A nice email I received in response to my letter of support for Global Truce 2012.
Jeremy Gilley had this dream way back in 1998. Took the idea to the UN who declared 21 September 2001 a day of global truce. Unfortunately the events 10 days prior in New York caused the cancellation of the first Peace Day. Jeremy has stuck to his vision and worked tirelessly with groups all over the world to make his dream a reality once again. Peace Day 2011 was an overwhelming success. I am happy to join with Jeremy and POD to spread his message of peace. Imagine a global cease fire, an end to the fussing and fighting. We Can Work It Out.
To tagmike@live.com
Dear Michael,
It’s so wonderful to hear that you and the We Can Work It Out Project have already done so much to help raise awareness of Peace Day and POD. Raising awareness of 21 September is how we can institutionalise the day Michael – essentially make it known to every individual around the world, which is why your involvement is so important. It also sounds like you have some great ideas to spread the word about how people can get involved as well. The event you would like to hold on 21 December 2012 sounds like a wonderful way to bring people together and reach out to people from all over. And we’re so grateful for you for not only taking the time to sign the Global Truce 2012 yourself, but also for your offer to have our two organisations work together to cross-promote each other’s efforts.
This is why we would love to tell our supporters more about your organization by announcing the We Can Work It Out Project as a member of POD’s Global Truce 2012 Coalition on our website, linking it to your website. The following link will take you to our Coalition Page where we are highlighting supporters from all sectors of society:
http://peaceoneday.org/en/truce-2012/gt2012-coalition.
Of course, the end goal of this campaign is to have people and organisations around the world observing Peace Day, 21 September 2012 as a day of non-violence and ceasefire, when we hope to record the largest reduction in global violence in history! But until the day comes, we would like to grow the coalition asking for a day of Global Truce and collaborate with its members to raise awareness of the important work they do every day of the year. If this is something that would be of interest to you, it would be great to have a statement of support that we can use for this purpose.
Please feel free to look at our statements of support from the other members of our coalition for examples. You can find these on our Global Truce 2012 Coalition page at
http://peaceoneday.org/en/truce-2012/gt2012-coalition. Of course, if you would like for us to draft you a statement of support, then we would be happy to do so.
Many thanks again for all of your wonderful support and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Warmest regards,
Melissa Lazaro
Global Truce 2012 Campaign Assistant
SO HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Right Now
As soon as you can
- Form a Peace One Day Student Group to mobilise every student in your university or school on Peace Day 2012
- Start a Peace One Day Facebook group (not page) for your university or school to help mobilise all students in support of the Global Truce
- Encourage users of your Facebook group to interact with the Peace One Day Facebook page www.facebook.com/peaceoneday
On Peace Day, 21 September 2012 – the day of Global Truce
- Gather together as many people as you can in your university, school or other designated location, measure how many people attend and let us know. Together, we can make this the largest ever gathering in the name of peace
- Everybody wear white at the Global Truce event/gathering