The World Peace Flag Ceremony
A Simple Flag Ceremony, A Shared Commitment to Peace, Montpellier, France
December 10, 2025Submitted by: Dr. Carlos Palma, Founder of: Living Peace International During a recent visit to Montpellier in the south of France, I had the opportunity to meet with a group of university students and young professionals from the Living Peace network. Our time together focused on a shared question: how can we respond…
Read MoreA Moment of Profound Unity, Flag Ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya
November 14, 2025 This reflection was shared by Carlos Palma, founder of Living Peace International, who joined young educators and peace trainers gathered in Nairobi for a transformative conference titled “Together for a New Africa.” Over several days, young teachers from multiple Nairobi schools, trainers from diverse peace-building movements, and catechists from 14 African countries…
Read MoreWorld Peace Flag Ceremony with Macrobiotic group in Italy
September 27, 2025 On September 27th, we held a flag ceremony in Tolentino, central part of Italy, with a group of Italian Macrobiotic Association. First, we were doing the ceremony in a large plaza next to the macrobiotic restaurant, but suddenly a thunderstorm hit midway while we were praying for the countries in Asia Continent. We…
Read MoreGlobal Online Peace Flag Ceremony on the International Day of Peace
September 21, 2025 I know you had wonderful events for IDP! Thank you! We also held an International Peace Ceremony linked with the International Day of Peace on 21st September. European members, Caroline from Allanton, me and Osaka group in Japan collaborated together to create each moment of this beautiful ceremony with the participants from all over the…
Read MoreInternational Day of Peace Events in New York City, USA – 2025
September 21, 2025 On September 19–20, New York City became a center for global peace as May Peace Prevail On Earth International (MPPOEI) and the Global Silent Minute united with community partners to mark the International Day of Peace. City Hall – September 19 The weekend began at NYC City Hall, where leaders from youth,…
Read MoreGlobal Weekend To Pause the World for Peace Worldwide, NYC, USA
BROADCAST ANNOUNCEMENT: AUGUST 29, 2025 UN International Day of Peace 2025, September 21, Expands to a Global Weekend To Pause the World for Peace Worldwide, Moment/Meditative Minute of Silence, Plant Peace Pole Virtually/Physical at Noon in 24 Regions (Time Zones). A World Cease Fire, Peace Acts, Unity, Music, & Climate Week Action. New York City…
Read MoreOsaka, Japan, Expo World Peace Flag Ceremony 2025
August 23, 2025 The first World Expo, at the time called the World’s Fair, took place in London in 1981. Since then the Expo has traveled every continent to over 100 cities worldwide. The first Expo in Asia was hosted in Osaka, Japan in 1970 followed by the Aichi Expo in 2005. Twenty years later,…
Read MoreUnity Earth Fields of Healing Flag Ceremony, St. Louis, MO, USA
August 10, 2025 Global peacemakers gathered in St. Louis, known as the Heart of the Dove, to activate Fields of Healing with a World Peace Flag Ceremony. The auspicious weekend of August 9th and 10th marked the 80th anniversary of the atomic bomb that fell on Nagasaki and the 11th anniversary year marking the shooting…
Read MoreWorld Peace Prayer Ceremony in a Catholic Church in Milan, Italy
Sunday July 6th, 2025 I just returned from Milan. I am still a little tired but very happy! Many unexpected things happened, such as a violent storm, that guided us to hold a World Peace Prayer Ceremony in a Franciscan Catholic Church, called Santa Maria alla Fonte. Santa Maria alla Fonte is an ancient church…
Read MoreSolstice Flag Ceremony Corlear’s Hook Park, New York, NY, USA
June 21, 2025 The Summer Solstice was celebrated at Corlear’s Hook Park steeped in a tragic history of colonization and disconnection which wounded the spirit and ancestors of the land. This area in lower Manhattan witnessed Kieft’s War and the massacres of the Lenape people robbing them of their land and culture. Four centuries later,…
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