United Nations, New York City, USA.  Monica Willard.  
The United Nations Department of Public Information along with it's NGO partners the United Religions Initiative, World Peace Prayer Society and Pathways To Peace will hold the annual International Day of Peace Youth Observance at the UN on Wednesday, September 21 from 10- 1 AM.  This program will immediately follow the Secretary-General's ringing of the Peace Bell. The theme is Peace in Action and speakers will include Mrs. Annan, USG Shashi Tharoor and Messengers of Peace: Jane Goodall, Elie Wiesel, Michael Douglas and Anna Cataldi. 

Youth from Israel, Ireland and Sierra Leone will be linked via webcast. The program will also include the stories of youth programs that show "peace in action" and will end with the World Peace Flag Ceremony.  This will be webcast on the UN Cyberschool Bus, www.cyberschoolbus.un.org One way for children all over the world to be a part of the events at the UN is by sending a peace message or poem to the United Nations Cyberschoolbus  Some of these messages will be read at the annual student observance at the UN on September 21st. CyberSchoolBus may be found at:  http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.asp.

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New York City, USA. Moncia Willard  

The Sacred City Project, United Religions Initiative and The Peace Alliance will join together to observe the International Day of Peace on September 21.  The program, Courage to Forgive, will take place from 6-7 p.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Lower Manhattan at the edge of Ground Zero.  This evening event is open to the public and links New York with people around the world who are praying, doing community service projects and holding observances to mark the United Nations International Day of Peace. 

Rev. Lyndon Harris, Co-Chair with Dr. Frederic Luskin, (Director of Stanford Forgiveness Project and author of Forgive for Good) invite you join us as we honor the power of forgiveness to heal and renew lives.  Internationally acclaimed author  Marianne Williamson (A Return to Love and The Gift of Change), lecturer and founder of The Peace Alliance, will offer spiritual guidance for a new life.  This event will launch the Garden of Forgiveness at Ground Zero project and we will pray for peace in all the nations of the world using the World Peace Flag Ceremony.  Participants may end the event by walking to the former World Trade Center site. Contact: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it