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International Day of Peace 2014

In 1981, the United Nations established September 21st as The International Day of Peace, a day in which people from around the world, regardless of race, age, or gender, work together for peace.

MY HERO'S 2014 International Day of Peace Celebration

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Honorees include: 
Kenji Williams- BellaGaia.com
Robert Shetterly-Americans Who Tell the Truth
Ron Kovic - author, artist, peace activist
Erin Gruwell- author, educator, peace activist.

Stories

Ron Kovic

By: Betty Bailey and Jeanne Meyers
Ron Kovic: best selling author, activist and artist whose story was immortalized by Tom Cruise in the Hollywood movie BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY is honored at the MY HERO Celebration of Peace.

Mattie Stepanek: For Our World

Mattie Stepanek: For Our World Mattie's poems of peace and hope have touched millions of lives

Azim Khamisa

By: Monica Olson
Azim Khamisa founded the Tariq Khamisa Foundation to encourage forgiveness.

Kathy Eldon

By: Wendy Jewell
Kathy Eldon inspired by her son, works for peace and tolerance.

Kenji Williams - Founder & Director of Bella Gaia - in Conversation with The MY HERO Project

By: Wendy Jewell from The MY HERO Project
Kenji Williams creates music and films that celebrate the earth from the perspective of space.

Nelson Mandela

By: Jeff Trussell
Nelson Mandela was a peacemaker and a freedom hero.

Mohandas K. Gandhi

By: Jeff Trussell
Mohandas K. Gandhi used non-violence to free India from British rule.

Archbishop Oscar Romero

By: Natalie from San Francisco
Archbishop Oscar Romero was a passionate voice of hope, peace and justice in war-torn El Salvador.

Pope Francis

By: Wendy Jewell from The MY HERO Project
Pope Francis cares for the poor and works for peace.

Womens Peace Movement of Liberia

By: Amanda Molinaro from Irvine
Womens Peace Movement of Liberia stopped the violence in through peaceful means.

Abigail Disney

By: Jane Wallace
Abigail Disney is a philanthropist and documentary filmmaker who focuses on social issues.

Hadraawi (Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame)

By: Rebecca Miller
Hadraawi (Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame) is a powerful voice for peace in his country.

Dr. Jeni Stepanek

By: Slater Jewell-Kemker
Dr. Jeni Stepanek is interviewed by MY HERO's Slater Jewell-Kemker.

Marianne Williamson

By: Wendy Jewell from The MY HERO Project
Marianne Williamson is the founder of the Department of Peace Campaign.

Robert Shetterly

By: David Kemker
Robert Shetterly paints portraits of Americans who have acted with courage to do the right thing.

Art

Make Art Not War

By: Shepard Fairey courtesy Obey Giant.com

Waging Peace

By: Thomas England
This photo by Thomas England for The Carter Center 25th Anniversary, https://www.cartercenter.org/, is a perfect global image of peace

Peace Pals Prize Winner

By: peace pals

May Peace Prevail on Earth 2013

By: James Chen from USA

May Peace Prevail on Earth 2013

By: Ayushi Thakkar, age 6

May Peace Prevail on Earth 2013

By: Shibajyoti Choudhury, age 10

May Peace Prevail on Earth 2013

By: Kavya Nagalakunta, age 14

John Hunter

By: Robert Shetterly

Bill Moyers

By: Robert Shetterly

Rachel Corrie

By: Robert Shetterly

John Lewis by Robert Shetterly, AWTT.org

By: Robert Shetterly
Civil Rights hero John Lewis as painted by Robert Shetterly

Film

Playing For Change: Peace Through Music

By: Mark Johnson & Jonathan Walls
Playing for Change | Peace through Music

Ron Kovic presents Azim Khamisa PEACE PRIZE

By: The MY HERO Project
Ron Kovic presents Azim Khamisa with 2011 PEACE PRIZE.

Right To Play [Excerpt]

Produced by:Frank Marshall
Olympian Johann Olav Koss embarked on a remarkable journey to use sports to improve the lives of African children.

Robert Shetterly

By: The MY HERO Project
Artist, Robert Shetterly discusses his series, americans who tell the truth

Let them Bloom

Produced by:Fauzia Minallah from PAKISTAN
A simple prayer for peace with beautiful illustrations.

Spectrum

By: Anita Young, Shams Said and Shai Azati - CANADA / ISRAEL / PALESTINE
A whole worldview gets better in an instant; a narrative film from the 2011 Peace It Together initiative. PEACE IT TOGETHER

Law of Love

By: Rahul Brown
In 2007, children from Pakistan and India wrote letters to each other for peace.

Audio

Peacemaker Hero: Peace Pilgrim

My hero is Peace Pilgrim. She took on the name Peace Pilgrim in her young years and it was her legal name. She took that name because she walked a pilgrimage for peace. Her birth name before she became Peace Pilgrim was Mildred Norman. Peace Pilgrim never

Angel Hero: Sadako Sasaki

By: The MY HERO Project
"This is our cry, this is our prayer; peace in the world."

Teacher Hero: Ruty Hotzen

By: Reverend Charles F. Harper
Ruty knows this truth well. She lives in Israel, a country that throughout its history has been wracked by violence.

Mattie Stepanek

By: Jeni Stepanek
HERO'S HERO: MY SON, MATTIE J. T. STEPANEK

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