OLYPLY* CITIES ('OPC 28')

Re-light symbolic PEACE flames (real or proxy) on the eve of each   new Olympiad/Paralympiad to highlight their core PEACE Mission. This will be done in unison in all 63 Host Cities on the first day of the biennial 'Olympic Truce' (beginning 1 week before the  Olympic Opening Ceremonies). 

Promote OLYPLY PEACE Values (see link and below) in accessible public events organized by Host City Teams. Led by athletes, mayors, venues, and inspired stakeholders and others and using OPC 28 Materials, these events can happen on one day or throughout the entire Olympic Truce period (or longer if desired).

OPTIONAL: Based on local needs, interests, and resources, Host City Teams can create Add-On Events & Activities for youth, sport clubs, schools, tourists, companies, and others to highlight PEACE as well as the City's unique sites, history, and culture. 

• Host Cities keep Olympic & Paralympic Spirit and Flames alive and vibrant, long after the competitions end and the Games move on. 

• Every two years, Host Cities reignite the magic of hosting the world's most inspiring sporting event, gathering people once again from near and afar to celebrate cherished venues, ideals, and memories. 

• Local OLY/PLY stakeholders - athletes, officials, volunteers, citizens, venues, clubs, businesses, tourism groups, media, PEACE partners, sponsors, and others - come together to create a new, exciting, localized tradition around the Games.

• These local and global communities unite with purpose around a greater cause: building 'a better, more peaceful world' through sport and Fair Play.

• Key assets of the international  Paralympic/Olympic movements - PEOPLE, PLACES, PRINCIPLES - are utilized to their best and fullest. 

• Host Cities serve as enduring, sustaining, and universally-accessible Platforms of PEACE, forever reminding future generations of the Games' core goals, values, and traditions.  

• The Games and Sport are reaffirmed and celebrated as ways to serve PEACE, accessibility, goodwill, community, and humanity. 

• A global celebration of light and inspiration centered on the PEACE-centric SPIRIT OF THE GAMES. 

• Host Cities of the Games  globally united in re-lighting symbolic PEACE flames (STEP 1), organizing public events/venues to promote OLY PLY PEACE Values (STEP 2), and (optional!) designing additional programs and activites based on local needs and preferences (STEP 3). 

• OPC 28 launches at LA28, with activities culminating on Olympic Truce Day --  one week before Olympic Opening Ceremonies.

* 63 and counting as of 2026.

• Work with all Host City Teams to design fun, exciting, and non-political ways that highlight their unique sites, traditions, and experiences.

• Build database and infrastructure to identify, reach, and (re)engage local and global enthusiasts, sponsors, and PEACE partners.

• Get local influencers on board!

•  Support Host City Teams with downloadable, easy-to-use, templated OPC 28 materials.

• We strive to be an independent, athlete-led, locally-driven, universally-accessible, and volunteer-based organization supported by a Global Advisory Board and 4 Regional Organizing Committees.

• Partner with PEACE groups, sponsors, and other Olympic & Paralympic entities (such as the IOC, IPC, NOCs, OCOGs, WOA, WUOC, etc.) and events (such as the June 23 Olympic Day).

• Exchange ideas, questions, and suggestions with enthusiasts like you to make OPC 28 better! (see contact info here).

• OPC's new "Street Medallion" program works with Host Cities to create customized decorative manhole covers celebrating their  OLY PLY PEACE Cities participation.

• Based on the OPC Values Shield, Street Madallions placed in a central meeting place of a Host City tell a story about the locality and promote civic pride through colorful words, images, and designs. 

•  Manhole covers are a familiar sight around the world. In Japan they have become an art form, growing into region-specific attractions used to revitalize local areas and as assets for tourism. 

• What started in the 1980s as a local trend has grown into a countrywide tourist phenomenon.

• Today nearly 95 percent of Japan's 1,780 municipalities sport specially designed covers -- an estimated 6,000 artistic manhole covers nationwide. 

• Interested Host City Teams and corporate sponsors can contact the OPC 28 Team (see below) for more information.