Do you know the story of the sky blue scarves that are often worn
on International Peace Day (September 21)? The
"Border-free Blue Scarves" project was founded by the
Afghan Peace Volunteers in Afghanistan, as a response to
Professor Noam Chomsky's challenge to build a world free
of borders. According to the Afghan Peace Volunteers,
the blue scarf "represents our collective wish as a
human family to live without wars, to share our
resources and to take care of our earth under the same
blue sky."
The International Day of Peace on September
21 is less than one month away. Following
the lead of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, World BEYOND
War encourages everyone to wear sky blue scarves on the International
Day of Peace to symbolize peace and support for war
abolition. Established in 1981 by the United Nations,
Peace Day is celebrated by many nations and
organizations with events all over the world. We're
working with volunteers, chapters, and allied
organizations worldwide to organize virtual and
physically-distanced in-person events to commemorate the
day with education and awareness-building on issues of
peace and war.
Here's how you can
celebrate the International Day of Peace:
- Get your sky blue scarf
- Get tickets to our online screening of the film "We
Are Many"
- Check our events listings for online and
in-person events on or around September 21
- REPLY to this email for organizing assistance with
hosting a Peace Day event
- Collect signatures for World BEYOND War's Declaration of Peace
- Check out our Resources page for books, articles,
films, and more event resources
- Find fact sheets and handouts on our Flyers page
The International Day of Peace is an important day to
reaffirm our collective call for peace. As a
UN-designated day for nonviolence and ceasefire, this
24-hour pause on war begs the question of why we can't
have year-long or forever-long pauses in wars. This September 21, join us to
demand war abolition.
For a world
beyond war,
Greta Zarro
Organizing
Director
World BEYOND War
gr...@worldbeyondwar.org
World BEYOND War is a
global network of volunteers, activists, and allied
organizations advocating for the abolition of the very
institution of war. Our success is driven by a
people-powered movement – support our work for a
culture of peace.
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