FAQ
What is the difference between Peace One Day and Charleston Peace One Day?
Peace One Day is an international, non-profit organisation, based out of England and is the organization that was the catalyst for the United Nations recognizing the need for an International Day of Peace. Charleston Peace One Day is a non-profit organization, impartial and independent of any government, political persuasion, corporation or religious creed. CP1D is NOT an affiliate of Peace One Day, but simply partnering with their ideas for a more peaceful world.
Is Charleston Peace One Day a 501c3, in other words are my donations tax deductible?
CP1D has 501c3 status with the IRS, hence all donations are completely tax deductable. Charleston Peace One Day is a non-profit organization.
Are you an anti-war organization?
CP1D focuses specially on positive peace, which centers around intercultural cooperation, ideas of non-violence training, and peace-building. Negative peace is really seeing peace as the absence of war. Many at CP1D have very strong opinions about war, but the organization itself will put it's time/energy into facets of positive peace building.
You seem to be political at times?
Living in a social context is typically 'always' political to some degree. CP1D is not committed to any one political organization, and would hope that all civic organizations would find CP1D a place for healthy dialogue for what makes a more sustainable and peaceful community.
Is CP1D officially connected to the College of Charleston?
CP1D was literally birthed out of a few sociology classes from the College of Charleston. Today, CP1D is an independent non-profit community organization. The Sociology of Peace classes at the college do provide many volunteers for the festival and other events.
Why One Day?
"To some it’s just a single day. But to us, 21 September is a 24 hour-long platform for life-saving activities around the world and an opportunity for individuals - particularly young people - to become involved in the peace process. 21 September is the UN International Day of Peace, a day of global ceasefire and non-violence: Peace Day." (www.peaceoneday.org) Peace Day is a very important day for South Carolina to connect globally with these life-saving actions, and to be a part of that on-going process of working toward a culture of peace. We want to use "the day" to highlight peace building actions/organizations in our state. However, CP1D is committed to working for peace year round.
Your name seems to indicate that your work is only for those living in the Charleston area?
Well, when we started, we really did only work within the Charleston area, but today CP1D is drawing attention across the state. Last years festival brought attendees from all over the state (and neighboring states), and the upstate will be looking at ways they can celebrate Peace Day in their local area. (more to come) We are committed to educating all of South Carolina in peace-building intiiatves as we continue to grow.
Some say Peace Day is so much more than a big party at the park, please educate me on this?
Well.... actually all over the world Peace Day is set up as a day of non-violence and ceasefire. The goal is actually to stop fighting for "a day" so that life-saving inititatives can take place in war-torn countries. " By 2007, the UN estimated that over 100 million people from all walks of life actively supported Peace Day around the world. That same year, Peace One Day was instrumental in securing the conditions by which mass polio vaccinations could be carried out in Afghanistan on Peace Day; 1.4 million children were vaccinated in some of the most remote areas of the country. And in 2008, an additional 1.6 million were treated. That’s an estimated 3 million children in Afghanistan alone - on Peace Day.
On Peace Day 2008 in Afghanistan the United Nations Department for Safety and Security, which monitors security related incidents, recorded a 70 per cent reduction in violent incidents on the day itself."(www.peaceoneday.org)
Which does, by the way, beg the quetion, "How can we create life-saving initiatives in our OWN state on peace day?"
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