Peace Walk, 17 September
The “Peace Walk” in Riverside is an event created by Glocally Connected to commemorate the UN’s International Day of Peace in order to bring attention to the consequences of war.
The International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly to coincide with its opening session, which was held annually on the third Tuesday of September. The first Peace Day was observed in September 1982. In 2001, the General Assembly by unanimous vote adopted 21 September as an annual day of non-violence and cease-fire.
Every year millions of people around the world become refugees because of conflict and war, and have to flee their countries seeking safety. It is our goal to lend a helping hand to refugees worldwide starting from our home in Riverside, CA. Please join us in making a statement to promote PEACE at home and PEACE in the world!*
It has been one year
Since Glocally Connected was born from passionate hearts of two world citizens
Since Aylan lay lifeless on a beach in Turkey
Since we tried to keep people’s attention on the gravity of the refugee problem
Since Germany opened their borders to unlimited refugees
Since they closed them a few days later
Since the number of refugees rose from 60 million to 65 million in the world
Since 89 thousand people were killed in the conflict in Syria bringing the total to 470 thousand
Since US promised to admit 10 thousand Syrian refugees
Since US admitted 1285 Syrian refugees
Since Turkey admitted another million refugees, reaching the number of Syrians nearly 4 million
Since Turkey and EU signed the agreement to send back refugees from Europe to Turkey
Since 72 thousand Syrians are said to be sent back to Turkey from Europe
Since 2.5 million Syrian refugee children are out of school
Since 55 bloody days of bombing of Aleppo killing and injuring 3500 civilians
Since the world did nothing to stop the civilian casualties
Since we had our 1st Peace Walk in Riverside commemorating International Day of Peace
What will we do next for Peace?
*Quote by M.K. Ataturk