YES! Magazine http://www.yesmagazine.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 3. Whatcom Peace and Justice Center Celebrates International Day of Peace http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/international-day-of-peace-1 Join the community of Bellingham, WA in celebrating an international day of peace and nonviolence. What began in 1981 with the United Nations General Assembly, now celebrates its 29th year of celebrating international peace on the third Tuesday of September.

Bellingham is home to the longest-running weekly peace vigil in the nation started in 1966. The Whatcom Peace & Justice Center (WPJC) provides educational programming; leadership on legislative advocacy; and opportunities to resist injustice through public protest, writing, media reform, & organizing. WPJC has hosted Amy Goodman, Rev. John Dear, Dahr Jamail, Dr. Vincent Harding, Lt. Ehren Watada, Camilo Mejia, Ray McGovern, Elizabeth de la Vega, Dr. Dahlia Wasfi, Kathy Kelly, and others.

Join WPJC and the community of Bellingham in celebrating this International Day of Peace. The Peace March will leave from Maritime Heritage Park at 5:45pm. The event will take place at Assumption Church at 6:30pm. 

 

For more information visit  http://www.whatcompjc.org/



]]> No publisher Jane Baumgartner Day of Recognition 2010-09-16T20:59:38Z Event Buy Nothing Day http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/buy-nothing-day Join the community of folks worldwide who, for 20 years now, have consciously refrained from buying anything the day after Thanksgiving, a day notorious for and synonymous with a culture of over-consumption. Considering the economical and environmental crises the world presently faces, organizers are asking participants to take things a step farther this year: to refrain from consuming at all. Turn off lights, appliances, TVs, cars, phones, computers and turn on a new mentality that promotes a planet and people first lifestyle.

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]]> No publisher Susan Gleason Day of Recognition 2009-11-13T03:16:05Z Event International Day of Peace http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/international-day-of-peace September 21. A global holiday highlighting efforts to end conflict and promote peace.

The United Nations' International Day of Peace is a global holiday when individuals, communities, nations and governments highlight efforts to end conflict and promote peace. Established by U.N. resolution in 1982, "Peace Day" has grown to include millions of people around the world who participate in all kinds of events, large and small. A new website for the 2009 Day of Peace provides easy links to events and information happening anywhere in the world. www.internationaldayofpeace.org

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