Begins each October 24th on the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.
Each year during U.N. Disarmament Week, the United Nations encourages the public to increase awareness about the danger of the arms race and the urgency of bringing such a race to an end. U.N. Disarmament Week is an important opportunity for us to recognize that disarmament is a key element in creating a more just and peaceful world. The MY HERO Project observes UN Disarmament Week by bringing you the heroes behind the movement.
The guitarist of musical group Almaparlantes plays an escopetarra, a guitar made out of an AK-47.
Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
Watch and read about Keiko Fukazawa, artist and activist, and 2023 Film Festival Finalist
Keiko Fukazawa
By: Anabelle Vo
Keiko Fukazawa uses her art to address an issue that has greatly impacted the quality of life in America: gun violence.
'Keiko Fukazawa' directed by Anabelle Vo
By: Abigail Richardson
The short film 'Keiko Fukazawa’ directed by Anabelle Vo is a finalist at 19th the MY HERO International Film Festival.
The Following Heroes Have Taken a Personal and Public Stand Against War
Yuri Mason
By: Monica Olson
Yuri Mason shared her love of life and peace through the power of her paintings.
Lynne Cox
By: McKenzie from Roseville
Lynne Cox
is a long-distance swimmer who helped break the ice between the US and the USSR.
Ron Kovic
By: Betty Bailey and Jeanne Meyers
Ron Kovic is a best selling author, activist and artist whose story was immortalized by Tom Cruise in the Hollywood movie Born on the Fourth of July.
Daniel Ellsberg
By: Robert Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg is a whistle blower and truth teller responsible for publishing the Pentagon Papers.
Stories about the Damages of War for Younger Readers
Sadako Sasaki
By: Amanda E. from Derry NH
Sadako Sasaki inspired an international peace movement.
Loung Ung
By: Cynthia from Denver
Loung Ung was forced to be a child soldier in Cambodia and has since become a human rights activist.
Listen & Read Along
Mohamed Sidibay
By: Annie Merkley
Mohamed Sidibay
speaks out to give a name and a face behind the stories of child soldiers.
Peacemaker Hero: Mohamed Sidibay
"People spend so much time highlighting our differences, we actually forget how similar we are."
Marianne Williamson
By: Wendy Jewell from The MY HERO Project
Marianne Williamson
is the founder of the Department of Peace Campaign.
Peacemaker Hero: Marianne Williamson
By: Wendy Jewell
Illustrations of the pursuit of peace and disarmament from the Gallery
Guernica
By: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Picasso created Guernica, perhaps the greatest anti-war mural ever.
May Peace Prevail on Earth 2013
By: James Chen from USA
Peace Pals International winning student artist
No War Zone
By: Ahmed Lavaly of Sierra Leone
Artist was a 16-year-old student who was representing UN reconciliation efforts
Inori
By: Youth of Kagoshima
Students paint a prayer for non-nuclear peace.
Film
Crazy For Peace
By: Wendy Milette
Jeanie Bernstein has left a legacy of activism on her Laguna Beach community.
Honoring RON KOVIC
Produced by:Jeanne Meyers
Ron Kovic is an accomplished author, painter, and activist who has worked for world peace over the last 40 years.
The Nuclear Genie
By: Erik Choquette
A short film warning about the dangers of nuclear arms!
UN Disarmament Week