Name: 39th Annual World Peace Meditation
Start: 2024-12-31T06:00:00-06:00
End: 2024-12-31T07:00:00-06:00
Location: St. Mark Hope and Peace Lutheran

The Rime Buddhist Center will host the 39th Annual World Peace Meditation, an interfaith gathering on December 31, at 6:00 a.m. (*please arrive by 5:30 a.m.). The program will consist of religious observances from various cultures and faith traditions including Native American smudging, Tibetan Buddhist chanting and meditation, Sufi whirling, devotional music, and the Muslim “call to prayer.” Members of the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council will offer a prayer for peace from each of their faith traditions.
The event will be in-person at St. Marks Hope and Peace Lutheran Church. This event is free and open to everyone.
Bodhisattva Award Winner
A highlight of the event will be the presentation of the Bodhisattva Award to Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equity - MORE2. MORE2 was created in 2004 as a social justice organization representing different faith traditions, cultural backgrounds, races, and economic means. The organization included twelve congregations and has now grown to thirty-two congregations and many individual members. They are united in our commitment to transforming our communities, building a Kansas City area that embraces all people and offers everyone the opportunity to achieve their greatest potential.
Keynote Address
The Keynote address will be given by Judy Ancel. Judy Ancel directed the labor education program at UMKC from 1988 to 2017 when the program was terminated. As a labor educator she taught the skills of organizing and representing workers to union members and to UMKC students. Judy produces the Heartland Labor Forum, a weekly radio program and podcast on community radio KKFI Thursdays at 6pm central time or at kkfi.org. Since 1998 she has been president of the board of the Cross Border Network, a local nonprofit which advocates for the rights of immigrants here and an end to US imperialism in Latin America which is a major cause of forced migration. Judy is a founder and is Organizing Co-Chair of Kansas City Jobs with Justice.