SOCCER IS PLAYED ALL OVER THE WORLD ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE AS AN EXAMPLE OF BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN PEACEFUL CONFLICT RESOLUTION. IF YOU LOVE SOCCER AND WANT PEACE, WATCH THIS VIDEO ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL "ONE DAY ONE GOAL" CAMPAIGN. AND THEN SCROLL DOWN TO SEE HOW YOU CAN HELP SOUTH CAROLINA PARTICIPATE IN THIS INITIATIVE. !




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NEWS ON HOW WE ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE "ONE DAY ONE GOAL" CAMPAIGN, AND HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED

SUAREZ SOCCER SCHOOL SPONSORS SOCCER GAMES AND SOCCI FOR THE 2009 FESTIVAL
Soccer/Futbol matches are played all over the world on the International Day of Peace as a symbol of unity and peaceful conflict resolution. Soccer has had the impact of stopping wars between young people all over the world. Suarez Soccer School agreed to help Charleston join the "ONE DAY ONE GOAL" campaign that was started internationally by putting on soccer games and socci games at the 2009 festival.


WHAT IS SOCCI?
Mission Statement Socci Sport LLC was created to fulfill the highest aspirations of sport: • To promote Peace through Sport • To practice and celebrate the skills and challenges needed for humanity to succeed into the future • We're all in it together; let's make it a good play. It is a multi sport scoring system with a circular goal that permits scoring on all three sides as well as the top making it the worlds first four sided goal. For more information about Suarez Soccer School and Socci please visit www.suarezsoccer.com.

Would you like your soccer club or team to participate in the 3rd Annual Charleston Peace One Day Festival? Contact us!



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More Information about Peace One Day's One Day One Goal Campaign
Supported by PUMA.Peace, uses the Power of the Beautiful Game to Spread the Message of Peace Day The Genesis of an Idea In early 2000, Jeremy Gilley, filmmaker and founder of Peace One Day, was standing on the sidelines of a football (soccer) match in Somalia. Next to him, stood a boy - no older than nine - who was holding a machine gun. Jeremy was struck by the simple fact that football was the only thing in this war-torn country that could overturn conflict and bring people together. While travelling in the Middle East, a few months later, Jeremy heard further tales of two opposing sides coming together in peace on the football pitch. "I realised then that football was the perfect game to play on Peace Day, in a gesture reminiscent of the Christmas Truce, during World War I, when soldiers from both the German and English sides came out of their trenches to play a game of football." ‘One Day One Goal' is Born Jeremy approached Jochen Zeitz, the Chairman and CEO of PUMA, who loved the idea and agreed to come on board. Peace One Day's One Day One Goal initiative, supported by puma.peace, was quickly launched, with a simple aim: to encourage football matches all over the world on 21 September, Peace Day.

Previous Peace Days have seen games played between people from all different age groups, cultures, communities and belief-systems all over the world, uniting people who would normally not play together. In Iraq, the Iraqi army and the Kurdish Peshmerga put down their guns and played in the name of peace. And a team from Tijuana, Mexico, crossed the border to play with a team of schoolchildren in Chula Vista, California. All told, there were over 400 One Day One Goal matches played in 180 countries, on Peace Day 2008, and an estimated 30,000 players took part in the celebration. .

There are already commitments for matches in 181 countries. Here are just a few of the highlights: •Bosnia and Herzegovina: Will hold the finals of a football tournament on 21 September to bring people together from opposite sides of Mostar - one of the cities on the frontline of fighting during the war •Democratic Republic of Congo: Members of the office of the Provincial Parliament, the Governor, and Provincial Ministers - together with the support of the United Nations' Organisation Mission in Congo - are organising two days of activities, culminating with a special One Day One Goal match in Stadium Lumumba. The winner of the match will be presented with the Peace Day Cup. •Mexico: The presidents of Xoloitzcuintles Football Club, a professional squad in Tijuna, and the Chula Vista Learning Community Charter School, in San Diego, California, are organising a special Peace Day match in Xoloitzcuintles' stadium •Peru: The shanty town of Pachacutec, near Lima, is using football as a tool to help change the pattern of violence; One Day One Goal matches will be played by youth who are at-risk or have already joined street gangs in the area •Zimbabwe: One Day One Goal tournaments will be held for youths throughout the nine districts in the Mashonland Province Peace One Day and puma.peace are still hoping to coordinate matches for the remaining 11 UN member states (Austria; Iran; Kiribati; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Myanmar; Nauru; New Zealand; Singapore; Timor-Leste / East Timor; Vanuatu).

So visit the One Day One Goal website, log in, and make your commitment to organize a match. (www.peaceoneday.org/en/take-action/football) Your match can be played anywhere: a major stadium; a local pitch; in a park; in the street; your garden at home; or, maybe even the beach. All you need to participate is a ball and an open patch of land. And encourage others to join in by asking your friends, family, colleagues or classmates. If people don't want to play, they can be involved in other ways - every match needs supporters, a referee, and refreshments. Celebrate cooperation, unity, and the power of football - ‘the beautiful game' - to bring people together on Peace Day! For additional information, please email the One Day One Goal team at: web@peaceoneday.org

Goals for 2010: In the year of the first-ever FIFA World Cup to be held in Africa, Peace One Day wants to build on the fantastic success of our 2009 One Day One Goal campaign. Peace One Day's priorities for 2010 are:

192 UN MEMBER STATES •In 2010 we will be working to repeat the success of our 2009 campaign to instigate at least one football match in every United Nations Member State on Peace Day and increase the number of matches within each of those countries.

UNITY MATCHES •Manifest as many matches as we can that focus on using football to resolve conflict.

AFRICA •Arrange hundreds of matches across Africa celebrating football's power to unite the continent in the year of Africa's first ever World Cup. (posted from www.peaceoneday.org)