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Oct 4th, 2006 - 16:45:41 |
oseeresidor
Hi everybody,
I am very pleased to write you today and to tell you that, on the 21 September 2006, my organisation called "Mouvement Social Chrétien Prie Agis (MOSCHPA-Haiti) have organized a day of sensitization around the peace and the culture of peace. this event implied more than 120 persons from diverse categories such as : Young people, adults, pupils, students, etc.
It was a great an a good experience and opportunity for us and for the participants to be involved and share ideas, knewledges ect.
The programme covered a range of activities such : conference/debates ; prayers for peace ; commitments for peace ; press release ; posters ; letters to the Haitian President and the Haitian Prime Minister to ask them to issue a Proclamation and other messages to the Nation for the Day of Peace ; etc.
Hoping to hear from your activities.
Osée Résidor
Secretary-General of the MOSCHPA-Haiti
Sep 24th, 2006 - 14:29:28 |
Irena
Within the global activities organized on the occasion of September 21, International Day of Peace, the Art Studio NGO opened an art exhibition with works by Macedonian and foreign artists. The exhibition officially opened on Thursday, September 21, 20:00 hours, at the “Sv. Kliment Ohridski” National and University Library in Skopje.
Twelve Macedonian artists and a group of graphic novel artists from Northern England will exhibit their works. However there was international interest in participating in this Peace One Day event which is also the official launch of “what-is-peace?” the Studio’s collaboration as part of the Cultural Fusion art series (http://comfusion.pbwiki.com). This event drew interest from individuals and organizations from a number of African states, India and from Brazil.
“There is a true skepticism whether there will ever be peace in the world. The message we want to send is that voice should be given to every individual, since the individuals have the influence and the power to solve the problems”, Irena Gapkovska from Art Studio was quoted by the press prior to the event.
The Studio’s Peace Exhibition attracted more than 300 attendees including Gligor Tashkovich: Minister without Portfolio (for Foreign Investment) who gave an inspiring speech in Macedonian. His speech concluded with, “I ask you all to join me today in making a shared Commitment for Peace: "Let Macedonia be a Beacon Of Hope for Peace”, which evoked thunderous applause from the audience.
The exhibition event was made possible by IMAF International Music and Arts Foundation from Liechtenstein, as well as several philanthropic individuals from Macedonia and abroad including WebAntiphon Corporation (USA) and MacEachern Associates (Scotland-UK) who have invested personal efforts to reach the goals of the organization.
Asked for comment following the event Gapkovska replied, “It was like a dream come true. Such an experience! And with our team I believe we can do a lot more.”
She and her team are convinced that the skepticism and the passive pessimism can be overcome with enough enthusiasm and faith in the ideals that world peace is possible.
Art Studio participates in this years celebrations of the International Day of Peace on invitation by Jeremy Gilley from http://www.peaceoneday.org Peace One Day> organization from London, the initiator of the Resolution 282 of the UN General Assembly that established September 21 as the International Day of Ceasefire and peace.
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