Days of Peace and Nonviolence (September 6 - 28, 2025)Copyrighted
September 2, 2025
City of Dubuque PROCLAMATIONS # 2.
City Council
ITEM TITLE: Days of Peace and Nonviolence (September 6 - 28, 2025)
SUMMARY: On behalf of the Dubuque International Day of Peace
Coordinating Committee.
SUGGUESTED
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Proclamation
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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the issue of peace embraces the deepest hopes of all peoples, and remains humanity's
guiding inspiration; In 1981, the United Nations proclaimed the International Day of
Peace be "devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace both
within and among all nations and peoples;" and
WHEREAS, the United Nations expanded the observance of the International Day of Peace in 2001
to include the call for a day of global ceasefire and non -violence, and invited all nations
and people to honor a cessation of hostilities for the duration of the Day of Peace; and
WHEREAS, there is growing support within our nation for the observance of the International Day
of Peace, including a group of Dubuque -area residents inviting all to create a culture
of peace by participating in a city-wide celebration from Friday September 6th to
Saturday September 27th; and
WHEREAS, local and global violence impels all residents to work toward converting humanity's
noblest aspirations for world peace into a practical reality. It is possible to see our
community and world turn from violent to nonviolent solutions within our lifetimes; and
WHEREAS, the Dubuque Day of Peace organizing committee's 2025 focus will be "Persistence: A
Pathway to Peace" with a keynote by Marie Dennis on Monday, September 22nd from
7-8:30 pm in the Alumni Campus Center at Loras College.
NOW THEREFORE, I, BRAD CAVANAGH, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, STAFF AND RESIDENTS OF DUBUQUE DO HEREBY
RECOGNIZE THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
AND PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 6 TO 28 AS DAYS OF PEACE AND
NONVIOLENCE
IN THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA AND CALL UPON THE RESIDENTS OF DUBUQUE TO
FURTHER AFFIRM A VISION OF OUR WORLD AT PEACE BY FOSTERING COOPERATION
BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND NATIONS.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Great Seal of the
City of Dubuque to be affixed 2nd day of
September 2025
Brad Cavanagh, Mayor
Attest:
Adrienne Breitfelder, City Clerk
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2024 & 2023: Submitted by R.R.S. Stewart of the Dubuque Community Police Relations
Committee, Dubuque for Refugee Children and Dubuque Branch NAACP on behalf of the
Dubuque International Day of Peace Coordinating Committee To Be Accepted by: Art Roche &
R.R.S. Stewart (Day of Peace Committee)
2022 & 2021: Submitted by R.R.S. Stewart of the Dubuque Community Police Relations
Committee, Dubuque for Refugee Children and Dubuque Branch NAACP on behalf of the
Dubuque International Day of Peace Coordinating Committee To Be Accepted by: Art Roche &
R.R.S. Stewart (Day of Peace Committee)
2020 & 2019: Submitted by R.R.S. Stewart of the Dubuque Community Police Relations
Committee, Dubuque for Refugee Children and Dubuque Branch NAACP on behalf of the
Dubuque International Day of Peace Coordinating Committee To Be Accepted by: Barb Ilten
(DoP Committee)
2018: Submitted by R.R.S. Stewart of the Dubuque Community Police Relations Committee,
Dubuque for Refugee Children and Dubuque Branch NAACP on behalf of the Dubuque
International Day of Peace Coordinating Committee To Be Accepted by: Art Roche, Barb Ilten,
DoP & R.R.S. Stewart (DoP Committee)
2017: Submitted by R.R.S. Stewart of the Dubuque Community Police Relations Committee,
Dubuque for Refugee Children and Dubuque Branch NAACP on behalf of the Dubuque
International Day of Peace Coordinating Committee To Be Accepted by: Judy Schmidt & R.R.S.
Stewart (DoP Committee)
2016: Submitted by R.R.S. Stewart of the City of Dubuque Transit Advisory Board, Dubuque for
Refugee Children and Dubuque Branch NAACP on behalf of the Dubuque International Day of
Peace Coordinating Committee To Be Accepted by: Evelyn Nadeau (DoP Committee)
2015: Submitted by R.R.S. Stewart of the City of Dubuque Transit Advisory Board, Dubuque for
Refugee Children and Dubuque Branch NAACP on behalf of the Dubuque International Day of
Peace Coordinating Committee To Be Accepted by: Art Roche (DoP Committee)
2014: Submitted by Vice -Chair R.R.S. Stewart of the Dubuque Human Rights Commission
(DHRC) on behalf of the Dubuque International Day of Peace Coordinating Committee To Be
Accepted by: Kathy Sutton (Dubuque Day of Peace organizing committee) and representatives of
DHRC, This is How we BBQ in DBQ, and Dubuque Branch NAACP.
2013: Submitted by Vice -Chair R.R.S. Stewart of the Dubuque Human Rights Commission
(DHRC) on behalf of the Dubuque International Day of Peace Coordinating Committee To Be
Accepted by: Kathy Sutton (Dubuque Day of Peace organizing committee), Anthony Allen of
DHRC, the Multicultural Family Center, NAACP and the Jule (Dubuque Transit) Advisory Board.
2012 & 2011: Submitted by Michelle Balek, OSF on behalf of the Dubuque International Day of
Peace Coordinating Committee. Accepted by: Sr. Amy Golm, BVM (IDP Coordinating Committee)
and representatives of the Speak Your Peace Initiative, the Dubuque Human Rights Commission,
faces&voices, the Multicultural Family Center, Dubuque Branch NAACP and the Dubuque Transit
Authority Advisory Board.
2010: Submitted by Human Rights Director Kelly Larson on behalf of Dubuque's International
Day of Peace Coordinating Committee. Accepted by Sr. Dolores Ullrich and representatives.
2009: Submitted by the Leadership Team of the Sisters of St. Francis, 3390 Windsor Avenue.
Accepted by Sr. Pat Farrell with 2 originals going to the Sisters of St. Francis and
International Day of Peace NGO Committee, PO Box 340, Roosevelt, NJ 08555-0340
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