Social Media #PeaceJam World #PeaceDay Sept 21 2016
Be part of #defyhatenow social media #peacejam on world #peaceday!
#defyhatenow #peacejam #peaceday #southsudan
Link to #peacejam facebook event page & join #defyhatenow fb group
Add your #peacejam to the official International Day of Peace Event Map
UN International Day of Peace – September 21st 2016
Share your peace messages on social media: #defyhatenow #peacejam #peaceday
What is peace for you?
When did you last feel truly, deeply peaceful?
What are the symbols of peace in your culture / community / family?
Think about your experiences and make your own peace messages – be creative!
Write them with colourful markers, or any materials you can find (sand, pebbles). Paint or draw them. If there is a pithy and concise phrase that resonates with peace, turn it into a hashtag and start using it. Film short video messages, with your statement of peace on camera. Now you are ready to start the social media part of the #peacejam to #defyhatenow on #peaceday!
Photograph (or scan) your #peacejam messages and send them out into the world. Take photos of each other’s peace messages (if you are comfortable being online). If you made video messages, share them with #defyhatenow #peacejam on facebook!
Peace starts within me – Iyiel Daud
South Sudan is You and I. The country is ours.
Attack problems not people
In peace we all win.
Inner peace translates to global peace
Use hashtags #peacejam #defyhatenow #peaceday along with any new ones you have invented. Send your peace messages out on facebook, to any groups you are part of, via twitter, instagram.
The #defyhatenow initiative is focused particularly on South Sudan, although we are very interested in connecting with the South Sudanese diaspora around the world, everyone who is working for peace is welcome to join!
While you are #peacejamming, actively look for; link to; comment on and share / retweet any other South Sudan related peace, unity, cultural, artistic or positive development stories, organisations (grass roots, local, literacy/education, youth, women’s, diaspora groups etc) or online campaigns.
Portrait by South Sudanese artist Abul Oyay
#AnaTaban is a community of young South Sudanese creatives who are tired of seeing our people suffer.
#AnaTaban provides a platform for ordinary people to make their voices heard and to draw attention to the suffering of the masses. #AnaTaban harnesses the arts to promote dialogue in the communities through music, street theatre, sculpture, poetry and just about any form of expression that could strike a chord with the public at large, and the youth in particular.
This song is dedicated to all those we have lost in this senseless war and to all those who are still here and are tired enough to make the changes we need:
Thank you for your positive energy and contribution to making the world a more peaceful place. Here are some additional resources to keep spreading peace and justice through activist strategies:
Join with people around the world– get involved in the International Day of Peace!
Beautiful Rising harnesses the insights of changemakers worldwide who are waging non-violence in cultural activism to help make our movements more strategic, creative and effective. Inspired by the concept of a “pattern language,” Beautiful Rising teases out the key elements of creative activism.
Jal Tekädä, The Journey of My Life, is a short film produced and performed by internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the UN protection of civilians (PoC) site in Bentiu, South Sudan, a town that witnessed some of the most brutal fighting of the conflict. The film tells the story of young IDPs’ journey to seek forgiveness and healing from the vicious civil war that erupted in December 2013.
Keep spreading peace, every day of the year!!!
Don’t let anyone with a political agenda derail your efforts or divide you from peaceful intentions.
Talk about what you can do next. Be actively engaged in peace on a daily basis in your own life. Keep building peace within you and inside your heart and seek professional help to overcome trauma.
Remember that every day you have the chance to choose peace, promote understanding, compassion and reconciliation through your own communication, experiences and interactions.
International Day of Peace – Poster
#defyhatenow: Mobilising Civic Action Against Hate Speech and Directed Social Media Incitement to Violence in South Sudan.
We work together for a peaceful world offline & online and peace in South Sudan.
#defyhatenow is an initiative to combat social media hate speech by r0g_agency for open culture and critical transformation, Berlin, and the Community Empowerment for Progress Organisation (CEPO), Juba.
#defyhatenow is funded by the ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (zivik) with means of the German Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt).
