FAQs/Program components

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• Championing the Games' core Mission -- PEACE .

• Celebrating the 'Spirit of the Games' -- peaceful competition conducted in a spirit of excellence, respect, friendship as well as courage, inspiration, equality, and courage.

• Global, biennial, non-political, athlete/volunteer-driven, and PEACE-themed events, programs, and activities in the Games' 'Host Cities' around the globe.  

• OLY/PLY PEACE DAY 202X takes place on the first day of the biennial  IOC/UN-sponsored 'Olympic Truce Period' for each new Games -- a multi-week period that begins 1 week before each Olympic Games and ends 1 week after each Paralympic Games.

• The next OLY/PLY PEACE DAY 202X starts again on Friday January 30, 2026 - 1 week before the Opening Ceremonies of the Milan/Cortina 2026 Olympic Games. For the LA 2028 Games, PEACE DAY falls on Friday, July 23, 2028 ... and so on for the French Alps 2030, Brisbane 2032, and all following Games. 

• Pre-PEACE DAY programs run in conjunction with local Peace partners can occur all year long, including before, during, and after the official Olympic Truce Period.

• OLY/PLY PEACE DAY 202X will start in the 62 'Host Cities' (past and designated; see FAQs below) of the Olympic, Paralympic, and Youth Games -- all working in concert as global PEACE platforms.

• OLY/PLY PEACE DAY 202X will then expand to all cities and communities interested as serving as affiliate PEACE DAY Cities.

• You, everyone, all humanity - Our Games and PEACE PRINCIPLES (see FAQs) belong to the entire world! You do not need to be an Olympian or Paralympian to join us in championing PEACE.

• Host City Teams are made up of diverse stakeholders, including Games' athletes, officials, and volunteers, government officials, PEACE organizations, legacy groups (such as Olympic museums, institutes, foundations, and training sites), as well as local tourism, business, media, sporting, civil society, and schools groups.

• Supporters from anywhere in the world are invited join and support any Host City Team -- if it is a city where they lived, competed, worked...or simple love! 

Sign our Global OLY/PLY PEACE DAY Petition - PEACE MURAL 202X and  join/create a Host City Team here!

• We continue to gather signatures of support for OLY/PLY PEACE DAY 202X. We are now building Host City Teams, events, sponsors, and PEACE partners in every Host City. As with all OLY/PLY dreams, we start small and dream big, growing into something amazing that inspires the world!

Our movements' core Values, Mission, and Vision/Ideals constitute the foundation of Olympic & Paralympic Spirit as well as a framework for ethical, productive, and healthy sport and life alike.

• See the 'TOOLKIT/MATERIALS' section for a downloadable version of the OLY/PLY PEACE PRINCIPLES.

 Local Host City Teams determine the scope of local events and activities based on available resources with the following guidelines:

Milan/Cortina OLY/PLY PEACE DAY 2026 will include the following 'Core Program Events' in every participating Host City:

1. Creation of local Host City Team 
2. Re-lighting an Olympic/Paralympic PEACE FLAME (real or proxy).
3. Official declaration/proclamation of OLY/PLY PEACE PRINCIPLES

Los Angeles OLY/PLY PEACE DAY 2028 will include the following components in all Host Cities (in addition to above 'Core Program Events'):

1. Public display of OLY/PLY PEACE DAY 202X materials.
2. Partnership opportunities (PEACE, media, school/youth, and sponsorship organizations)

Ideas for OLY/PLY PEACE DAY 202X events and venues include:

• Athlete-led gatherings and discussion groups
• PEACE/Torch runs or walks
• City Hall Proclamation readings
• Museum/School/Youth Club Presentations
• Training Center/Sport Club Open Houses
• Parade of Nations celebrations with Youth, Schools, Clubs
• Release of symbolic doves or lanterns
• Music Concerts
• School/Youth PEACE Poster & Poetry Competitions