Actions You Can Join Today
Today—September 26
Little Rock Peace Fest, film screening, discussions, reading peace children’s books, peace art awards, and more, Little Rock, AR, https://arkansaspeaceweek.com/events/
Peace & Justice Mass, St. Camillus Center For Spiritual Care, Los Angeles, CA
Napa Peace Vigil, Napa, CA
Prayer Service For Peace, Capitol Heights Presbyterian Church, Denver, CO
Hymn-Sing For Peace, Beloved Community Mennonite Community, Littleton, CO
Moving Forward Toward Racial Justice Launch w/ Bridge4Unity, Cummington, MA
Peace Fair featuring local organizations working for peace, justice, nonviolence w/ Greater Springfield Campaign Nonviolence/Nonviolent Springfield Coalition, Springfield, MA
Community Block Party, PeaceQuest station w/ Peace Pole building, Lansing, MI
Singing in the Dark Times: A Poetry Fundraiser for the Refugee Development Center, featuring poetry, singing, and photo exhibit, hosted by Lansing Poetry Club, Lansing, MI https://peacequestgreaterlansing.org/events-schedule/
Disarm for Our Planet Die-In for Peace and Climate Justice, w/ World BEYOND War and Ban The Bomb, Helensburg, UK https://actionnetwork.org/events/disarm-for-our-planet-die-in-for-peace-and-climate-justice
Free the Snake River, Banner Actions w/ Backbone Campaign to remove dams on World Rivers Day, multiple locations, Seattle, WA www.backbonecampaign.org/092621
Nonviolent Austin Vigil for Healthcare, Ending Gun Violence, Housing For All & Living Wages, Peace, Voting Rights, Ecology, Inclusion, Immigration Rights, and more, Austin, TX https://paceebene.org/cnv-actions/2021/9/18/nonviolent-austin-action-week-schedule
Banner Actions to Abolish Nuclear Weapons w/ Ground Zero Center (Sept 21-26), Seattle, Tacoma, Kitsap County, and South Seattle, WA http://gzcenter.org/
Every Day
Le Grande Marche To Protect Biodiversity, (Sept 6-Oct 14) Quebec CANADA https://www.lagrandemarche.ca/
Contemplative Interbeing Meditations, Scottsboro, AL https://contemplativeinterbeing.org/about/contact-us/
Start With Hello Week, Sandy Hook Promise, many locations https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/our-programs/start-with-hello/
Playing the “Grok Game” daily for inclusivity and nonviolence at Our Lady Mary Jane, Chicago, IL https://www.ourladymaryjane.org/
12 Days Toward Peace 2021, Drepung Gomang Center for Engaging Compassion, Louisville, KY, http://drepunggomangusa.org/
Peace Pole Pursuit, many locations across Greater Lansing, MI, organized by PeaceQuest, Greater Lansing, MI
Inside Peace documentary film on-demand screenings (virtual) (Sept 1-30), about inmates in Texas prisons searching for peace, organized by PeaceQuest, Greater Lansing, MI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ7NglTSyGE
Virtual 10 Days Free from Violence, featuring how Minneapolis/St. Paul organizations are working to end violence, (virtual), Twin Cities Nonviolent, Minneapolis, MN https://twincitiesnonviolent.org/
Nonviolence News Editor Rivera Sun will do virtual teach-ins on Facebook live, daily at 4pm ET, Sept 18-26th. Each day, she will uplift recent news stories about nonviolence in action, including global struggles, campaigns for racial justice, environment, peace, workers rights, and more. Watch here for the daily broadcasts: https://www.facebook.com/rivera.sun.3/
Nonviolence Now Bus Ads & Social Media Campaign, follow MK Gandhi Institute’s FaceBook, Instagram and Tik Tok accounts for details on how to participate in this nonviolence-promoting campaign.. And keep an eye out for messages on local RTS buses throughout the city as we take up space for peace and nonviolence! Rochester, NY https://www.facebook.com/ROCNonviolence
Campaign Nonviolence - Nonviolence Means Posters, each day Campaign Nonviolence will post a new nonviolence poster to share and retweet, connecting the dots between nonviolence and renewable energy, racial justice, housing for all, inclusion, living wages, and more. Everywhere. https://paceebene.org/nonviolence-means
Creating A Garden of Peace: Color a flower, take a photo of a flower, create a flower from objects in your home or outside and mail/email the picture to Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center. Include with or in your picture something you can do for peace. They will be added to our garden wall which will be shared widely at the end of nonviolence week. Cincinnati, OH https://mailchi.mp/ijpc-cincinnati/take-nonviolent-action-through-art
11 Days of Global Unity – 11 Ways to Transform Your World is a worldwide platform for the promotion of peace, justice, sustainability and transformation that annually includes as many as 700 associated events in over 60 countries around the world. Everywhere. https://11daysofglobalunity.org/
Catholic Nonviolence Days of Action, organizing Catholics to study, pray, act and celebrate the power of nonviolence from Sept 21-Oct 2. Everywhere. https://nonviolencejustpeace.net/days-of-action/
Lasagna Love, neighbors cooking meals for one another. Everywhere. https://lasagnalove.org/
Caravan To Unity, connecting global spiritual traditions for peace and justice, (virtual) Everywhere. https://unity.earth/caravan/
Exploring Nonviolence Study Group, an ongoing study and discussion group, Goode, VA
Nonviolent Austin Vigil with a different vigil theme and musician each day, Austin, TX https://paceebene.org/cnv-actions/2021/9/18/nonviolent-austin-action-week-schedule
Live Peace Film Festival, (Sept. 20 -26th & Virtual Festival Sept. 27th- October 3rd) (live/virtual) Winter Park, FL https://peacefilmfest.org/
Building A Culture of Active Nonviolence, daily online events Sept 18-26 (virtual), Lafayette, LA
Nonviolence Art Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland/Great Britain
Peace Is Possible Daily Outdoor Walks/Hikes/Movement, Anna Bay, Australia https://www.facebook.com/PeaceisPossibleAustralia/
Australia Raising Peace Festival w/ Pace e Bene Australia, (Sept 16-26) (virtual), Australia https://raisingpeace.org.au/
Heartfulness Meditations, daily worldwide meditations, everywhere. https://heartfulness.org/en/international-day-of-peace/
Tomorrow—September 27 and On
Global Peace Film Festival https://peacefilmfest.org/
Worcester Peace History Walking Tour (Oct 3), Center For Nonviolent Solutions, Worcester, MA https://www.nonviolentsolutions.org/
Divest from War, Invest for Peace Talk: “Effective Citizen Lobbying to End Militarism” hosted by Peace Education Center of Greater Lansing In Partnership w/ PeaceQuest Greater Lansing, (virtual) (Sept 29) Lansing, MI
Hope In A Time of Climate Change webinar with faith leaders and authors, part of the Season of Creation with Rocky Mountain Synod Creation Care Team, (Sept 29), (virtual), Taos, NM Join us on Facebook page https://fb.me/e/2yvcaCyqX or on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83008940316.
Gandhi’s Birthday Celebration, Gandhi Alliance For Peace (Oct 3) Salt Lake City, UT http://gandhialliance.org/
Organizers Meeting for Healthcare Human Rights, Equal Rights, End Corporate Rule, Stop Global Warming, Voter Access Protection & Election Integrity, Economic and Social Justice, End Wars and Occupations, w/ Peace Education and Action Center, (Sept 30), Sarasota, FL https://www.mobilize.us/floridavoicesforprogress/event/404297/