In celebration of International Day of Peace, Sister Cities International hosted an International Peace Day +SocialGood Google Hangout surrounding this year’s theme, “Partnerships for Peace – Dignity for All” on Monday, September 21, 2015.
Sister city partnerships and citizen diplomacy play a crucial role in peace-building at a grass roots, person-to-person level. Speakers discussed what it means to be a peace-builder and how cities and their people can utilize citizen diplomacy as a tool to not only lessen the chance of new conflicts, but to connect with people of other cultures to build enduring peaceful partnerships based on mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation.
Moderator
- Mary D. Kane, President and CEO, Sister Cities International @CEOAtSCI
Speakers
- Ann-Louise Colgan, Director, Global Peacebuilding Center, United States Institute of Peace @USIP
- Mira Edelstein, Jordan River Projects Coodinator, EcoPeace Middle East @EcoPeaceME
- Zana Marjanovic, Bosnian Parliamentarian, Actress, and Fellow, Women’s Democracy Network @Zana_Marjanovic
CLICK HERE to watch a full recording of the chat.