Here It Is: Race & Festival for World Peace

Finally the Race & Festival is upon us. We've got about 500 folks who have registered to run/walk in the morning. (We are currently haggling with the weather genie to hold off the rain.) It'll be a terrific event to celebrate UN Day.

The Festival is ready to roll. We've got artists from India, China, Bolivia and much more. Check out the event map and Festival's artist line up. The whole event is emceed by Pamela Sorensen of Pamela's Punch fame. Figure out your day - here is the schedule:

9am Race Begins
9:30am Festival Begins
10am Awards Ceremony
10:45am Festival Resumes
2pm Festival Concludes

Swing by - we are two blocks from the GWU metro on Pennsylvania at 21st street.

Case Closed: Booker Cashes in on O'Brien

Newark Mayor Cory Booker closed the books on his feud with the Tonight Show's Conan O'Brien last Friday. You can watch the segment and read about O'Brien's donation to a Newark nonprofit as a symbol of lasting peace between the two figures. It was fun while it lasted.

City of Newark vs. Conan

Well, this Friday we'll get resolution to the on-going feud between The Tonight Show's Conan O'Brien and Newark (NJ) mayor Cory Booker. You may recall Booker invoked "the brotherhood" of the sister cities network (so to speak) when O'Brien banned Booker from the Burbank airport and Booker retaliated by banning him from the Newark airport, New Jersey, and ultimately, all of Newark's sister cities.

Mayor Booker appears this Friday on The Tonight Show, so tune-in to NBC for the resolution of this diplomatic crisis.

Sec. Sec. Clinton to Conan & Cory: Give Diplomacy a Chance

Our chief diplomat, Sec. Hillary Clinton, chimed in this evening on the The Tonight Show's Conan O'Brien/Cory Booker feud. It may not be the Dayton Peace Accords, but it feels like the end is near. Brokered peace is possible. Extend that olive branch, Conan.

Booker to Conan: Give Peace a Chance

The discussions between Conan O'Brien & Cory Booker (Mayor of Newark, NJ) continues. Bad video, but really Conan, can't we just get along?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVZKETJ4i_o&NR=1

Conan O'Brien - You've Got Trouble!

NBC's Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien is known for taking on 'important issues' over his career, but he may have stepped a bit too far this time. Conan has been taking on the city of Newark, NJ and Newark Mayor Cory Booker has a few things to say about that and he's invoked the sister cities network. Enjoy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZSSBUWJm0o&feature=player_embedded

Conan, you've got some problems now. You think New Jersey mayors roll together? You wanna be banned from 2,000 sister cities around the globe? Watch yourself.

You're Gonna Need Your Sneakers

I'm inviting blog followers, your friends, your relatives, your neighbors, and all Sister City members to join us on October 24, 2009 for the first-ever Sister Cities International Race & Festival for World Peace. Hosted on UN Day, we'll be hosting this 5K Run/Walk in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, DC. The event is followed by our World Cultures Festival which is free and open to the public. There will be prize giveaways, kids/family activities, food, music, dance, DJs, and tents to explore cultures and countries from around the globe. Sign up for the Race before October 10 and get the best registration rate.

We have concurrent races happening in Fort Worth, TX and Dixon, IL as well as locations in France and Romania.

Aren't DC-based? No problem - register for the Race on our site, we'll send you the event t-shirt, and you can get some friends together to walk that same morning and be part of this inaugural international event.

Got questions? Check us out at http://www.raceforworldpeace.org/. See you on the 24th!