Sat­ur­day 20 Sep 2025 11:30 am - 4:00 pm	Times Square Man­hat­tan, New York Unit­ed States

Pub­lic free event on Times Square NYC

UN Inter­na­tion­al Day of Peace 2025 (Sep­tem­ber 21) Expands to a Glob­al Week­end To Pause the World for Peace Worldwide

Free

Inter­na­tion­al Peace Day Times Square Con­cert pre­sent­ed by OMMM

On Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 20, 2025, in the heart of Times Square, we will gath­er for a sacred pub­lic offer­ing in hon­or of the Unit­ed Nations Inter­na­tion­al Day of Peace. This year’s gath­er­ing is both time­ly and sym­bol­ic, serv­ing as the offi­cial kick­off to New York Cli­mate Week and aligned with the open­ing of the UN Gen­er­al Assem­bly, when glob­al atten­tion turns toward the urgent work of heal­ing our planet.

Pre­sent­ed by OMMM, the con­cert runs from 11:30 AM to 4:00 PM, with the OMMM-curat­ed seg­ment open­ing the event from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Though this is only our third year curat­ing the Peace Day cel­e­bra­tion, the event itself marks its 23rd year in Times Square, and is part of our grow­ing com­mit­ment to weav­ing sacred inten­tion into some of the world’s most vis­i­ble spaces. We have also pro­duced two Earth Day con­certs in Times Square, each ele­vat­ing mes­sages of regen­er­a­tion, con­scious­ness, and inner trans­for­ma­tion through sound and presence.

In a world increas­ing­ly shaped by polar­iza­tion, accel­er­a­tion, and exter­nal noise, we believe the most rad­i­cal act of change is to return inward. To remem­ber that the qual­i­ty of our inner state is the foun­da­tion for every­thing we cre­ate exter­nal­ly. That how we speak, lead, con­sume, con­nect, and care, all orig­i­nate from the still point with­in. This year’s theme, Peace Starts With­in, is a sacred reminder that out­er peace can­not be leg­is­lat­ed into exis­tence. It must be cul­ti­vat­ed, one breath, one body, one being at a time.

UN Inter­na­tion­al Day of Peace 2025 (Sep­tem­ber 21) Expands to a Glob­al Week­end To Pause the World for Peace Worldwide

This year, one day of peace sim­ply isn’t enough, as declared unan­i­mous­ly by the UN, 193 Mem­ber Coun­tries & Good News Cor­po­ra­tion & Part­ners for the Inter­na­tion­al Day of Peace Requests. As the world faces urgent calls for peace, con­nec­tion, com­pas­sion, and cli­mate con­scious­ness, Peace Day 2025 unfolds across a glob­al week­end of action and aware­ness, begin­ning Fri­day, Sep­tem­ber 19, 2025, in tan­dem with the UN Inter­na­tion­al Day of Peace on Sun­day Sep­tem­ber 21 and Cli­mate Week NYC start­ing on Sep­tem­ber 22. McK­in­sey Co. states 2 Bil­lion Peo­ple are aware of Peace Day.

The week­end begins with a city­wide med­i­ta­tion and Moment of Silence at Noon EST, host­ed at NYC City Hall with May­or Eric Adams, Man­hat­tan Bor­ough Pres­i­dent Mark Levine, and lead­er­ship across key depart­ments — from youth, seniors, vet­er­ans, police, and edu­ca­tion to com­mu­ni­ty, and faith-based ser­vices, and for all NYC & World­wide to join in. Togeth­er, we’ll pause in col­lec­tive still­ness and acti­vate a wave of inten­tion to rip­ple across the globe.

This year’s mes­sage is clear: Peace is not pas­sive. It lives in our choic­es, our com­mu­ni­ties, and our care for one anoth­er and the Earth. All armies, cities, schools, orga­ni­za­tions, and indi­vid­u­als around the world are invit­ed to join in through seri­ous and sim­ple mean­ing­ful acts on Sep­tem­ber 21, 2025, at noon in your local 24 Hour Times Zone, as the Inter­na­tion­al Day of Peace 193 Coun­tries requests.

Cease Fire and Vio­lence Every­where, killing fields, schools, streets, homes…everywhere
Host your own moment of silence at noon in your local time zone on Sep­tem­ber 21, and hon­or the day’s request:
Par­tic­i­pate in human peace signs, prayer, sound heal­ing, com­mu­ni­ty cleanups, or inter­gen­er­a­tional kind­ness actions
Share mes­sages of hope and love on social media using #PeaceDay2025

WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 | 12:00 PM NOONEST Moment/Meditative Minute of Silence
Peace Day 2025 Press Con­fer­ence & Glob­al Med­i­ta­tion, Event 11 AM – 1 PM
NYC City Hall. Fea­tur­ing: May­or Eric Adams, Man­hat­tan Bor­ough Pres­i­dent Mark Levine, Pas­tor Mon­rose, and Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Faith-Based shar­ing a Prayer, Ringo Starr (Vir­tu­al), UN Peace Mes­sen­ger, sym­bol­i­cal­ly vir­tu­al­ly requests the Moment of Silence for the UN. UN Rep­re­sen­ta­tives, Peace Poles & Flags, World Madam, Glob­al Silent Minute, Par­rots for Peace, Hugg-A Plan­ets, Live Per­for­mances: AY Young (UN SDG Glob­al Ambas­sador), Jarvis Smith OMMM Ambassador/Antonique Smith Earth Day Ambas­sador, Sis­ter Jen­na, NYC Praise Youth Dancers. Gior­gia Fuman­ti, Ste­vie Won­der (Vir­tu­al), UN Peace Mes­sen­ger, vir­tu­al­ly request­ing the world to go out and cre­ate peace. A city­wide Moment/Meditative Minute of Silence.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 | 11:30 AM – 5:00 PM EST. HUMAN PEACE SIGN/FLAG CEREMONY
23rd Annu­al Inter­na­tion­al Day of Peace & Cli­mate Week Kick-Off Concert
Times Square (46th–47th Streets). World’s largest Peace Day Con­cert & Broadcast.
Free, fam­i­ly-friend­ly gath­er­ing fea­tur­ing live per­for­mances, spo­ken word, youth voic­es, and calls to cli­mate action.
Pre­sent­ed by Good News Cor­po­ra­tion with part­ners includ­ing OMMM, AY Young & the Bat­tery Tour, EarthDay.org, Cli­mate Week NYC, and more. Go to: www.pausetheworldforpeace.org

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 | 12:00 PM EST – 12:05 PM EST (24 Times Zones Worldwide)
Offi­cial Inter­na­tion­al Day of Peace AI Moment/Meditative Minute of Silence for Peace, World­wide Vir­tu­al and Phys­i­cal Creation/Installation of Peace Poles through­out the Globe, Cease Fire, Acts of Peace…A glob­al broad­cast on www.youtube.com/goodnewsbroadcast, www.pausetheworldforpeace.org, social media, request­ing for the Moment/Meditative Minute of Silence — Led vir­tu­al­ly by Ringo Starr, Rev­erend Paul Slad­kus, All Faiths and Spir­i­tu­al, oth­er hosts, hon­or­ing peace, music, Moth­er Earth and our shared human­i­ty. Peace Pole Ceremony.

SEPTEMBER 22–29, 2025
NYC Cli­mate Week. Events across the city focused on solu­tions, sus­tain­abil­i­ty, and col­lec­tive care. https://www.climateweeknyc.org

Pro­duced by:
Good News Cor­po­ra­tion, OMMM, and AY Young & the Bat­tery Tour with sup­port from the NYC Mayor’s Office and Man­hat­tan Bor­ough Pres­i­dent Mark Levine.

PRESS CONTACT:
Paul Slad­kus | [email protected] | 212-647-1212
www.pausetheworldforpeace.org NOTE: ALL EVENTS WILL BE BROADCAST WORLDWIDE LIVE

Back­ground:
Good News Cor­po­ra­tion – A non­prof­it, est. 2002, pro­duc­ing the Inter­na­tion­al Day of Peace and Earth Day Con­certs since 2002 in Cen­tral Park and Times Square. www.pausetheworldforpeace.org. Our 2025 Earth Day Con­cert had 1.5+ mil­lion live views. WE SEEK 8 BILLION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE.
OMMM, a glob­al plat­form for ele­vat­ing con­scious­ness, con­tin­ues as a key part­ner, sup­port­ing moments of reflec­tion, res­o­nance, and col­lec­tive heal­ing through­out the week­end. www.ommmpresents.com
AY Young & Bat­tery Tour…Soon to hold the World’s Record for Bat­tery Clean Ener­gy Pow­ered Con­certs and World­wide Sus­tain­able Tal­ent. https://www.aymusik.com/

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