International Day of Peace

By: A.J. Cordoba (STUDENT OF THE WEEK) 2nd period

International Day of Peace is September 21st. That day is dedicated to peace all over the world. It is a day absent of violence worldwide. Peace day originated in the year of 2002. 

There are lots of ways people celebrate peace day. People have art exhibitions promoting peace, a peace walk, picnics for peace and peace meditation.

 If you go to http://internationaldayofpeace.org/actions/, you can find a list of activities to celebrate peace day. This year the theme is “Right to Peace.” This day is very important to this world because it shows that people still care about world peace, not just about money, power and war. 

This year it is very important because of all of the non-peaceful things going on in this world currently. For example, Russia taking land from Ukraine. Also, The war between Israel and Gaza. There is also the protesting in Venezuela. Then there are even some at home in our country. They are protesting the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri which is causing lots of riots and looting amongst the city of Ferguson. 

In retrospect, The International Day of Peace is very important to earth and everyone on it. It makes us come together and stop violence. It helps us realize the importance of world peace.