International Day of Peace

International Day of Peace – SAVE THE DATE!
As every year, the Home for Cooperation (H4C) and the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research (AHDR) invite everyone to come together for an inspiring day of unity, dialogue, and action.
📅 Sunday, 20 September
🕒 16:00 – 23:00
📍 Home for Cooperation, Nicosia
Join us for a day of connection, reflection, and shared action for peace. The event will feature activities such as a walk, open discussion, live music, fresh food, and much more 🌍
Programme
16:00–18:00 | Roundtable Discussion – “Voices Against Racism”
A discussion bringing together voices from different backgrounds to explore experiences of racism and discrimination and discuss how we can work towards more inclusive and peaceful societies.
17:30–19:30 | Educational Walk – “Streets to Peace: Peacebuilding and the Urban Space”
Join Melek Kaptanoğlu and Loizos Kapsalis for a walk through the walled town of Nicosia, exploring how individuals, groups and organisations across the divide have used the urban space to build dialogue, collaboration and a sustainable culture of peace on the island.
🔗 Register here: https://www.home4cooperation.info/…/streets-to-peace-a…/
18:30–19:30 | “Painting Peace Together” – Children’s Activity
Michalis Pantelidis will facilitate a collaborative textile-painting workshop where children will explore the question: “If peace had a colour, shape or symbol, what would it look like?” Their individual ideas will come together to create a shared artwork celebrating peace, coexistence and community.
19:30–20:15 | Imagine Peace Academy Launch
Building on more than a decade of experience generated through the Imagine programme, join us for the launch of the Imagine Peace Academy, a strategic evolution and upscaling that will create new opportunities for educators, young learners, parents and civil society actors to engage in peacebuilding, dialogue and cooperation.
17:00–23:00 | NGO Fair
Meet organisations and initiatives working across Cyprus and learn more about the different ways civil society contributes to peace, dialogue, solidarity and social change.
Food & Music
Stay with us into the evening for fresh food by Pastadelic, drinks from the Home Cafe and music by DJ Patsa.
Invest in Peace – For Everyone, Everywhere, Every Day.
International Day of Peace is organised by the Home for Cooperation (H4C), the Association for Historical Dialogue & Research (AHDR) and the Home Cafe. It is funded by the Federal Foreign Office of the Republic of Germany and supported by the Representation of the European Commission in Cyprus through the EUAcrossCY_H4C project.