Giant Peace Dove Campaign and Roots & Shoots Day of Peace

	Make a giant peace dove puppet. With your Roots & Shoots group to celebrate your desire for peace. Download giant peace dove puppet instructions. Younger children can make individual small peace doves out of recycled materials.
	Plan a project that promotes peace. Act as a messenger of peace in your community. View a list of peace project ideas
	Plan a community or school event to commemorate Peace Day. Download our Five Easy Steps to Celebrating Roots & Shoots Day of Peace. Get the word out to your local press using our sample press release. If your event will be open to the public, email us with the event details and we'll post it on our online calendar
	Participate in a Peace Day event. Dr. Jane will be attending the Roots & Shoots Day of Peace celebration in Griffith Park, Los Angeles on Saturday, September 23. View the entire Roots & Shoots calendar
	Submit your stories and photos from Peace Day events. We use your amazing anecdotes and images in our annual Peace Dove book publication as well as for our online photo gallery. Download this checklist to help you gather everything you need for your submission

Roots & Shoots Day of Peace was created in 2004 to honor the United Nations International Day of Peace. Learn more about this day and the International Day of Peace Vigil.

You can also look at the 11 Days of Unity Calendar, hosted by We, the World to find out about other peace related events this month.

Beyond the Doves
There are many peace project ideas for you to explore! Find out more.