F R I E N D S

Peace One Day is a non-profit organization whose objective is to institutionalize the International Day of Peace. It was founded in 1999 by British documentary filmmaker and actor Jeremy Gilley.

The project Living Peace is a universal proposal open to everyone – children, adolescents, young people and adults – from different cultures and religions. Simple and challenging at the same time, it demands first and foremost personal engagement. It is necessary to get out of oneself in order to be ready to reach out to the other by “being peace”.

Peace Day Philly encourages, collaborates on and offers diverse peace-related programs across the Philadelphia region and beyond in observance of the United Nations International Day of Peace, September 21.

Programs and activities (15-35+ annually) relate to peace on personal, local and global levels, and take place during the week in which Peace Day falls. The “What Can You Do?” section of our website offers many ideas for engaging in Peace Day related to children and youth, the environment, community, nonviolence, sports and the arts. Peace Day
Philly has earned the support of Philadelphia’s Mayor and Police Department, as well as the Pennsylvania State Senate.

Peace Pals is an International program designed to encourage youth, ages 5-16 to become peacemakers dedicated to living in the spirit of the words, May Peace Prevail On Earth.

Peace Pals fosters understanding and respect for the diversity and oneness of the human family and the natural world through its various and creative activities. By nurturing inner peace and global awareness in the leaders of tomorrow, Peace Pals will help create a future in which peace and harmony become a way of life.

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation educates, engages, and mobilizes the public in organized advocacy to impact policy at the national and international levels. We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization with consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. We work every day to provide hope and inspiration for a world where peace is possible and nuclear weapons are part of the past.

Based in Los Angeles and Japan, Miyuki Sohara has 13 years of experience as a TV announcer and a radio DJ in Japan and the US. Miyuki produced, coordinated and consulted on many events and plays as well as both short and feature length films.

Her debut film was feature documentary film Hannari about Kyoto Geisha in 2006. “Hannari -Geisha Modern” might be the first documentary which really penetrates the mysterious world of geisha and depicts its beauty. The director, Miyuki Sohara, hides a strong will behind her graceful attitude. Before the screening of the documentary at the United Nations, she shared how sincerely and passionately she feels about geisha culture. This film theatrical and DVD release and in all of Japan.

She made a new short film ” Orizuru 2015″ about Sadako’s crane and world peace as 70th Memorial after WW2 .This film selected Hiroshima International Film Festival in 2015 as Hiroshima Eye. Visit the film’s website here.

This film has been endorsed by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) as an educational video and film, which promotes the study of International Affairs, History, Social Studies and World Peace.(Sep 7th 2016)

Peace Day 365 is a bridge between NGOs, corporations, schools, individuals and the United Nations to bring awareness to #PeaceDay (Sept. 21), the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and global citizenship education. Working with UN departments and inter-departmental agencies, Peace Day 365 brings strategic partnerships combined with local and global SDG and global citizenship efforts.

Peace Day 365 also manages the “International Day of Peace” Facebook page, and organizes the “Peace Day Youth Summit” during official #PeaceDay celebrations at United Nations headquarters in New York, on or around September 21 of each year.