Peace Parade in Honor of the United Nations International Day of Peace

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Monday, September 20, 2004 from 11 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

 

Join the Peace Parade in Honor of the United Nations International Day of Peace

www.peaceparade.net<about:blank>

and to Support the Department of Peace legislation

 

 

Dear Friends in Peace,

 

Please join us for the Peace Parade in honor and celebration of the United

Nations International

Day of Peace, as well as to support the Department of Peace legislation

(www.dopcampaign.org<about:blank>).

 

Come join us on September 20, 2004, from 11 a.m. until 2:00 p.m,

in Washington DC, for a peaceful parade down Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. from the

Washington Islamic Center, through Embassy Row, to the Gandhi Memorial.

We will then gather to celebrate with music, internationally acclaimed speakers,

an interfaith service, with the keynote address by Representative Dennis

Kucinich, recipient of the 2003 Gandhi Peace Award and chief sponsor of the U.S.

Department

of Peace legislation H.R.1673. (www.dopcampaign.org<about:blank> ) After the

plaza-ceremony, the Parade

will continue along Mass. Ave. to Dupont Circle.

 

Drawing on the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. King spoke of the power of the

human

heart to heal, unify, and change our world. He preached, " Our goal is to create

a beloved

community and this will require a qualitative change in our lives. " The Peace

Parade brings people

together as a partnership in peace to celebrate Unity and to create cultures

based on nonviolence.

 

 

To learn more about this history-making event, please see:

www.PeaceParade.net<about:blank>

Should you have any questions, please email the Peace Peace Parade at

dcpeaceparade<about:blank> or call 301-718-1795.

 

 

There are Many Ways You Can Offer Assistance and Service

for the Peace Parade

Further Details at

www.peaceparade.net<about:blank>

 

*** Sign up to be a Sponsor.

*** Parade in the Peace Parade.

*** Make a Peace Parade float. We welcome participation by all

organizations and encourage creativity, expression, and originality.

*** Help with Peace Parade Promotion.

*** Forward friends and other interested parties an email, including the

website address www.peaceparade.net<about:blank>. Post the Peace Parade event

information

on list-servs that you belong to. Let your memberships know via list

servs, email, newsletters, and publications about this important event to call

for peace.

*** Put a link on your web site to the Peace Parade.

*** Show your support for peace by placing a link to the Peace Parade's web

site on your homepage.

*** Post Peace Parade Promotional Posters. Help spread the word and

promoting peace by posting a flyer on public bulletin boards, i.e.

neighborhood

Starbucks/Cosi, grocery store/Co-op/CSA, town square, municipal centers,

store front windows, etc.

*** Hand out Peace Parade promotional flyers at civic meetings, worship

services, and community and organizational events/meetings. Versions of

Peace Parade informational flyers of varying sizes can be found on the

web site at: www.peaceparade.net<about:blank>. Please print off copies and

hand them out

at events, provide them for literature tables, etc.

*** If you know of another great way that you can participate

volunteer, let us know. We'd love to have your participation, input,

creativity, and great ideas. Contact us at

dcpeaceparade<about:blank> or 301-718-1795.

 

Look forward to Parading with you on September 20, 2004 in our nation's Capitol.

 

Thanks,

Pam Skarda

And all of us at the Peace Parade!