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.  

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

Esposende, Portugal

Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal

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)

Tokyo, Japan

Boise, Idaho, USA

Kirkland, Washington, U.S.A.

Julie Ritter (organizer)            Shawn Ritter

Christopher Kristiansen             Lucas Kristiansen

Lene Kristiansen                    Chaz Evers

Matt Nelson                         Alaina Sanders

Matosinhos, Portugal

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

Lahore, Pakistan

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)

Rotterdam, Netherlands

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)

Snoqualmie, Washington, USA

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

Luxembourg

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

Montreal, Canada

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

The promotional video is also very cool!

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...UGS for WORLD PEACE event