Time: September 18, 2009 all day
Location: Chicago, IL Daley Plaza
Event Type: free, event
Organized By: Mishelka Efimova
Latest Activity: Sep 6, 2009
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31st ANNIVERSARY PEACE DAY CELEBRATION
Friday, September 18, 2009 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Daley Plaza, 50 West Washington Street, Chicago
Be sure to visit the Build the Peace Display inside the Daley Center East Lobby before or after the event
Lend your voice to the Call to Peace! Chicago’s 31st annual Peace Day Celebration features the World Peace Flag Ceremony, a colorful procession of the world’s flags carried by members of the Chicago Consular Corps, representatives of ethnic and cultural institutions, students and volunteers. Join in sending wishes, thoughts or prayers for peace to each country of the world. Watch for Giant Peace Dove puppets in the Plaza. Experience joy and unity as Chicago sends peace to the world.
Peace Day Celebration Speakers
Lori Healey, President Chicago 2016
Ron Huberman, Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Public Schools
Patricia Maza-Pittsford, Dean, Chicago Consular Corps
Dana Starks, Chairman and Commissioner, Chicago Commission on Human Relations
Peace Day Celebration Cultural Performances
Afro Cuban Music by OgundaMasa
Indian Dance by Gauri Jog and the Indian Dance School
World Music by Jeff Stitely and Friends
Performance by Chicago’s own The Other 3 Tenors
http://www.buildthepeace.org/habitat/Daley_Plaza/
"Why should there be hunger and deprivation in any land, in any city, at any table, when man has the resources and the scientific know-how to provide all mankind with the basic necessities of life?"
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
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