Global Family Day

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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

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]

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References

  1. "Global Family Day 2022: History, Significance and All You Need To Know". News18. January 1, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  2. "Global Family Day — January 1". National Today. January 1, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  3. Sullivan, Patricia (February 27, 2010). "Linda Grover; worked to note Global Family Day; at 76". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 26, 2012.