International Peace Day: GAIN Platforms for Peace & Justice, September 21-25, 2020

All week we are celebrating this year's UN International Peace Day’s theme Shaping Peace Together”. We are inviting our powerful network of peacebuilders and changemakers to start a dialogue about what that looks like for them.

September 21

Global Alumni Shaping Peace Together | Alumni Video & Open Conversation

When? 19:30 pm IST | 17:00 EEST | 16:00 CEST | 10:00 EDT 

• Register here: https://iofc.formstack.com/forms/shaping_peace_together_idp_2020

SEPTEMBER 22

Lebanon - A conversation exploring how people from different walks of life are coming together to rebuild Beirut after the devastation of the blast. We’ll be discussing how people are working together, breaking boundaries and crossing borders, to work towards peace. 

When? 19:30 pm IST | 17:00 EEST | 16:00 CEST | 10:00 EDT 

• Register here: https://iofc.formstack.com/forms/shaping_peace_together__lebanon_tuesday_september_22

SEPTEMBER 23

India & Nepal - A conversation examining the atrocious acts of race, caste, and ethnic violence that have taken place in India and Nepal. We’ll be sharing with each other, showing solidarity for each others' struggles, and looking at how people are coming together to end discrimination. #DalitLivesMatter

When? 18:30 IST | 15:00 CEST | 09:00 EDT  OR  19:30 pm IST | 14:00 CEST | 10:00 EDT (TBC!)

• Register here: https://iofc.formstack.com/forms/shaping_peace_together_sep23

SEPTEMBER 24 - Black Lives Matter & Dalit Lives Matter

On September 24 we'll be honing in on events in the USA and Nepal, where the Black Lives Matter and the Dalit Lives Matter movements have swept through the two countries ​since its emergence.. We'll be looking at the power of people - of ​decentralized collective action and organized protest - and how this has allowed the movement to ripple throughout the world. We're asking what it is about this particular moment that moves people to rise up together, declare their common humanity and fight for justice, despite the risk of the coronavirus and the limitations imposed by the pandemic."

When?  19:30 pm IST | 16:00pm CEST | 17:00pm EEST  |10:00am EDT

• Register here: https://iofc.formstack.com/forms/shaping_peace_together_blm_dlm_sep24

SEPTEMBER 24 - GAIN-CSP-Trinity College

Australia - Join University of Notre Dame Associate Professor for Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding David Anderson Hooker for a discussion about how the arts can help heal generational trauma and shape new beginnings in line with the theme Healing Our Stories.  We’ll consider your stories and the stories of your ancestors, and will look into how you can build on the legacies you have inherited to lead change. This conversation also includes a LIVE PERFORMANCE by Australian X Factor winner, 2017 Australian Eurovision representative and Masked Singer contestant Isaiah Firebrace.  

When? 12:30 AEST | 04:30 CEST | 08:00 IST | 22:30 EDT September 23!!

• Register here: https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=654946&

SEPTEMBER 25

An Intergenerational Conversations with CSP Alumni - A conversation about trauma healing and peace building in practice, with Dr. Samuel Gbaydee Doe, by Charanpreet Khaira, CSP-AP 2016. He has worked on conflict abroad and at home, supporting child soldiers and employing trauma healing techniques in challenging situations. Now he wants to help guide young peacebuilders on their journey. 

When? 09:00 EST-EDT | 15:00 CEST | 18:30 IST |16:00 EEST

Register here: https://iofc.formstack.com/forms/shaping_peace_together_sd_sep25