Lets Get Together For Global Peace on 21 September 2010

I recently read a post by Glenn Watkins on a social networking site called  Ecademy to raise awareness about an organisation called  Peace one Day and its campaign to create one day of Global World Peace on 21 September 2010. Apart from being completely inspired by this peace initiative and wanting to help to make this day a global success, I have been heartened how the power of social media has helped 'Peace one Day' gain momentum and wanted to further employ the strength of social media towards this day.

Peace one Day was created by filmmaker, Jeremy Gilley who has a mission to establish the first ever annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence with a fixed calendar date; and so 21 September was born. Fantastically, the 192 member states of the United Nations share Jeremy's vision and unanimously adopted 21 September as an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence. The 21 September is about creating peace between nations and importantly about non-violence in our homes, communities and schools, making this day relevant to us all. The next big target for Peace one Day is to introduce 3 billion people to Peace Day by 2012. To make this happen we all need to be involved, irrespective of our age, race, nationality, religion or gender.

Skype this June launched with Peace one Day, the 'Peace One Day Global Education Resource' in the six official languages of the United Nations: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish and as from June 2010 there are over 6,000 registered users of this Resource internationally. The Resources are published in a fully interactive digital magazine format with embedded videos and functionality thanks to YUDU Pro digital edition software and can be viewed online, downloaded or printed free from the Peace One Day website. Plus, for the first time, the 32-minute classroom-ready version of The Day After Peace is available to watch free at www.peaceoneday.org with subtitles in all six official UN languages.

To be involved is easy and this is where social media has helped play a part. We can all go to the Peace one Day website, register, make a personal commitment for 21 September and then simply tell everyone what you have done. There's a map reflecting what is happening both on a local and global level. I have logged my personal commitment - to ensure that on 21 September there is peace is my household, no upsets, no shouting, or arguments and by creating peace in my home on that day I hope it will filter to my local community. I will also bake a 'peace cake' which I will share with my neighbours. It is not a big action, just something doable, but hopefully adding to the momentum to create global peace.  So, come on those of you who have read this go on and Retweet, Tweet, Like it on Facebook. Let us be involved, spread the message; what better way to put social media to good use?!

Photo Credit: Peace One Day