100-Day Countdown to the UN International Day of Peace
Summer of Peace 2015 > International Peacebuilding & Global Citizenship > Arts & Culture
Broadcast on June 13, 2015
With Jane Goodall, Ph.D., DBE & Avon Mattison & KIRAN BALI MBE JP & Bill Yotive & Rick Ulfik & Dot Maver & Lisa Parker & Frederick Arment & Rev. Deborah Moldow
The UN has dedicated the 2015 International Day of Peace to "Partnerships for Peace -- Dignity for All." The Summer of Peace leading up to September 21st gives us the opportunity to move from concern about the great challenges facing our world to taking a stand on Peace Day as one human community united in hope. We will discuss plans at the United Nations and around the world to highlight the actions of people serving a wide range of causes yet building together a new culture of peace.
This session includes a performance of Rev. Patrick McCollum's "Peace Violin." To download a recording of the Violin at high fidelity, click here.
Lisa Parker
Co-Founder, Peace Day Philly
Lisa co-founded Peace Day Philly, a local initiative for the International Day of Peace, in 2011. The initiative became a formal NGO in late 2013. Lisa is a Philadelphia native and social worker by training who has worked in various social services, educational, cross-cultural, mental health and public health programs in Philadelphia. She also has experience in the creative arts and non-profit programming. Since early 2012, Lisa has served as Co-Chair of the CITIES Peace Team - a global group of Peace Day organizers, and is a member of the International Day of Peace NGO Committee. She is also a United Nations NGO Representative for the World Peace Prayer Society.
