FREE HUGS for World Peace

September 21 was International Day of Peace.  We organized an event that took place in cities all over the world.  People did FREE HUG events for WORLD PEACE as a world-wide peace demonstration.   Facebook Page: Free Hugs for World Peace!  

WATCH THE COMPLETED VIDEO HERE!


Thank you to all of the people listed below!

Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal
Sara Sá (organizer)

Boise, Idaho, U.S.A.
Rio Godfrey (organizer)

Braga, Portugal 
Project Convergence/Projecto Convergências
-Associação Famílias-
Benedita Aguiar (organizer)
Daniela Monteiro (organizer)
Regina Sequeira (organizer)

Brasília, Brazil
Ivo Diniz (organizer)       Kaymmy Schineider
Alessandro Maia             Lucas Phelipe
Ana Luísa                   Lúh Karan
Annita Caetano              Lukas Moraes
Bruna Beatriz               Starlle Laysla
Felipe Monteiro             Tais Ramos
Giselle Cappellesso         Thiago Jesus

Charleston, Illinois
Jerry Woodle (organizer)

Covilhã, Portugal
Zé Gonçalves (organizer)

Donetsk, Ukraine
Olga Landik (organizer)

Elista, Russia
Gelya Vladimirova (organizer)

Esposende, Portugal
Fernando Moinho (organizer)
Ana Carvalho                Emilia Soares
Filipa Maciel               Nuno Gomes
Celso Vilas (videographer/photographer)
Rosa Torres (videographer/photographer)

Faro, Algarve, Portugal
Carolina Sanina and friends         Dora Alcaria
Eliana Calixto                      Flávia Carlini
Grace Lyndley                       Melita Gonçalves
Noélia Tomás                        Rebeca Thais
Sofia Justino
João Geraldo of Take5 (videographer/photographer)

Guaratinguetá, Brazil
Alex Oliveira                       Anne Luka
Daniela Lugosi                      Daniel Henrique
Douglas H. Miesterludi              Fefê Sanchez
Jessica Araujo                      Juliano Henrique
Wesley Augusto
Douglas H. Miesterludi (videographer/photographer)
Anne Luka (videographer/photographer)
Jessica Araujo (videographer/photographer)

Hamburg, Germany
Björn Malow (organizer)

Itapetininga, São Paulo, Brazil
Lara Formaggi (organizer)

Jeollanamdo, South Korea
Patricia Barclay (organizer)

Kirkland, Washington, U.S.A.
Julie Ritter (organizer)            Shawn Ritter
Christopher Kristiansen             Lucas Kristiansen
Lene Kristiansen                    Chaz Evers
Matt Nelson                         Alaina Sanders

Kirovograd, Ukraine
(no video/photos available)
Lynae (Organizer, Peace Corps Volunteer)
Angela (Peace Corps Volunteer)
Jasmin (Peace Corps Volunteer)
Rob (Peace Corps Volunteer)

Kuta, Bali, Indonesia
Gary Tubbs (videographer/signs)
John Primeau (marketing/flowers)
Agus Riyadi                        Devi Junita
Donie Cassidy                      Gary Chamberlain
Joe Juan Joe                       Wulan Anggraeni

Lahore, Pakistan
Heal Pakistan Team Members
www.facebook.com/healpak

Lisbon, Portugal
Ana Monteiro                       Ana Patrícia
Andrey Khavro                      Flávia Warner
Francisco Picado                   Greg Branco
Janette Soeiro                     Kátia Pico
Mariana de Castro                  Mariana Rações
Nuno Castanho                      Patrícia Pico
Pedro Duarte                       Rita Rego
Tânia Sá                           Vítor Antunes

Luxembourg
Diana de Abreu                     Tânia Pereira
Filipa Pereira (videographer)      Tiago Marinheiro (videographer)

Mansfield Center, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Eaglemoon Raes                     Jane Frogley
Kim Bova 
Catherine Cella (videographer/photographer) 
http://www.joyfulreflectionsphotography.com

Maple Falls, Washington, U.S.A.
Kathy Goldsmith                    Rebecca Boonstra

Marietta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Dr. Rossee McLellan                Mark Buhrke
Ben Hopper (videographer)

Matosinhos, Portugal
Bebiana Cunha                      Bruno Alves
Cátia Pires                        Daniel Sousa 
Diogo Machado                      Eliana Gomes
Gil Branco                         Inês Gaspar
Inês Monteiro                      Irina Silva
Joana Sá                           João Martins
João Santos                        Kateryna Silva
Maria Anastácio                    Nuno Ferreira
Rita Fortuna                       Rodrigo Oliveira
Rute Anastácio                     Sara Monteiro
Sara Nogueira                      Tomé Taveira
Vanessa Penso
Fábio Santos (videographer/photographer)

Milan, Italy
Alessandro Venturi                 Alessio Prosperi
Benedetto Di Marco                 Gianluca Sgattoni
Giordano Iacono                    Giovanni De Masi
Valeria Nucera
...and many others...

Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Grace Morgan                      Susu Jeffrey
Lorri Brunette                    Karen Nelson
TheUptake.org - Bill Sorem (videographer)

Montreal, Canada
Carl Ruscica (videographer)

Moscow, Russia
Bova Ilzhieva (organizer)

Mumbai, India
Vinit Mehta (organizer)
Farhan Sayed (photographer)
Aditi Mukherjee (videographer)

New Zealand
Suzi McMaster Wallis               Renee Ryder
Melanie Summer                     Mariken De Vries
Deb Wharfe 

Ofunato, Iwate, Japan
(event held on Sep. 11)
Yasuo Yamada (organizer)
Vincent Marx
Takashi Fukuda
Takayuki Sato (photographer)

Okinawa, Japan
Jeff El-Bdour (organizer)          Akari El-Bdour
Haruna El-Bdour                    Herbert Gray
Koko El-Bdour                      Tsubasa El-Bdour

Paranaque City, Philippines
Rain Vastine (organizer)           Danica Bartolome
Eiman Bartolome                    Marissa Beltran
Street Children                    Eiman Bartolome (photographer)

Penafiel, Portugal
Jorge Mendes (organizer)

Peso da Régua, Portugal
(no video/photos available)
Bernardo Cardoso                   Rangel Coutinho

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania U.S.A. 
(no video/photos available)
Debbi Thompson Wagner (organizer)

Pombal, Portugal
Ana Rosa (organizer)

Portimão, Algarve, Portugal
Ana (videographer)                 Avani Ancok
Benjamin Mattes                    Deva Shamin
Estrelinha Ariana (Baby)           Paula Patricia
Susana

Recife, Brazil
Fátima Cardoso
Fabianne Borges do Nascimento

Rijeka, Croatia
Anna Permondo
Elvis and Slađena from Rijeka
Elvis Vaupotić from Kastav
Gorana from Rovign
Students from Lovran Student Dorm
The Students from Gimnasija, Opatija
Michael Brown from Per un Mondo Migliore (videographer/photographer)

Rio Branco/AC, Brazil
Aline Laurentino                  Davi Maia
Maíra Menezes                     Leandro Brito
Veronica Soares
Fernando Henrique (photographer)

Rio de Janeiro
Marcia Becker
Lerenilda Timoteo da Silva

Rotterdam, Netherlands
Maggie (organizer) http://facebook.com/mfeelingsfmusic
Nikki Van Dijk, sponsored by HEIDEGGER

Salou, Spain
Antonio Fernandez                 Fermin Lafuente
Mar Giner                         Sarah Barberá

Santana do Livramento, Brazil

São José dos Pinhais, Brazil

San Jose, California
(no video/photos available)
Regina Schulz                     Shylynn Barlow

Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
Beverly Graham (organizer), Founding Executive Director of OPERATION: Sack Lunch
http://www.opsacklunch.org
OSL staff: Krista Grimm and Elmer Givens
Meals Partnership manager: Shayne Kraemer
(505) 454-7164
http://www.spirit-speak.org
http://www.beverlygraham.com 
http://www.vibrationalmending.com

Setúbal, Portugal
Sara Quintas (organizer)

Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Vincent Marx (organizer) http://www.1truespirit.com/
Emiko Marx
Masaharu Yamada (photographer)
Hou Jingyu (videographer)
Rika Chan (videographer)

Snoqualmie, Washington, U.S.A.
(held prior to Sep 21 for promotional video)
Julie Ritter (organizer)
Bill and Shawn Ritter
Shannon and Bret Casson
Adrianne, Christopher, Lucas, Lene, Tor, Lilly Kristiansen
Pauline, Kimberly, Tami Anderson
Christie, Amy, Megan Halon
Bob, Jennifer, Zakk, Dillon, Alex Marx
Rosy, Rylan, Cavin, Taron Morrison
Matt Nelson                          Alaina Sanders
Chaz Evers                           Andrew Winkles

Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
Diogo Coehlo (organizer) http://abracosgratis.pt.vu/
Francisco Miguel Costa               Inês Silvaa
Joana Dias                           Margarida Ruela
Rita Nogueira                        Rita Silva
Tatiana Silva                        Ze Cardosao

Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

Washington DC, U.S.A.
Dee Gold (organizer)
Britt Duff                           Bryan Aldeghi
Dee Gold                             Kate Gold

Yakima, Washington, U.S.A.
(held prior to Sep 21 for promotional video)
Bridget Compton             Grace Compton
Isaac Compton               Monica Compton
Amy Halon                   Christie Halon
Megan Halon                 DeeAnn Hanson
Shanya Hanson               Rosemary Morrison
Terren Morrison             Irene Wood



Here are the cities that originally signed up...


Confirmed Cities for FREE HUGS for WORLD PEACE event



Take a look at some of the  FREE HUGS for WORLD PEACE videos for individual cities. They are awesome!

Esposende, Portugal

YouTube Video



Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal

YouTube Video


Tokyo, Japan

YouTube Video



Boise, Idaho, USA

YouTube Video


Matosinhos, Portugal

YouTube Video



Lahore, Pakistan

YouTube Video


Rotterdam, Netherlands

YouTube Video


Snoqualmie, Washington, USA

YouTube Video


Luxembourg

YouTube Video


Montreal, Canada

YouTube Video



The promotional video is also very cool!

 




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