Saturday December 3rd.

Please visits Loch's website for upcoming events: www.lochkelly.org

September 10 is Matriot Day (City of Santa Cruz' Mayor's Proclamation, 2003) and the eve of 11 Days of Global Unity.

Matriot Day 2005 ~ An Only The Brave  Music Recital to benefit

The WarmLine Family Support Network ~ a nationwide phone service designed to support and inspire conscious parenting www.aTLCWarmLine.org

An initiative of The Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children www.aTLC.org

YOU ARE INVITED

When: September 10^th from 5 to 7 o¹clock

Where: 208 Kalkar Drive, Santa Cruz (x St.High, by UCSC campus)

Why: To enjoy a musical recital and benefit
for The Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children.

PLEASE JOIN US TO LEARN AND SHARE

aTLC is a not for profit organization that offers a Warm Line* for parents, grandparents and caregivers. This telephone support service is designed to help families with the day to day issues involving children before these issues become intractable problems. 

To quote Marianne Williamson," There is no single factor more radical in its potential for healing the world than a transformation in how we raise children."

The entertainment will be provided by Maggi Moon playing her acoustic guitar with songs that reflect her Celtic roots. Maggi s songs have been influenced by her world travels and she sings with a deep sigh ­soothing resonant voice that will surely move you.

Please reply by e-mail  or phone before September 6^th so that we may provide an abundance of food and drink. (Corrina: 831 227 5748)

*hot lines are for crisis
Warm Lines are for well being

www.aTLCWarmLine.org

For the curious and courageous we will have an assortment of traditional and contemporary kilts from Only the Brave ~Kilts & Skilts®  for social transformation www.OTBKilts.com

ONLY THE BRAVE (OTB) OTBKilts.com

OTBKilts is a USA Fair Trade business seeking to inspire full self expression of our species toward Wholeness and profound Wellbeing for men and women, boys and girls.

OTB in its operations and activities strives to eliminate to the utmost all practices and policies at Home and Abroad that are inherently violent to the spirit. We define the spirit as the essence, wonder & beauty; the gift of Life.

OTB takes to heart the wisdom words of an indigenous grandmother who reminds us that we are all indigenous and need only determine to live our sovereign selves through right action and intent.

Only the Brave Studio

Space2Create
1001 Center Street #15
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 420 1120

Department of Peace Conference

Washington, D.C.

USA

http://www.thepeacealliance.org/events/sept_conf_05.htm

• Join with hundreds of citizens from across the country.
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of the Department of Peace legislation.
• Discover and practice effective lobbying strategies.
• Network with citizens from around the country: 
• Visit Capitol Hill and walk the halls of Congress 
• Meet your representatives
• Make your voice heard.
• Form a new political constituency with the power to make an historic impact.

To find out more about the campaign to create a U.S. Department of Peace, follow this link:

http://www.thepeacealliance.org/main.htm

or watch this Power Point Presentation to learn more about this legislation.

Seek TV Launches on
International Day of Peace
September 21, 2005
SEEKtv.tv, a new activist, interactive internet channel will be joining WE, THE WORLD as a co-sponsor in the promotion and webcast of festivals, concerts, civic actions, lectures, films and other events involved in the 11 DAYS OF GLOBAL UNITY 2005. SEEKtv's official public launch will coincide with the International Day of Peace from various locations around the world, including the International Day of Peace Festival and Vigil from Assisi, Italy on September 21st.

A CONCERT FOR PEACE 

featuring songs by Susan Lippman 

performed by Ray Korona, Carol Flamm, Joel Landy, Adele Rolider, Elissa Weiss & Susan Lippman

Sunday, September 11, 2005 @ 3:30pm

RenaissanceSchool Auditorium

35-59 81st Street, Jackson Heights, NY

$12 at the door/$10 in advance

Tickets & info: 718-639-5969

Additional details: www.raykorona.comGo to Newsletter

This event provides an opportunity for New Yorkers and others who may be in the area to come together and enjoy a big bouquet of peace songs on anniversary of 9/11. 

StoneChurch

Cragsmoor, NY

Sunday, September 11, 2005

11 AM Interfaith Peace Service with Miriam MacGillis, OP, teacher, lecturer, co-founder of Genesis Farm, a center for Earth Studies rooted in spirituality: Swami Srinivasananda, Acharya for the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Ranch and affiliated center, editor of Yoga Life Magazine: Bonnie Myotai Treace, Sensei, Zen Buddhist teacher, poet, former Abbess of the Zen Center in NYC and former Vice Abbess of Zen Mountain Monastery in Mount Tremper: Rev. Kari Schreiber, Peace Minister of the Beloved Community: Peter Blum, Himalayan singing bowls, Victor Mousaa, Native American singer/songwriter. 

12:30 PM pot luck lunch on edge of Ridge

2 PM Concert by Capall, A Celtic Cross. Shimmering arrangements crossing far-flung musical cultures.  Maura Ellyn, voice: Steve Gorn, bansuri flute: Peter Einhorn, guitar: John Wieczorek, percussion.  Admission: $15, Seniors $8.

Cragsmoor, an historic art colony on the edge of the Shawangunk Ridge, is off Rte. 52 between Ellenville and Pine Bush in Southern Ulster Co. NY. Take Cragsmoor Rd to P.O. continue straight and follow signs to Church on Henry Road.  Info: 845-647-6487

Date: Sunday, September 11, 2005

Place: MEET AT DAGHAMMARSKJOLD PLAZA PARK (across the street from the UN Visitor entrance, 1st Ave. and 46th St.)

Time: 11:00 AM -  will join Ribbons (panels of cloth hand created with representations of peoples thoughts for peace, will bring extra Ribbons)and say an interfaith prayer for peace.  All are invited to join us, including bystander.

Then onto the World Trade Center Memorial site to do the same, via subway.

Contact: info@theribboninternational.org (Time 11:00 AM to aproximately 1:00 PM)

On Sunday, September 11, 2005 from 3:00pm ­ 7:00pm in the garden & patio of International House Philadelphia, 3701 Chestnut Street in University City, Philadelphia, people of all nationalities, races, religions and cultures will come together on the anniversary of the September 11^th Terrorist Attacks for thePoetry for Peace Festival, a day of poetry, music, food, crafts, and entertainment that will culminate with a Candlelight Vigil and Memorial Ceremony for loved ones lost as a result of local, national, and international violence.  This event is FREE and open to the public.

Presenters will include: 

Oliver St. Clair Franklin (Honorary British Consul & President of International House Philadelphia) ? Margaret Chew Barringer (founder of the American Poetry Center) ? Gweny Love (author, poet, & founder of Poetry for Peace) ? Brad Baldia - President of National Association of Asian Professionals Philadelphia Chapter ? Twin Poets (scholars/mentors/historians/activists) ? Prianjali Mascarenhas (Contemporary Indian singer) ? Linsanga Ya Bana Kin (Congolese-African Dance Troupe) ? Earth Vision Weavers (Native American folk music group) ? Global Campaign for Microbicides ? University City District? Global Education Motivators (GEM)? Women Organized Against Rape ? an exclusive list of performance poets and the support of Robins Bookstore & Moonstone. Join us the next day for the Interdependence Day Celebration (www.interdependencedaycelebration.com).

If it rains, the festival will be inside the building.  For sponsor information, promotions, vending/exhibit space, or to make contributions, contact info@poetryforpeace.com or (215) 387-1696. (Visit: www.poetryforpeace.com)

Interdependence Day
Sept. 12, 2005

Interdependence Day celebrates the interconnectedness of all life and the recognition of that interconnectedness. We, The World which launched Interdependence Day in September 2002 at the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development. Each year Interdependence Day is a day of celebration, information and action to raise consciousness about how each of our actions affects the whole. Please contact us with any Interdependence Day events you would like us to promote: 11days@WeTheWorld.org with the Subject Line: Interdependence Day Event

www.interdependencedaycelebration.com

On Monday, September 12, 2005 from 6:00pm­ 8:00pm is the Interdependence Day Celebration!The keynote speaker is Shashi Tharoor (Undersecretary-General for Communications & Public Info) from the United Nations.  The award honoree will be Dr. Howard Perlmutter (Professor of Mgmt & Social Architecture Emeritus) of the Wharton School of University Pennsylvania.  This event will be a time for healing, uniting, and working towards a more peaceful and just future, while reflecting on the realities of how telecommunications, information technology, international trade, and immigration have brought the world closer to us than ever before and the impact that AIDS, drugs, disappearing jobs, global markets, and terrorism have had on our world. Our objective is to strengthen the positive aspects of interdependence ­culture, mutual understanding, and cooperation.  This event is free and open to the public and takes at International House Philadelphia, 3701 Chestnut Street in University City, Philadelphia.  A complimentary reception is included. Visit: www.interdependencedaycelebration.com.Visit the Interdependence Day booth at the Poetry for Peace Festival.

September 12th - 21st, James Twyman will lead a peace walk from Assisi to Rome where he and Earthdance International founder Chris Deckker will present the Declaration of Interdependence (created by We, The World for the 2004 launch of 11 Days of Global Unity) with more than 100,000 expected signatures to the Pope and other world leaders as a petition for peace on earth on the International Day of Peace. For more information, go to http://emissaryoflight.com/peacewalk/

World Summit of Love and Peace
"The Path to Global Survival -
The Wisdom of Yin and Yang"
Federation of World Peace and Love (FOWPAL)

UN Ambassadors are invited to ring the Bell of Peace and become Honorary International Amabassadors of Peace of FOWPAL, striving for world peace together. 

For more information contact info@fowpal.org and see http://www.fowpal.org

8:15 AM

Contact us at (212) 685-4242 or e-mail Moise Waltner at moise@interfaithcenter.org if you have any concerns or require additional information. For more information about the InterfaithCenter of New York, please visit www.interfaithcenter.org. 

September 16 

Please join us, and others from around the country and throughout the world, to honor exemplary peacebuilders, experience the transformational power of peace, and launch our Celebrate Peace program. 

Seating is limited. You may RSVP to reserve your place via email to: RSVP@peaceexpeace.org

We believe in the power of peace and we witness peace every day, all around us. Peace begins with a choice, develops through practice, and spreads by example. 

We present Celebrate Peace to spread a hopeful message and to cultivate the practice of peace in daily life, through a national series of workshops and other educational programs, musical celebrations, and internet-based community. 

By celebrating peace, we unite around it and inspire others to embrace it. 

September 17 

PEACE X PEAE brings the power of women¹s groups to life through a participatory experience that guides women into deep listening, consensus, and cross-cultural engagement, as a dynamic and intimate feminite foundation for global peace. Professionally facilitated, participants will step into the ancient tradition of meeting in circle, creating a sacred space and joining with other women¹s groups from around the world through the PEACE X PEACE Global Network.

Come and learn how to let ³the peacebuilder within² be an active presence in the world. This highly interactive workshop will introduce you to the three basic principles of peacebuilding. First, Know Where You Are ­ find the living spirit of peace within yourself, in your values and vision for peace and place of true inner peace. Second, Meet the Other ­ soften the hardened heart and connect deeply with those where there is hurt, fear, difference, conflict, or anger. Third, See What You Can Do Together ­ move that connection into creative action that grows peace in concrete ways. You will come away with tools that you can use to make a difference ­ in your life, your family, your community, and this one world we all call home. 

Our ability to come together in song, and to connect with inner peace through music and mantra is testimony to the presence and power of peace. Snatam Kaur¹s inspired voice and deep connection to the practice of peace are touching thousands, supporting them to connect to an inner source of peace. 

The concert features a delightful segment with local children leading the audience in song, and a multi-faith invocation with representatives from various local congregations. 

This musical celebration of the spirit of peace reminds us that peace is always available to us, and brings us together to Celebrate Peace. 

The Spirit of Peace is a fundamental value to the quality of life for the communities of the Byron Shire and the Rainbow Region. The Byron Peace Carnival celebrates this culture of Peace as a showcase for ideas, art, ingenuity and creativity in pursuit of peaceful living and focuses on the challenges and opportunities for living in peace ‹ within our community and with the rest of the planet. The Byron Peace Carnival offers a full interactive day with a rally, street pageant, entertainment, arts, games, information and colourful displays to inform, educate and excite. It will be a full day of fun for the whole family to share skills, interests and activities, learning better ways to live on the earth.

During the 2005 Byron Peace Carnival, The World Peace Flame will be the focus of a prayer vigil on 17th September and of the walk and peace celebrations on Sunday, 18th September.

The World Peace Flame was created in 1999 when seven flames were lit by indigenous elders, peacemakers and royalty from all continents and were flown, with the help of military air forces across the globe to be united as one eternally burning flame in North Wales. 

The World Peace Flame has since been carried back into the world as a unifying symbol of the deep yearning that all people have for peace.  This flame has been presented to millions of people in homes, schools, work areas and in war zones; and to community leaders, foreign embassies, government departments, ministers, prime ministers and presidents in places of decision making.

As part of the Byron Peace Carnival festivities, the World Peace Flame will be installed as a permanent fixture in the Byron Bay Community Centre - an eternal flame for peace burning in the heart of Byron Shire. This will be the first Australian World Peace Flame monument accessible to the public, and one of only eight in the world.

http://www.celebratethedivinefeminine.com 
Email: Karen@celebratethedivinefeminine.com
Phone: 928-282-2450 

For ticket and package pricing (for full conference and individual events): 

http://www.celebratethedivinefeminine.com/tickets.html

In Zoetic Expansion you will:

• Locate a central point of yourself for healing 
• Be trained in Advnaced Meditations
• Become fluent in granting Permission forany part of you, others, life itself
• Deeply cleanse your Emotional Body 
• Embrace and authentically experience an essential God-part of you 
• Fully open to receiving through the core of your being whatever is harmonious for you 
• Face your relationship with help & need and come to balance both giving and receiving 
• Have the freedom to relish every moment of your human experience - both good and bad - such that it is all rich and wondeful for you 
• Be trained and practiced in beginning healing techniques 

All of us have had glimmers of Knowing at a higher level.  But few of us live life consistently Experiencing Being that which we Know.  In Zoetic Expanion you will be guided through an experiential three-point conversation of Knowing, Experiencing and Being.  From this experience you will permanently have an active access to the core of who you really are. You wil build a foundational structure where you will source expanding expressions for any aspect of your Being.

http://www.allforworldpeace.org

http://www.earthdance.org

Earthdance is the world's largest simultaneous music and dance event with over 150 cities in 50 countries participating in 2004, in locations from the Netherlands to the Phillipines, South Africa to New Zealand. Every year, on the International Day of Peace, over 200,000 people unite in dance with hundreds of thousands more joining in online in support of global peace and humanitarian aims. The defining moment of each Earthdance is one moment (4pm Pacifc Standard Time) when every event around the world plays "The Prayer for Peace". To find an Earthdance near you or for more information, go to www.earthdance.org;

On a beautiful field circled with the flags of all nations, people will gather from far and wide to take a stand for a new vision for the 21st century based on the oneness of the human family. Highlights of this event celebrating the International Day of Peace include:

• Inspiring speakers on both days: Best-selling author Marianne Williamson, world famous humanitarian doctor Patch Adams, Chief Jake Swamp of the Mohawk Nation and many others
• Saturday Concert: an array of exceptional recording artists from around the world including BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Entrain, Bread & Puppet Theater, Gokh-bi System of Senegal, The Mammals (with Tao Rodriguez, the grandson of Pete Seeger) and Gent Treadly, featuring Vince Welnick of the Grateful Dead and Tubes!
• Sunday Festival: Eco Village, Peace Village, Indigenous Peoples Village:, Healing Arts Village, Wisdom Keepers Village, Kids Village/Peace Pals, Film Festival, booths, workshops, Art Gallery, International Healthy Food Court World, Peace Flag Ceremony sending the prayer ³May Peace Prevail on Earth² around the world, and great music including the Charles Neville Quartet and the uplifting reggae of Israel Vibration & The Roots Radics Band and much much more!

• Ticket Info/Reservations/Purchase: getting tickets for one or both Festival days (write Tickets in Subject Line)
• Getting a Booth:for sales or literature  (write Booth in Subject Line)
• Putting an Ad or Message in the program or on the web (write Ad in Subject Line)
• Sponsoring the Festival (write Sponsor in Subject Line)

September 18, 2005. 

The Ethical Culture Society of Queens will declare itself a Peace Site today, joining hundreds of towns, community organizations, and religious institutions across the world also committed to peace. 

"In becoming a Peace Site, we declare our firm opposition to unjust wars, unmitigated violence, and unfounded fear as a way of life. We turn affirmatively to the hard work of creating a more peaceful world.  Let this humble place be a home to all those who seek peace, both today and for many years to come." 

"Alone, we are weak. Together, we will light the way.  And so we are proud to stand with the millions who are committed to bringing peace to this violent world of ours--we join today with the 11 Days of Peace 2005 movement to celebrate the true peaceful potential of humanity," said David M. Reis, Leader of the Society.

The Peace Site movement, founded in 1981 by Father Berrigan and others at the Ethical Culture Society of Essex County in Maplewood NJ, today numbers hundreds of institutions with a shared commitment to the concept of creating "peace bases" as a means of sanctuary, and as a means of actively opposing the military bases that dot our globe.

The Ethical Culture Society of Queens meets Sundays at 11 at the GardenSchool (visit www.queensethical.org or call 718-445-8515 for more information). 

From NJ PeaceSites website:

The dread of nuclear war, and concern for future generations prompted the invention of an antonym for military sites--Peace Sites. It occurred to Louis Kousin, who became the Peace Sites coordinator, that military sites dot the landscape, not only in our country, but also in a considerable part of the world. Why not dot the landscapes with Peace Sites? 

The Peace Site can be a creative, positive way of establishing a physical presence, to consolidate and expand peace work.

Now, with the prospect of a national anti-ballistic missile system, unraveling a generation of bilateral and multilateral peace-keeping treaties and of nuclearization and weaponization of space, the prospect of both greatly enhanced in the emotional response to the horrific September 11 attack, it is time to rededicate existing peace sites and create new ones - to raise our consciousness and be a public presence as a force for non-violent conflict resolution and nuclear disarmament.

Their existence is visible proof of the intelligent response of people to the dangers of the militarization of our society.

NYC

9 AM

Susana Bastarrica
President, UNSRC  Feng Shui Group

Hello Dear Friends:

The Vigil for International Peace Central Park Project is an international, transformational grassroots effort dedicated to promoting peace through nonviolent resolution. It is meant to demonstrate the power of prayer and intent as a way to heal; empowering our lives and our communities to achieve Peace.

Susana Bastarrica, founder organizer, has been instrumental in expanding the vision 

of the Central Park Bandshell Vigil each year, this being reflected in the sheer 

number of international artists participating to make each event unique and 

vibrant. 

In its 4th year, The Vigil for International Peace was inspired by The United 

Nations 2001 resolution 55/282 designating September 21 of each year as an 

"International Day of Peace" to have the entire world observe a full day of "global 

ceasefire and nonviolence." 

The event will commence around 9.00 a.m on September 18th 2005 with an Opening Ceremony of music and celebration. Throughout the day children¹s choirs, artists, singers and musicians as well as representatives from world religions will contribute to our program of events. www.vigil4internationalpeace.org

Celebrate with us, bring your family and friends to fun and interactive art and musical presentations, dance festivals, peace meditations, speeches and talks by delegates, students and young people. Come and meet the many in our community who share the spirit of peace through prayer.

Kindly forward this information to your friends, and all those who might be interested in participating,

Thank you!!

Greetings and blessings,

Susana Bastarrica - Founding Organizer

* Children's Choirs * Crystal Tones Music

* Native American Dancing * Poetry

* Pop and folk music * Vibrational Healing

* Divinity Alignment * Interfaith Prayer * International speakers

Participating Artists:

* Jay Emmanuel - Power of Harmony 
* Lin Yun Temple 
*
* Jeremy Gilley 
* Laaraji 
* James Cannings Music 
* Crystal Tones - Singing Bowls 
* Pilar de la Luz 
* Jodi Serota 
* Gemma - A Million Voices, One Peace 
* Neko Zhang 
* Angelo Ramano - Angelic Art 
* Paul Saladkus/Goodnews 
* William E. Marks 
* "IN" from Japan 
* World Water Rescue Foundation 
* New Seminary 
* Silonah and The Twirling Hankies 
* Plag and Edward Leung 
* Helga Schleeh 
* World Flag Ceremony, TPPS 
* Baby and Merlin Peace Parrots 
* Martin Zoller 
* Hug a Planet 
* Ilardi, The Pizza Poet
More information about the Vigil for International Peace can be found at www.vigil4internationalpeace.org

Everything you wanted to know about globalization and the Middle East, the war on terror, why we need more "radical" Muslims--and Jews and Christians too, why Ozzy will beat Osama in the battle for Muslim hearts and minds, and what you can actually do to begin the long overdue change in the foundations of American foreign policy.

Mark LeVine, Moderator (Author of Why They Don't Hate Us: Lifting the Veil on the Axis of Evil, Professor of Middle Eastern history, culture and Islamic studies at UC Irvine) plus Rev Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, Safiyya Sarkin and Judith lahai-Momoh.

This year, in the footsteps of Francis of Assisi, the IDP Vigil is collaborating with the United Artists for Peace in its 10th annual International Festival for Peace from 21-24 September in Assisi, Italy. All are welcome to join the IDP Vigil and conference at this important event. 

www.cercledepaix.ca

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number of people in group =1000+

We a doing a fundraiser for Sierra Leone, a country devasted by war and natural disasters. The fund raiser will be held on September 21, 2005 at 777 United nations Plaza on the 2nd floor in New york City from 6:30pm-8:30pm. The charge will be $50 per head, food and beverages will be served. There will be guest speakers. We will also have an auction. Contributions are tax deductable. Checks can be paybale to International Union of Anthropological and Ethnolgical Sciences (I.U.A.E.S.) or Saving Lives through Alternate Options (S.L.A.O.) They are tax deductable. Both organizations have 5013C. 

International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences and Judith Lahai-MoMoh/Saving Lives Through Alternate Options. contact information for Safiyya is 917-497-0429 for Judith 713-515-1550.

New York, NY ­The United Religions Initiative, The Peace Alliance and the Sacred City Project will join together to observe the International Day of Peace on September 21.  The program, Courage to Forgive, will take place from 6-7 p.m. at St. Peter¹s Catholic Church in Lower Manhattan at the edge of Ground Zero.  This evening event is open to the public and links New York with people around the world who are praying, doing community service projects and holding observances to mark the United Nations International Day of Peace. 

Rev. Lyndon Harris, Co-Chair with Dr. Frederic Luskin, (Director of Stanford Forgiveness Project and author of Forgive for Good) invite you join us as we honor the power of forgiveness to heal and renew lives.  Internationally acclaimed author, lecturer and founder of The Peace Alliance, Marianne Williamson, will offer spiritual guidance for a new life.  This event will launch the Garden of Forgiveness at Ground Zero project and we will pray for peace in all the nations of the world using the World Peace Flag Ceremony. 

On September 7, 2001, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution 55/282 declaring September 21 of each year as the International Day of Peace. The resolution calls for this Day to be observed as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, and invites all nations and people to honor a cessation of hostilities. Nine/eleven was the International Day of Peace in 2001.   That day was marked  first by horror and then by the many acts of compassion, love and peace seen as the rescue effort emerged.

One response to the destruction of the WorldTradeCenter was the opening of St. Paul¹s Chapel to provide aid and sustenance to the rescue and relief workers.  For nine months, Reverend Harris organized that initiative and ensured that the workers had shelter, food, water and place to rest. 

Please join us at to observe this 2005 International Day of Peace with our call to peace and forgiveness .  Participants may end the event by walking to the former WorldTradeCenter site. 

For more information, please contact:

Reverend Lyndon F. Harris, Garden of Forgiveness at Ground Zero, 917- 459-1324

Dr. Frederic Luskin, Stanford Forgiveness Project  650-208-7658

Ms. Monica Willard, United Religions Initiative, 631-754-1008

Ms. Dot Maver, Executive Director of the Peace Alliance, 802-272-5504

(for Students, Youth)

³Peace in Action²

10 am ­ 1pm

The United Nations Department of Public Information's Outreach Division is pleased to invite your organization to the United Nations on 21 September 2005 to participate in the annual student commemoration of the International Day of Peace from 10 am-1 pm. 

The theme this year -- Peace in Action -- will focus on peace projects initiated by schools and youth organizations around the world.  Other presentations and events will also take place in keeping with the observance of the International Day. 

RSVP by email or fax no later than 14 Sept 2005to:

Email:  cyberschoolbus@un.org  (please include "International Day of Peace RSVP" in the subject line) 

Fax:  212-963-0071 (Attn.:  Ms. Lydia Ramos)

When you respond, please indicate approximately how many students will be participating in the International Day of Peace commemoration at the United Nations on 21 September. 

To allow for enough time to go through security, students should arrive at the visitor¹s entrance to the United Nations (1^st Avenue between 45^th and 46^th Street) at 9 am.

Friday, 9/23 

Snatam Kaur delivers an engaging interactive experience to children of all ages, taking them through a 45-minute yoga-story adventure and, in the process, teaching delightful peace songs with hand movements. The children are then invited to attend the Saturday evening Celebrate Peace Concert and join Snatam on stage to lead the audience in a song they learned during the workshop. 

Saturday 9/24

PEACE X PEAE brings the power of women¹s groups to life through a participatory experience that guides women into deep listening, consensus, and cross-cultural engagement, as a dynamic and intimate feminite foundation for global peace. Professionally facilitated, participants will step into the ancient tradition of meeting in circle, creating a sacred space and joining with other women¹s groups from around the world through the PEACE X PEACE Global Network.

Come and learn how to let ³the peacebuilder within² be an active presence in the world. This highly interactive workshop will introduce you to the three basic principles of peacebuilding. First, Know Where You Are ­ find the living spirit of peace within yourself, in your values and vision for peace and place of true inner peace. Second, Meet the Other ­ soften the hardened heart and connect deeply with those where there is hurt, fear, difference, conflict, or anger. Third, See What You Can Do Together ­ move that connection into creative action that grows peace in concrete ways. You will come away with tools that you can use to make a difference ­ in your life, your family, your community, and this one world we all call home. 

Our ability to come together in song, and to connect with inner peace through music and mantra is testimony to the presence and power of peace. Snatam Kaur¹s inspired voice and deep connection to the practice of peace are touching thousands, supporting them to connect to an inner source of peace. 

The concert features a delightful segment with local children leading the audience in song, and a multi-faith invocation with representatives from various local congregations. 

This musical celebration of the spirit of peace reminds us that peace is always available to us, and brings us together to Celebrate Peace. 

Coordinator for 5 years of the NVC Social Change Project and co-founder and trainer at Bay NVC and the NVC North AAmerican Leadership Training Program (www.baynvc.org), Miki Kashtan is considered a "master trainer" of NVC. She has more than 10 years experience and teaches NVC with exceptional humor, insight, and skill.  Miki travels East only once a year---don't miss this opportunity for learning, inspiration, and community! Space is limited, so advance registration encouraged.

NEW YORK CITY-Workshops
*Sunday, September 25,   2:00 ­ 6:00 pm,  227 W. Broadway (at Sufi Books)
There's Room for Both of Us: Sustaining Open-Hearted Relationships with our Partners
(For couples and those wanting to work on relationship skills)

*Sunday, September 25,  7:00 ­ 9:30 pm ,  227 W. Broadway (at Sufi Books)
Having Your Cake and Eating it Too: "Fighting" with an Open Heart 

*Monday, September 26, 2:00 ­ 6:00 pm (downtown Manhattan; location provided on registration)
No Enemies, No Demands ­ Transforming Power and Creating Change: NVC for Social Activists
This is a FREE event for social change activists! Visit www.BrooklynNVC.org to download application.

For more information and/or to register for the above New York events,
visit www.BrooklynNVC.org, email info@BrooklynNVC.org, or phone 718.797.9525

ALSO in NYC: Monday, September 26, 7:00 ­ 9:00 pm
Advanced Practice Group with Miki; contact NYCNVC: 646-201-9226 or info@nycnvc.org for this event only