PEACE is Personal, Powerful & Possible! Teach PEACE with us in 2023!
UN International Day of PEACE is 21 Sept!
UN International Day of Peace Community Program! 9/21 @ 5:30p-6:15p
Help us create a Human Peace Sign aerial photo at the end of the program!
Community Peace Day Hosts:
Karen Wooldridge & Donna Barney Nicholson,
Co-founders of STAND 4 PEACE
Honored Guests:
Dr. Karina Gerger, Mira Costa HS Principal
Dr. John Bowes, MBUSD Superintendent
Hilary Mahan, Executive Director of Manhattan EducationFoundation
Tina Shivpuri, MBUSD School Board Member
Kate Crellin & MCHS Choir Members, solo by Samantha Probst
Diana Skaar, representative for Mayor Montgomery and No Place For Hate parent volunteer
Sergeant Abreu,MBPD Community Affairs
Jon Hirshberg, President & CEO of JR286, and co-creator of MB Tour de Pier and LA Cancer Challenge events
Former Mayor Hildy Stern and current community organizer for MB United & the South Bay Coalition Against Hate
Rachel Sato, NO PLACE FOR HATE representative will be on hand for questions about the program in all MBUSD schools. All some will share some giveaways!
*Be sure to pick up your MB United Lawn Sign provided by the City of Manhattan Beach!
All Manhattan Beach School District locations to observe UN Peace Day on 9/21 with a Peace Pole Dedication. Varied activities around peace education are being planned for the week of September 18th. Check your school activities calendar.
Grateful that the Peace Poles are being funded by Manhattan Beach Education Foundation. These poles are the same as the one planted on Veteran’s Parkway across from Live Oak Park.
2023 STAND 4 PEACE DAY THEME:
GLOBAL AWARENESS + LOCAL ACTION!
This theme is to compliment the UN International Day of Peace Theme:
Peace Pole Project
STAND 4 PEACE
OBSERVES the United Nations’
International Day of Peace, 21 September
The United Nations suggests by promoting International PEACE Day and what it STANDS for
through our ACTIONS, we encourage more people to take ACTION for PEACE in their own lives,
positively impacting the lives of others. We can all be part of a movement towards a culture of
PEACE and tolerance in the family, in schools, in the workplace, in the community
and ultimately in society at large.
2023 UN International Day of Peace
Why Support PEACE Day?
What are the U. N. Sustainable Development Goals?
The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. The goals are at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted in 2015. These goals address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, PEACE and JUSTICE. The 17 Goals are all interconnected, and in order to leave no one behind, it is important that we achieve them all by 2030.
Help us educate about PEACE, Justice & Strong Institutions #SDG 16
A little good news to share…
Media from our first Peace Day and highlight video that includes news coverage of 2019 and also our 2nd year virtual Peace Day program in 2020 in the middle of the pandemic!
Collaboration with Round House Aquarium, Heal the Bay, Grades of Green & Hopeful Minds organizations in September 2021 to clean up our beach and bring environmental, hope and peace education awareness to our community. STAND 4 PEACE PALS from Emerson Elementary in Compton, CA & Pennekamp Elementary in Manhattan Beach, CA joined many from our community for this special day!
STAND 4 PEACE Co-Founder at 2021 HOPE IN ACTION PEACE DAY EVENT with Mira Costa Principal, Dr. Karina Gerger, one of our Peace Partners!
Special thank you to Emerson’s Principal Mrs. Moore for bringing her students to Manhattan Beach! This was the beginning of a year long STAND 4 PEACE PALS program between Emerson and Pennekamp Elementary schools. Thanks to Manhattan Beach Education Foundation for their Social Inclusion Grant support for this program!
Our Purpose
Find out about our purposeful mission for PEACE. Learn more about our intention to build PEACE through education. We can all build PEACE starting with activities to commemorate International PEACE Day, 21 September.
Our Call to Action
It takes just ONE second, ONE minute, ONE hour, ONE day at a time for…ONE note of gratitude, ONE moment of deep listening, ONE courageous conversation, ONE act of kindness, ONE heartfelt connection to make a difference. STAND 4 PEACE with us Today and the Days to Come!