Peace Day Global Broadcast:

Extraordinary bridge to one another around Earth

20 September 2012

 

 

"When you build the bridge next to you,

And I build the bridge next to me

In no time at all, we'll all have it up.

So link it, build it, one by one."

     ~ Aishatu Ibrahim

          from her "Bridge Song"

          in DIALOGUE IN NIGERIA

"If you cross the bridge,

I'll tell you my story."

     ~ Max von Sydow

         in 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'  (2011)

"I went into your room and

I tried to think like you did."

     ~Sandra Bullock

         in 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'  (2011)

     This weekend, September 20-23, 2012, you can experience online a great, great bridge and act of global cooperation.
     The PEACE DAY GLOBAL BROADCAST showers Earth with expressions of cooperation beginning midnight GMT -- 5 pm Pacific, 8 pm Eastern -- at http://www.peaceday.tv

     Citizen-planners from all continents are exhibiting extraordinary acts of communication, creativity and cooperation to bring our human family together to experience our oneness.
     This weekend is remind us that a sustainable global community is closer at hand than many people imagine.

     Contributions come from China, Australia, Israel, London, Kenya, France, Montreal, New York, Brazil, Scotland, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Ghana, Scotland, India, Zimbabwe, Boston, New Zealand, Portland, San Francisco, and more.
 
    Inspiring concerts, festivals, personal narratives, cultural pageants, and silence will dignify our diverse peoples.
     As in years past, a peace-related film will be featured as part of the annual PEACE DAY GLOBAL BROADCAST in honor of the International Day of Peace -- http://www.peaceday.tv
     This years film is "DIALOGUE IN NIGERIA: Muslims & Christians Creating Their Future."
     This hopeful documentary gives voices and faces to 200 courageous Muslims and Christians diverse young women and men who unite successfully in central Nigeria.
    
     May this historic moment remind us that every day can be PEACE DAY -- an opportunity to awaken each morning and reach out -- bridge to others and  be our best together, beginning in small circles.


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These and hundreds of other success stories are preserved at http://traubman.igc.org/messages.htm