The Fourth Annual 24-Hour Peace Wave

Event Date: 12th July 2025
Location: Online

The Fourth Annual 24-Hour Peace Wave is coming on July 12, 2025.

The peace wave is a 24-hour-long Zoom featuring live peace actions in the streets and squares of the world, moving around the globe with the sun. 

The peace wave visits dozens of locations around the globe and includes rallies, concerts, production of artworks, blood drives, installations of peace poles, dances, speeches, and public demonstrations of all variety.

In 2025 we are encouraging participants to address the need to abolish nuclear weapons.

All parts will have machine-translated captions in Zoom. Some parts will have human voice interpretation.

The Peace Wave will happen on July 12, 2025, from 0:00 to 24:00 UTC. In Japan that is 9 a.m. July 12 to 9 a.m. July 13. In Europe that is 2 a.m. July 12 to 2 a.m. July 13. In U.S. and Canada Eastern Time that is 8 p.m. July 11 to 8 p.m. July 12.

To sign up to watch the Peace Wave, to embed the sign-up on your website, to watch the past three years’ peace waves, and to answer most questions, go to https://24hourpeacewave.org

To discuss including your live event in the Peace Wave, reply to this email.

The Peace Wave is organized by, among many others: International Peace Bureau, Stop the War Coalition Philippines, Gensuikyo, and World BEYOND War.

World BEYOND War is a global network of volunteers, chapters, and affiliated organizations advocating for the abolition of the institution of war.