Compassion Games launches global peace call for Sept. 21 ceasefire

Compassion Games: Survival of the Kindest has launched We the People Choose Peace, a global campaign calling for a verified 24-hour ceasefire and day of nonviolence on Sept. 21, the U.N. International Day of Peace. The effort is tied to a wider set of events and partners meant to turn peace from a symbol into a public, coordinated action.

Why it matters: - The campaign asks people, organizations, governments, armed forces and armed groups to support a one-day pause in violence on Sept. 21. - Organizers are trying to make peace a visible public demand, not only a diplomatic decision. - The push aligns with the U.N. International Day of Peace and aims to turn that date into a global demonstration of nonviolence. - Supporters can sign the global call here: Sign the global call.

What happened: - Compassion Games: Survival of the Kindest issued a worldwide call to play on Aug. 13, 2026. - The central campaign is We the People Choose Peace, a call for a verified 24-hour humanitarian pause, ceasefire and day of nonviolence on Sept. 21. - The campaign invites individuals and organizations to add their names, share why they choose peace and spread the message through their communities. - The message asks every party to reciprocate with a ceasefire and nonviolence.

The details: - The campaign frames peace as a shared responsibility across countries, cultures, faiths, communities and generations. - Participants are asked to say: “We choose peace. We call upon those with the authority to choose a ceasefire. And we commit to doing our part to make peace real.” - Jon Ramer, co-founder of Compassion Games, said the effort gives people a way to make collective will visible and call on authority holders to choose a ceasefire. - Chief Phil Lane Jr., founder of Four Worlds International Institute and chair of Compassion Games International, said lasting peace requires right relationship with ourselves, one another, Mother Earth and future generations. - The campaign builds on Jeremy Gilley’s Peace One Day work, which helped establish Sept. 21 as an internationally recognized day of ceasefire and nonviolence. - A second sign-up link is available here: Sign the global call.

Between the lines: - The campaign blends activism, ceremony and community organizing with a broader message that peace must be practiced, not just declared. - Compassion Games describes its model as “co-opetition,” or cooperative play aimed at shared goals and collective victories. - The partnership with Indigenous leaders and organizations signals an effort to ground the campaign in relational and intergenerational ideas of peace. - The push also tries to widen the audience beyond peace advocates by inviting decision-makers, technology partners and local communities into the same effort.

What's next: - Compassion Games and UNITY EARTH are building toward Peace Through Unity Weekend from Sept. 18-21. - The four-day convergence will bring together Indigenous leaders, peacebuilders, communities, spiritual and civic leaders, youth, humanitarian organizations, artists and technology partners. - The weekend will unfold in four stages: Sept. 18 Open the Way, Sept. 19 Come Together, Sept. 20 Live Peace and Sept. 21 Choose Peace. - The 11-Day Global Compassion Challenge will run from Sept. 11-21 as part of the 11 Days of Global Unity. - Additional announcements will highlight Indigenous leadership, participating teams and frontier artificial intelligence labs joining a co-opetition for peace. - More information is available here: Proving Peace Is Possible, Peace Through Unity Weekend, UNITY EARTH and Peace One Day.

The bottom line: - Compassion Games is using Sept. 21 to test whether a global peace message can become a coordinated public action with enough support to matter.