August 2007
Work a Day for Peace 2006 runs through November 11- Here’s some things you can still do to join the campaign commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Gandhi’s Satyagraha
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2006 Worldwide Work a Day for Peace: Beyond 9/11
Nonviolent Peaceforce announces worldwide news and events taking place during our2006 Work a Day for Peace Campaign –Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Gandhi’s Satyagraha.
Campaign updates:
- Among those who have Worked a Day for Peace this year are:
- Medea Benjamin, Founding Director of Global Exchange—an NP Member Organization.
- Frances Moore Lappe, Founder of Small Planet Institute and author of Democracy’s Edge.
- Rabbi Michael Lerner, National Chair of Tikkun—an NP Member Organization and author of The Left Hand of God: Taking Our Country Back from the Religious Right.
- Peaceful Tomorrows, the advocacy organization founded by family members of 9/11 victims, has endorsed NP’s Campaign commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Gandhi’s Satyagraha.
- Rajiv Vora, NP Asia Coordinator and Co-director of the Gandhi Peace Foundation for over 20 years organized the Centennial Anniversary events that took place on September 11 in New Delhi, India.
- 6 Advocate Team Members from the USA journeyed to India to join the 9/11 events in New Delhi.
- Michael Nagler, Founding Chair of the Peace and Conflict Studies Dept at University of California, Berkeley wrote the book Hope or Terror: Gandhi and the Other 9/11 and donated copies and mailing costs to NP to distribute for the Work a Day for Peace Campaign.
- GPPAC (The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict) noted NP Work a Day for Peace activities in their two most recent newsletters.
- NP Local Chapters and Member Organizations around the globe held Work a Day for Peace events, and several more events are planned in the upcoming weeks. Events have taken place in:
- Riverside, California
- Norway- through the Norwegian Peace Association
- New Delhi, India
- Tucson, Arizona
- Hudson, Massachusetts- a shared event between NP and the Peace Abbey
- And many more!
- So far, Work a Day for Peace donors have contributed more than $15,000—many of them donating one or more day’s wages to support Nonviolent Peaceforce field team members in Sri Lanka and the Philippines.
There is still much more Campaign to come! Work a Day for Peace 2006 runs through November 11. For more information, gathering guides, to take the resolution of nonviolence, or to donate, visit
WWW.WORKADAYFORPEACE.ORG