Ring Your Bell for Peace Day 2025

Our 6th annual Ring Your Bell for Peace Day Zoom event! We joined from temples, schools, workplaces, and homes to hear messages and music and to let our aspirations for peace resound through the sound of bells. Mahalo for joining us!

Two videos shared during the program are already available on other channels. This Ring Your Bell for Peace Day video includes brief editor notes on how to watch the shared videos at the appropriate timepoints in the program. We also include the links here:

Mira Awad - Think of others - Solidarity Project / חשוב על זולתך / فكر بغيرك
   • Mira Awad - Think of others - Solidarity P...   (or http://honpahi.link/peacevideo1 )
Mira Awad YouTube channel
(Shared during the Peace Day program with permission.)

2024 | Alumni Humanitarian Award | Ramona Okumura, BS ’81
https://vimeo.com/954545059 (or http://honpahi.link/peacevideo2 )
UW Medicine on Vimeo
(Ramona spoke at our 2024 Ring Your Bell for Peace Day event and participated in the 2025 Peace Parade in Honokaa on Hawaii Island, where her safe return from Gaza was celebrated.)

** Special Collection **
This year's event included a special collection for two nonprofit groups working in Gaza:
HEAL Palestine -- https://www.healpalestine.org/
World Central Kitchen -- https://wck.org/
100% of donations made to Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii for this special collection (minus any credit card or PayPal fees) will be split evenly between the two groups.
To make a donation:
For online donations, visit http://honpahi.link/peacegive25
You may also send a check made out to "HHMH," with "Peace Day Special Collection" in the memo line, to:
HHMH
Attn: Peace Day Special Collection
1727 Pali Highway
Honolulu, HI 96813

Here is the graphic we shared during the program (includes a QR code): https://hongwanjihawaii.com/wp-conten...

Please join us next year at the 2026 Ring Your Bell for Peace Day event!