Global Peace Alliance, BC

Our art contest for 2021 is now open please share with all your contacts and best of luck to those who will enter.

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On this day, as with yesterday and every day to comewe remember and honour the lives of the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. #MMIWGHealing and... well-being do not happen in the absence of justice. #RedDressDay #NoMoreStolenSisters https://mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/

Our social justice is important in achieving a peaceful and equitable world.

Happy Pink Shirt Day 2021! We're so thrilled to be celebrating and spreading kindness, and raising funds for anti-bullying initiatives! This past year ha...s been especially hard on many kids, but with your help, we can get them the support they need. Whether it's through community outreach, after-school programs, or one-on-one counselling, your donation will go towards making a positive difference! Visit https://bit.ly/3kdk2pC to see how you can donate and lend a hand!

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This is what we and many peace activists and organizations around the world are focusing on. Every educational opportunity for our youth is welcome and I encourage all to attend this upcoming conference and spread the word to out youth who will be leading the world. https://www.linkedin.com//sustainabledevelopmentgoalsyou/ The future of our planet depends on these goals. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, p...rovides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests. See more

We are excited to welcome you to this year's Global Peace Alliance 3 Day Virtual Festival, Shaping Peace Together. We are commemorating not only the International Day of Peace but also the United Nations 75th Anniversary. We have a fantastic round up of artists and speakers and will be posting a schedule soon.

The difference between diversity, equity, inclusion and justice can sometimes go unnoticed, unheard or misunderstood.... this is good

Two years ago we had our Peace Festival at Fleetwood Community centre. This year it’s Virtual! Check our pinned poster and event for 2020.

The Global Peace Alliance, now a BC Society (GPA) is pleased to announce its 2020 ‘Shaping Peace Together Virtual Festival. It is the fifth of GPA’s peace fest...ivals, this one through Facebook and YouTube taking place on November 27th 7pm, November 28th and 29th 2pm. We are commemorating the 75th year anniversary of the United Nations. Its theme is bringing the world together to face and resolve all the inequities amplified by Covid19, protect our environment and ensure equality and prosperity for all. Our festival will be showcasing the world’s diversity, resilience and compassion during this epic pandemic. Free for all to enjoy a wonderful array of artists through song and dance, such as the Wild Moccasin Dancers, Glisha, Roma Gry, and others from the Southeast Asian Cultural Heritage Society (SEACHS), the Chinese, Nepalese, Vietnamese, Taiwanese communities and our schools. We will listen to social justice advocates, prominent authors and speakers of our time such as Seth Klein one the founders of the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives, Trenton Pierre and Rochelle Prasad, too many to list. As before, we will recognize the winners of our 2020 Peace themed Literary and Visual Arts contests. See you all there! See more

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