Events

Events 2024

  • Sixty-eighth Session on the Commission on the Status of Women
    Date: March 11 – 22, 2024
    Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York (view on webtv.un.org/)
    Theme: “Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective.”
  • World Water Day Campaign
    Date: March 22, 2024
    Location: United Nations Headquarters, Worldwide, Sunray NGO. www.worldwaterday.org/
    Theme: “Leveraging Water for Peace”
  • International Mother Earth Day
    Date: April 22, 2024
    Location: Worldwide www.un.org/en/events/motherearthday/
    Theme: International Mother Earth Day provides an opportunity to raise global public awareness of the challenges to the well-being of the planet and all the life it supports. The Day also recognizes a collective responsibility, as called for in the 1992 Rio Declaration, to promote harmony with nature and the Earth, to achieve a just balance among the economic, social, and environmental needs of the present and future generations of humanity. Let’s promote harmony with nature and the Earth. Join the global movement to restore our world!
  • Twenty Third Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
    Date: April 15 – 26, 2024
    Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York (view on webtv.un.org/)
    Theme: “Enhancing Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination in the context of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: emphasizing the voices of Indigenous youth.”
  • Sunray Peacekeeper Teachings
    Date: April 12/13 – 14, 2024
    Host: Sunray Meditation Society
    Location: Sunray Peace Village, Lincoln VT, Residential at Aletheia Springs – Glen Ellen, Ca. (aletheiasprings.com) and on Zoom.
    Theme: Dance of Appreciation: Heartfelt Appreciation for the Gifts of Life – The mind chooses and selects, and the heart realizes the gifts received.
  • 40th Annual Native American Elders and Youth Gathering
    Date: July 26 – 28, 2024
    Host: Sunray Meditation Society
    Location: Sunray Peace Village, Lincoln VT and online
  • International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
    Date: August 9, 2024
    Location: UN Headquarters, New York and globally (view on webtv.un.org/)
  • International Day of Peace
    Date: September 21, 2024
    Location: UN Headquarters, globally and online
    Theme: “Actions for Peace: Our Commitment to the Global Goals”, a summons that underscores our joint and individual duties to nurture peace.

Events 2023

  • Sixty-seventh Session on the Commission on the Status of Women
    Date: March 6 – 17, 2023
    Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York (view on webtv.un.org/)
    Theme: “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.”
  • World Water Day Campaign
    Date: March 22, 2023
    Location: United Nations Headquarters, Worldwide, Sunray NGO. www.worldwaterday.org/
    Theme: “Accelerating Change”
  • International Mother Earth Day
    Date: April 22, 2023
    Location: Worldwide www.un.org/en/events/motherearthday/Theme: “Invest in our Planet” highlights the urgent need for global action to address climate change and its impact on our ecosystems and natural resources. It also underscores the importance of engaging governments, institutions, businesses, and people worldwide to play their part. Join the global movement to restore our world!
  • Twenty-second Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues(UNPFII)
    Date: April 17 – 28, 2023
    Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York (view on webtv.un.org/)
    Theme: “Indigenous Peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change: a rights-based approach.”
    Side event: Indigenous Worldviews on Plants: Human and Planetary Health
    Speakers:
    *Chenae Bullock – Shinnecock tribal member, Author on plant medicines, Indigenous, water protector, cultural preservationist and humanitarian
    *Father Ignatius Soreng – Khadia tribe, Catholic priest, Director of Tribal Cultural and Research Center, Orisha, India; involved in tribal life
    *Dr. Ben Geboe – Yankton Sioux tribe, Licensed Social worker, Executive Director, American Indian Community House NYC
    *Dr. Rafael LaTorre – Doctor of Internal Medicine, pioneer of integrative health models in Haiti and with Indigenous peoples of Colombia.
  • Sunray Peacekeeper Teachings
    Date: May 20 – 21 and Oct. 28 – 29, 2023
    Host: Sunray Meditation Society
    Location: Sunray Peace Village, Lincoln VT, California and online
    Theme:  Spring – The Power of Speech: Cultivating the Voice of Inspiration, Cooperation and Manifesting Wisdom and Skill; Fall – Transforming through kindness to the body you wear. Transforming the sorrows of the past to being fully present in the now
  • 39th Annual Native American Elders and Youth Gathering
    Date: July 28 – 31, 2023
    Host: Sunray Meditation Society
    Location: Sunray Peace Village, Lincoln VT and online
    Theme: “The Power of Sound and Thought Revealing Luminous Clarity” – Update on Sunray NGO at the United Nations
  • International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
    Date: August 9, 2023
    Location: UN Headquarters, New York and globally (view on webtv.un.org/)
    Theme: “Indigenous youth as agents of change for self-determination”
  • International Day of Peace and Peace Week
    Date: September 16 – 23, 2023
    Hosts: Sunray Meditation Society – UN and with World Unity Week/Unity Earth
    Location: UN Headquarters, globally and Online – Videos available online UN and Unity Earth
    Theme: Actions for Peace: Our Ambition for the Global Goals, New Earth Rising

Events 2022

  • Sixty-sixth Session on the Commission on the Status of Women
    Date: March 14-25, 2022
    Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York (view on webtv.un.org/)
    Theme: Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes.
    Parallel Event
    Date: March 15, 2022 12:00-1:30 PM EDT
    Location: Sunray NGO
    Indigenous Women – Wise Protectors of Mother Earth Leading Climate Action
  • World Water Day Campaign
    Date: March 22, 2022
    Location: United Nations Headquarters, Worldwide, Sunray NGO, Sunray California, Vermont. www.worldwaterday.org/
    Theme: Groundwater – Making the Invisible Visible
  • International Mother Earth Day
    Date: April 22, 2022
    Location: Worldwide www.un.org/en/events/motherearthday/
    Theme: Invest In Our Planet
  • Twenty First Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
    Date: April 26 – May 6, 2022
    Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York (view on webtv.un.org/)
    Theme: Indigenous peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligence including free, prior and informed consent
  • Sunray Peacekeeper Teachings
    Date: March 19-20, October 22-23, 2022
    Host: Sunray Meditation Society
    Location: Sunray Peace Village, Lincoln VT and online
  • 38th Annual Native American Elders Gathering
    Date: July 29-31, 2022
    Host: Sunray Meditation Society
    Location: Sunray Peace Village, Lincoln VT and online
  • International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
    Date: August 9, 2022
    Location: UN Headquarters, New York and globally (view on webtv.un.org/)
  • International Day of Peace
    Date: September 21, 2022
    Location: UN Headquarters and globally

Events 2021

  • Sixty-fifth Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
    Date: March 15 – 26, 2021
    Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York (view on webtv.un.org/)
    Theme: Women in Public Life – Equal Participation in Decision-Making

Events 2020

  • Sixty-fourth Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
    Date: March 9 – 22, 2020
    Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York (view on webtv.un.org/)
    Theme: Beijing + 25: Realizing Gender Equality and the Empowerment of all Women and Girls
  • Sunray Peacekeeper Teachings
    Date: May 16-17, 2020
    Host: Sunray Meditation Society
    Location: Sunray Peace Village, Lincoln VT and online
  • 36th Annual Native American Elders Gathering
    Date: July 24-26, 2020
    Heart Resonance: Our Song of life conveyed through waves and conversation with the universes
    Host: Sunray Meditation Society
    Location: Sunray Peace Village, Lincoln VT
  • International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
    Date: August 9, 2020
    Location: UN Headquarters, New York and globally
  • International Day of Peace
    Date: September 21, 2020
    Location: UN Headquarters and globally

Events 2019

2019 is the International Year of Indigenous Languages
  • Sixty-third Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
    Date: March 11 – 22, 2019
    Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York (view on webtv.un.org/)
    Theme: Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
  • World Water Day Campaign
    Date:     March 22, 2019
    Location: Sunray Peace Village, Lincoln VT,  local communities, United Nations Headquarters, Global celebrations.
    www.worldwaterday.org/
    Theme: Leaving no one behind
  • International Mother Earth Day
    Date: April 22, 2019
    Location: Global and Local – Mother Earth Day 2019 is celebrated in more that 193 countries each year.
    Theme:This Day recognizes a collective responsibility to promote harmony with nature and the Earth to achieve a just balance among the economic, social and environmental needs of present and future generations of humanity.International Mother Earth Day provides an opportunity to raise public awareness around the world to the challenges regarding the well-being of the planet and all the life it supports.
    http://www.un.org/en/events/motherearthday/index.shtml
  • Eighteenth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
    Date:     April 22- May 3, 2019
    Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York (view on webtv.un.org/)
    Theme: Indigenous Peoples’ Collective Rights to Lands, Territories and Resources
  • Sunray Peacekeeper Teachings
    Date: May 18-19, 2019
    Host: Sunray Meditation Society
    Location: Sunray Peace Village, Lincoln VT and online
  • 35th Annual Native American Elders Gathering
    Date: July 26-28, 2019
    Host: Sunray Meditation Society
    Location: Sunray Peace Village, Lincoln VT
  • International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
    Date: August 9, 2019
    Location: UN Headquarters, New York and globally
  • International Day of Peace
    Date: September 21, 2019
    Location: UN Headquarters and globally