World UNITY Week
A Global Online Event
Called by an Extraordinary Moment
World UNITY Week is a 8-day celebration of our global unity, beginning with the mid year solstice and winding towards the celebrations of the UN 75th anniversary. Key events include the UN International Day of Yoga, the launch of Purpose Earth and 5 days of “open space” offerings. Key conversations during World UNITY Week will spotlight topics as: collective climate action, partnerships for peace, global governance, interfaith harmony, sustainable and regenerative development, the role of business and economics, human rights, disarmament and other key elements of a new kind of future that we want to create.
World UNITY Week is a stop along the road and a “birthing space” for a larger-scale global celebration across Peace Weekend 2020 (September 19-21), centered on the annual U.N. International Day of Peace (September 21).
A Call for Programing
World UNITY Week: a constellation of events, gatherings, broadcasts and performances
June 20: The opening weekend of June 20 & 21 is the mid-year solstice, summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the south. The solstice has since ancient times been a time of celebration and connection to Nature and our place in the Cosmos. This day will honor indigenous voices all around the world, as well as Global Days of Unity and finish with a Gaia Dance Party.
June 21: We will celebrate the U.N. International Day of Yoga, the launch of Purpose Earth
June 22-26: Open Space Sessions on all the themes, designed to connect and empower hundreds of groups around the world.
June 24: World UNITY Water Day ~ In the center of the World UNITY Week event, we unite around Water, honoring and celebrating Water as source, sustenance and UNIFIER of All Life.
June 25/26: The 20th Anniversary celebration of the United Religions Initiative will highlight interfaith harmony as a worldwide blessing for peace.
June 26/27th: We will join the United Nations in celebrating the 75th Anniversary celebration of the signing of the UN Charter (Signed June 26, 1945).
We the Peoples – Answering the Call of the United Nations
“We the peoples of the United Nations, to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war…”
In Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations, Secretary-General António Guterres has called for “The World’s Biggest Conversation.” This conversation will be highlighted during World UNITY Week and as we build together towards Peace Weekend 2020 (September 19-21). The culminating event for World UNITY Week on Saturday June 27 is the celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter.
The UN75 People’s Declaration is another key global platform that is emerging during this time. The UN75 People’s Declaration affirms: “The paradigm of ‘us versus them’ no longer meets our needs. ‘We the peoples” recognise the reality of our global interdependence. At the heart of the solutions to today’s challenges lies a sincere commitment to a new posture of collaboration, innovation, and action.”
World UNITY Week is committed to supporting the sustainable development goals by 2030.
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