There is a great opportunity coming up to build the peace movement by supporting or creating anew a powerful local event on the International Day of Peace. We’ve got all the resources you could want below — and if something is missing, let us know!

September 21 is the International Day of Peace, first celebrated in 1982 and recognized annually by many nations and organizations, including day-long pauses in wars that reveal how easy it would be to have year-long or forever-long pauses in wars.

This could not be more critical than at this moment of escalating genocide in Gaza, the ongoing devastation of the war in Ukraine, horrific militarized violence in Sudan and the Congo, and military spending skyrocketing across much of the globe.

This is a good day on which to work for permanent peace and to remember the victims of war. Below are events you can join, and resources you can use to support those events or to organize new ones.

It’s also a good idea to ask your local government to pass a resolution honoring the International Day of Peace.

You can also take the occasion to promote the upcoming Global Day of Education to #CloseBases.]

• It’s the International Day of Peace. And yet Gaza burns. Congo bleeds. Ukraine suffers. This is not a day for hashtags. It’s a day to demand an end to every war, everywhere. Join us in organizing for real peace, not performative silence. #PeaceDay @WorldBEYONDWar #MakePeaceTrend #PeaceOneDay #DoYourPeace
• Every year, Sept 21 reminds us: War can stop. It has stopped before. But peace for a day is not enough. We’re organizing for a world where war never starts again. This Peace Day, act for abolition. #PeaceDay @WorldBEYONDWar #MakePeaceTrend #PeaceOneDay #DoYourPeace
• A child starves in Gaza. A bomb drops in Khartoum. Meanwhile, politicians post about “peace.” The world doesn’t need another symbolic day. It needs action. Use this day to organize. To remember the dead. To demand no more. #PeaceDay @WorldBEYONDWar #MakePeaceTrend #PeaceOneDay #DoYourPeace
• Peace isn’t a dream. It’s a movement. On #InternationalDayOfPeace, we remember: War is built. So peace must be, too. Join us in building a #WorldBEYONDWar,  not just for today, but for good. #PeaceDay @WorldBEYONDWar #MakePeaceTrend #PeaceOneDay #DoYourPeace

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