Vigil 4 Peace & Ecology
When: Sunday, September 16th from 9am to 5pm Where: Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park We invite you to join us for Vigil 4 Peace & Ecology, filled with art, music, speeches, fun and peace: http://www.vigil4peace.org. We will be doing a Connect for Peace event at the Vigil, and we hope to connect with you there.
Please join Joumana Rizk, Founder of Peacelights, counselor Jennifer Hadley, Rick Ulfik, Founder of We, The World, composer/DJ Peter Lobo, and other like minded people for an uplifting event. This year we are choosing City Hall Park (at Park Row) for our annual street happening, surrounded by US Courthouses where the fate of immigrants is decided daily. Let’s bring a moment of peace and light to this area of our city. We invite you to connect to each other, all […]
Happy Holidays!
All of us at Peacelights wanted to thank you for shining your peacelight brightly in 2017 in the midst of the many challenges. Let’s take a moment to celebrate one another as we wish you happy holidays! We look forward to an amazing 2018 with the hope that is proclaimed on this Peace Pole: “May Peace Prevail on Earth.” We are so grateful for your love and support this past year as you inspire us to continue our work. As […]
Friday Flicker (November 17, 2017)
This week’s Friday Flicker is from our 2017 Connect for Peace street happening in NYC, with a proverb from the Yoruba people, an ethnic group primarily in Nigeria: “It takes a village to raise a child.” The Flickers are a gentle weekly reminder to flicker your light of peace as often as you can, in as many places as you can. May your light of love brighten your day and illuminate all those around you. Subscribe here to receive the […]
Friday Flicker (November 3, 2017)
This week’s Friday Flicker is from our 2017 Connect for Peace street happening in NYC, with a quote from musician Carlos Santana: “If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.” The Flickers are a gentle weekly reminder to flicker your light of peace as often as you can, in as many places as you can. May your light of love brighten your day and illuminate all those around you. Subscribe here to receive the Flickers every […]
Friday Flicker (October 7, 2017)
This week’s Friday Flicker is of our Connect for Peace street happening from The Vigil 4 Peace & Ecology event in Central Park last month, with a quote from self-help book author Karen Salmansohn: “We are all different and that’s beautiful.” The Flickers are a gentle weekly reminder to flicker your light of peace as often as you can, in as many places as you can. May your light of love brighten your day and illuminate all those around you. […]
Friday Flicker (September 29, 2017)
This week’s Friday Flicker is from our Connect for Peace event in NYC last Thursday, with a message on The World Peace Prayer Society’s Peace Pole: “May Peace Prevail On Earth.” The Peace Pole symbolizes the oneness of humanity and our common wish for a world at peace. We had a beautiful time celebrating the International Day of Peace with people from all over the world who joined to truly see and connect with each other. We hope you will […]
Friday Flicker (November 25, 2016)
This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happenings, with a quote from an alternative medicine teacher, author, and UC San Francisco professor Rachel Naomi Remen: “When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do.” Wishing you a great start to your weekend.
Friday Flicker (November 18, 2016)
This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happenings, with a quote from poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist Maya Angelou (1928-2014): “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday Flicker (October 21, 2016)
This week’s Flicker is from our Connect for Peace street happenings, with a quote from our founder and directress Joumana Rizk: “Look into the eyes of someone you don’t know, look deeply. Tell them, with your words or silently: I see you.” Telling another “I see you” is the underpinning of our Connect for Peace events, as Joumana continually asks the participants to turn to someone and look deeply into their eyes to truly see and recognize them as they […]
