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Coffee Break: International Day of Peace

by Anna Reed

September 21, 2016

What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?
What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?Christopher Juhn for MPR News

September 21 is the International Day of Peace, a day dedicated to the absence of war and violence.

The day was first celebrated in 1982, and has most recently been refocused on peace education, as each year hundreds of students take part in a student observance of Peace Day at the United Nations.

However you celebrate peace day, we want to know: For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that mention peace do you want to hear?

Songs played

Cat Stevens - Peace Train
We Got To Have Peace - Curtis Mayfield
World Peace Is None of Your Business - Morrissey
What the World Needs Now Is Love - Jackie DeShannon
War on War - Wilco
Beware of Darkness - George Harrison
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding - Elvis Costello

Do you deserve a Coffee Break? We at Oake & Riley think you do, and we want to bring coffee and treats from Gigi's Cafe to your workplace. Let us know why you'd like a Coffee Break - or request your own idea for a future topic.

Coffee Break: International Day of Peace