PEACE DAY TIMES SQUARE International Peace Day

LARGEST HUMAN PEACE SIGN IN TIMES SQUARE, NYC

“CELEBRATING THE PEACEFUL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD”

WAS HELD ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE 9/21/13 at 12 NOON

IT WAS A PEACE DAY PARTY!!

New York, NY – 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. International Peace Day.

This will be an annual event for, 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:

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 RashAd/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 and 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

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