International Association of Peace Messenger Cities has a great honor to invite you to participate in the Internet “live streaming” event dedicated to spreading the idea of world peace.

The year 2013 will be the third year of commemorating the International Day of Peace by IAPMC, designated by United Nations on September 21st 2001. A first attempt was the successful partnership with the children of Kragujevac, Serbia with New Haven, USA children in 2011. The live streaming event organized in 2012 was an even bigger success.

Young people from 10 cities around the world, transmitted messages of peace through various performances in five events occurring at various times throughout the day.  With use of modern technology the challenge of distance will not interfere, therefore everyone can participate and it costs nothing.

On our website you can also watch last year’s performances recorded during the live streaming.

In 2013 we are planning to invite more cities to take part in this wonderful celebration. This year’s event will be coordinated by the city of Płońsk (Poland) –
a longtime member of our organization.

Here is the sequence of events.

The sign-up form necessary for the application to participate is available on the IAPMC event sign up page.

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

Before June 15, 2013

1. Request participation

• Submit a request to participate to the IAPMC through the event sign up page (please use the name of a local coordinator in the sign-up form)
• Ensure that the coordinator has a Google account and know how to use it.
• Ensure you have a video camera and microphone that can be attached to a computer with high-speed internet connection and a projector or some kind  of screen to see your hangout partner.

Before June 30, 2013

2. Identify suitable venue (e.g. classroom, city square etc.)

• IAPMC will tell participants which city “cluster” they are in.
• A moderator designated by IAPMC will contact the local coordinator.
• Send the IAPMC the outline program: who, what, where.

Before August 30, 2013

3. Send the IAPMC moderator the email address of the Google account that will be used for hangout.

September 13, 2013

4. Local coordinator will have to demonstrate his ability to connect to a Google Hangout with video and audio

September 21, 2013

5. The hangout will begin 1 hour before official start time (T.B.A).

The rest of the details will be provided after submitting registration forms.

In this year we celebrate   the 25^th anniversary of IAPMC, The Executive Board will take place in Poland in three cities: Płońsk, Wieluń, Oświęcim from May 11-17, 2013. The meeting is also an occasion to participate in the International Conference on the Human Right to Peace which will be conducted by Spanish Society for International Human Rights and Low and Polish Human Rights Center. The conference will be held in Oświęcim on May 16, 2013

During the meeting there will be discussed the Live Streaming project and International Peace Day. This year the Live Streaming project and International Peace Day is organized by Płońsk on September 21, 2013. It is an opportunity for young people from our cities to connect and exchange ideas about peace and other important topics.

The official invitations will be sent by e-mail to the Executive Board members.

Students from ten cities around the globe will simulcast messages of peace in Live Internet Events commemorating the United Nations International Day of Peace on September 21, 2012. Each city has been partnered with another and has prepared a program performed by children to share with children in the paired city and the rest of the world.

The Internet broadcasts were initiated and are being coordinated by the International Association of Peace Messenger Cities, a United Nations sponsored organization. The international community is invited to watch these programs live or recorded on the IAPMC website.

There will be five Events in all occurring at various times throughout the Day. The IAPMC.org website provides the live broadcast times. The children will meet using modern technology to share an ancient message of Peace. The challenges of different languages and distance will not interfere.

Programs will include hopes for peace communicated through song, dance, and poetry. In addition, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia, is planning a Flash Mob for Peace; and Hiroshima, Japan, will share a moment of silence with its partner city Plonsk, Poland.

The partnerships are:

• New Haven, Connecticut, USA with Wielun, Poland
• Kragujevac, Serbia, with Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
• Plonsk, Poland, with Hiroshima, Japan
• Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia, with Morphou, Cyprus
• Volgograd, Russia, with Oswiecim, Poland

The streaming video programs this year follow the successful partnership between the children of Kragujevac, Serbia, and New Haven, CT, USA, on the International Day of Peace in 2011.

Please go to www.IAPMC.org to access videos of the programs from the IAPMC Live Internet Event on the International Day of Peace, September 21, 2012