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Tens of Thousands in 40 Countries to Celebrate 2nd Global Oneness Day Oct. 24
BOULDER, Colo. -- Tens of thousands of compassionate activists worldwide will show what it is like Oct. 24 to live for a day demonstrating humanity's inner unity on the second annual Global Oneness Day.
The day will be celebrated with parades, concerts, dance celebrations, exhibitions, educational events, meditations, acts of service and other activities in more than 40 countries, said Humanity's Team, a global grassroots movement "awakening the world to oneness" that created the day last year with support from more than 75 other non-governmental organizations and other groups and individuals.
Prominent Global Oneness Day supporters include South African Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu; artist-musician Yoko Ono; spiritual writers Deepak Chopra, James F. Twyman and Humanity's Team founder Neale Donald Walsch.
Key organizational supporters include the Association for Global New Thought (AGNT), a worldwide organization co-founded by leading New Thought ministers including its President, the Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith. AGNT provides education and action-oriented program resources to support Oneness Day participants through its Season for Interfaith & Intercultural Celebration, the fall centerpiece of its annual “Gandhi King Seasons for Peace and Nonviolence” campaign, now in its 15th year.
Global Oneness Day was created following a Humanity's Team presentation to the United Nations of a petition signed by more than 50,000 people from 168 countries appealing to the world body to support the day, akin to Earth Day but intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for humanity's inner oneness.
Official U.N. recognition would mean the world body, for the first time, would officially proclaim oneness to be an issue in which it has a permanent interest and commitment. It would also mean the United Nations would decree Global Oneness Day an international holiday to be observed as a public holiday by all 193 U.N. member states.
On receiving the signatures on behalf of the U.N. Culture of Peace, former undersecretary-general, Anwarul K. Chowdhury said: “Oneness brings about an appreciation of humanity’s interdependence, which supports tolerance, understanding and solidarity, necessary for lasting peace.”
Humanity's Team Worldwide Coordinating Director Steve Farrell said oneness "shows the connection of all things, that our differences don't have to create divisions and our contrasts don't have to product conflicts."
Humanity's Team, the Association for Global New Thought, and other responsible activists are stepping up their U.N. appeal, advocating on behalf of the day to national governments and adding to the original petition signatures through a global Oneness Declaration in the hope of receiving the world body's support.
For more information about Global Oneness Day, contact Kathy Mason at kathy.mason@humanitysteam.org or +1-720-938-2536.