Beats & Peaces - Fundraiser Weekend

Rhino Room, 9pm Saturday 9th September 2006

Funk and worldly beats extravaganza!

With DJs Jumbo, The Activist, Sista Sunsplash, Bel, Henri, plus: Soldier (Sudanese hip-hoppers live)

Entry $10 or $5 (conc)

All proceeds to the YHA Peace Festival

Wheatsheaf Hotel, 4pm Sunday 10th September 2006

Come out to the Wheaty and help raise funds for the YHA Peace Festival.  Di, Tanya and MC Rob Ayers will talk a little about the Festival and it's origins and you will have an opportunity to buy a raffle ticket ahead of time.

Earth Dance - Global Dance Party for Peace

Think Global - Dance Local
 

Earthdance Inc is a not-for-profit organisation, with the goal of promoting humanitarian issues, peace and personal growth, through music, dance and art.  Earthdance 10th Global Anniversary occurs simultaneously with YHA Peace Festival on 17 September 2006 at Collingwood Childrens Farm in Victoria, Australia.

The Peace One Day (POD) film project began as the vision of one man, British filmmaker, Jeremy Gilley. Launched in September 1999, POD gained active support from all sectors of society, from governments through to individuals. In September 2001, POD achieved its primary objective. A United Nations General Assembly resolution (A/Res/55/282), put forward by the UK and Costa Rican governments, was unanimously adopted by all UN member states, formally establishing an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on the UN International Day of Peace, fixed in the global calendar on 21 September - Peace Day.

All sectors of society are being asked to honour and celebrate the Day on 21 September. The vision of the Day extends far beyond the cessation of violent conflict and represents an opportunity for individuals to join in a moment of global unity. 

On Saturday, September 9th, Musician and Filmmaker, Michael Franti and his group Spearhead with Guerrilla Management present the 8th Annual 911 Power to the Peaceful Festival at Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park, California.

The Festival began humbly in 1999 as an international day of art and culture in support of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. The name and date “911” were chosen to call attention to the emergency status of Mumia’s impending execution and drew roughly 6,000 people to the Mission’s Dolores Park. In 2000, PTTP expanded; showing support for all prisoners on death row, and speaking out against the exponential growth of the prison industrial complex.

When the attacks of September 11th, 2001 occurred, the festival took on a new significance, serving both as a day of remembrance for the lives lost in the tragedy as well as a day in which Northern Californians called for and end to all bombing around the globe. The 2002 and 2003 events offered a space for healing and compassion for all the people killed or displaced by terrorism and the war on terrorism. By this time, the festival had outgrown Dolores Park, and was resituated in the lush mile acre of Speedway Meadows in Golden Gate Park, with over 20,000 people attending. In 2004 the festival was themed "Stand up and be Counted", encouraging people to get out and vote. Last year's festival, themed "Bring 'Em Home" emphasized that the best way to support our troops is to bring them home now and drew upwards of 50,000 attendees participating in a day of music, art and social justice.