LARGEST HUMAN PEACE SIGN IN TIMES SQUARE, NYC

“CELEBRATING THE  PEACEFUL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD” WAS HELD ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE 9/21 AT 12 NOON.

IT WAS A PEACE DAY PARTY!!

 

On the United Nations International Day of Peace, September 21, 2013 the largest human peace sign ever in Times Square/NYC was created and broadcast LIVE VIA SATELLITE AND WEB TO THE WORLD. This will be an annual event for,  WWW.PEACEDAYPARTY.ORG. The show will be broadcast as a one hour special with US and International network announcements shortly, as well as Digital broadcasts. 

The show was created, by the nonprofit, Good News Corporation, its founder, Paul Sladkus states “We wanted to strengthen the UN Education for Peace message stated by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the International Day of Peace.”  His message was “It is not enough to teach children how to read, write and count. Education has to cultivate mutual respect for others and the world in which we live, and help people forge more just, inclusive and peaceful societies… We must support peace education programmes, protect students and teachers from conflict, help rebuild schools destroyed by war, and ensure all girls and boys have access to a quality education that includes learning about resolving and preventing conflicts.”

Flags of the UN and Hugg-A-Planets were distributed.  The show started with a Minute of Silence For Peace, then a Peace Pole ceremony and a sing along of well-known peace and love songs.  Over 300 participated, the maximum at the Duffy Square location in Times Square.  

The songs that we sung were: High Hopes (Sinatra), It’s a Small World (Disney), What a Wonderful World (Armstrong) Reach Out and Touch Somebody’s Hand (Ross) We Shall Overcome/We Shall live in Peace, This Land is your Land (Pete Seeger)   Do, Re, Mi (Andrews), Blowing in the Wind  (Peter, Paul & Mary) Imagine/John Lennon, Beatles, (Sid Bernstein dedication). One Love (Marley) (James Cannings dedication) The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow (Annie) World Peace Orchestra Anthem with Sinatra Choir All Shouting the Words World Peace. Everyone had a great time, especially the children!!!! 

Incorporated and integral to the Special Peace Show, were educational video pieces  from:  Peter Yarrow/Operation Respect/Child Bullying, David Lynch Foundation/Children’s Meditation, Media for Humanity/Child Trafficking, SeniorNet/Communication Digital Divide, Pratt Institute/Peace Sustainability, Meera Gandhi/Giving Back Foundation, Fathering Forum/Better Parenting, Actors Temple/Jewish Children, ASMA/Muslim Children, St. Francis Food Pantries and Shelters, WE The World/Peace Communications/Desmond Tutu Video, Universal Peace/Peace Museum, Peace Parrots/Children Animals, WWRF/Water and Children, Hugg-a-Planets/Peace Toys, Clearwater NYC/Children and Peace, Vigil for International Peace and Ecology/Peace Event, Kalarhythems/Children, Better World/Children’s programs, Achilles Kids/Challenged Children,  Cancer Care/Helping Kids, Beacon Paint/Guide Dogs/Schools, Captain Planet/Educating Children/Captain Planet was at the show,  Temple Grandin/Autism Today/ Autism/Asperger, National Meningitis Association/Infectious Disease, Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum/Educating Children, Montauk Playhouse/Educating Children, Quinnipiac University/Medical School, Apollo Theater/Children’s Programs, Peace One Day/Paul McCartney/Ringo Starr, UN Foundation/Letters to Peacekeepers, World Peace Orchestra/134 International Musicians/50 countries/Sinatra Choir/Kevin Spacey, Susan Lucci, Orange is the New Black Cast, Montel Williams, Deepak Chopra, Tommy Tune, Rita Cosby, Tomaczek Bednarek, Scott Noppe-Brandon, Tony Lo Bianco, Rosanna Scotto, Phylicia Rashād/Marjorie DeLewis, Kathleen Turner, Lacey Dunn, Peace Thoughts, and More Peace Statements from Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Michael Douglas, Dr. Jane Goodall, Marianne Williamson, Ed Asner, Diane Ladd, Edward James Olmos, Lou Ferrigno, Jerry Rubin, Wangari Maathai, Olympian Marilyn King. Additionally, South- South spokespeople Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer of Antigua and Barbuda, Ambassador John Ashe’s Wife, David Paich, Naomi Campbell, Yvonne Chaka Chaka… and  Zindzi Mandela/Josina Machel who accepted an award for their father Nelson Mandela whose Power of Words are in the show.  We also share Peaceful words from Martin Luther King, Jr. (I Had a Dream Speech) and Mahatma Gandhi. We share a poem by Dorothy Law Nolte, Children Learn What They Live. THAT THERE IS HOPE WAS THE MESSAGE.

The show is HISTORIC AND NEWSWORTHY,  AS THE MORE WE VISUALIZE, BROADCAST AND LIVE IN PEACE…THE MORE IT BECOMES OUR ONLY REALITY. OUR GOOD NEWS MOTTO IS ALL WE ARE IS WHAT WE ARE WITH EACH OTHER.www.goodnewsplanet.com. Photos: Andrew Kaen, VIDEO AVAILABLE.

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