I found out about the One Sky, One World festival when researching free and inexpensive activities for Mile High on the Cheap. The inspiration was the historic 1985 summit meeting of Presidents Ronald Reagan of the U.S. and Mikhail Gorbachev of the U.S.S.R. that marked a significant step toward peace between the super-powers. The spirit of that meeting inspired One Sky One World (OSOW) founder and Colorado kite maker, Jane Parker-Ambrose to create a kite commemorating this new promise of global harmony, with the flags of the U.S. and U.S.S.R. joined on the face of the kite. Halley's Comet, which revisited the Earth in 1986 for the first time in 76 years, is shown as a portent of peace. On a people-to-people visit to Moscow in the 1985, Jane presented her kite and a letter of friendship signed by some 300 kitefliers from the US, Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom to the Soviet Women's Peace Committee.
This gesture of global goodwill gave birth to the idea for One Sky One World, also known as World Kite Day and always held on the second Sunday of October. Since its inception in October 1986, hundreds of thousands of people have attended One Sky One World events in more than 30 nations. The 24th annual One Sky One World will take place on Sunday, October 11, 2009 -- and for the second time, Denver will be part with a full-day celebration at the Stapleton neighborhood's Central Park. Click here for the schedule of events. Denver joins such other cities as varied as Long Beach, Washington, Minneapolis, Montreal, Medellin and Berlin in flying kites and other kite-ly activities.
The OSOW's mission is to focus individuals and communities around the world on the needs for friendship and peace between all peoples and to protect the environment. The name of the organization expresses this theme and connotes the purpose metaphorically. One Sky One World's organizational purpose is to develop awareness of and respect for human and cultural diversity, nature and the environment at home and around the world. Details of the events in various cities differ, but they include public education in the technology of kites, art, history, and participation in age old practice of flying and building kites generates a greater sense of global community, enjoyment of nature and greater appreciation for all life on earth.
It will provide an opportunity, in these troubled times with wars, nuclear standoffs and natural disasters, for people to spend a few idealistic hours to think of a better, more peaceful world -- and to have a fun time flying kites.
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