In 1999 the
English actor and filmmaker Jeremy
Gilley founded Peace One Day. This is a
non-profit organization with a clear objective; creating awareness around the International Day of Peace. 21st of
September every year is a day of non-violence, conflict resolution and safe
ways for UN and other organizations to go into areas of conflict and carry out
help.
After
getting a unique presentation by Jeremy Gilley himself
over Skype this morning, I´ve gotten a better idea of just what the intention
behind this day of peace is. Throughout the year Peace One Day primarily
works on making the global community and as many individuals as possible aware
of the 21st of September. There are numerous benefits to this. Obviously a day of piece is a great act of humanity, but the movement itself causes an increased focus on peace and empathy that is profound. Even though there is only one day of piece a year, the result is an overall reduced amount of violence, bullying and so on.
Jeremy Gilley compares Peace One Day to a
formula 1 car. It´s the commercial and sponsors on the side of the vehicle that
keeps moving forward, and the same goes for Peace One Day. Together
we move forward, thus we come closer to our goal of peace. You might ask yourself why the EU and Barack
Obama receive the Nobel Peace Prize after reading about Jeremy Gilley and Peace One Day.
I agree! Lets hope they get the prize next year! It is certainly a great job they do and the comparison with the race car is very illustrative!
SvarSlett