Global Family Day
Global Family Day One Day of Peace and Sharing, is celebrated every January 1[1] in the United States as a global day of peace and sharing. Global Family Day grew out of the United Nations Millennium celebration, "One Day In Peace".[2]
History
[edit]Originally supported in the United States by Linda Grover, the efforts to promote the date included a 1996 children's book One Day In Peace, 2000 by Steve Diamond and also Robert Alan Silverstein, which was translated into 22 languages, and a utopian novel Tree Island by Grover herself.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Global Family Day 2022: History, Significance and All You Need To Know". News18. January 1, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
- ^ "Global Family Day — January 1". National Today. January 1, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
- ^ Sullivan, Patricia (February 27, 2010). "Linda Grover; worked to note Global Family Day; at 76". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 26, 2012.