Run a Peace Feast
There are several ways to run a Peace Feast and different models you can adapt to your own community and setting.
Community Celebration
A ‘Community Celebration’ brings people together from different cultures in the same community. People may have lived side-by-side for years but never had the opportunity to sit down and really get to know people on their street.
A peace feast can change that.
Global Response
The ‘Global Response’ is a compassionate comeback to a crisis in the news. When a nation is hit by a terrorist attack or a natural disaster, a peace feast can be a way of acting in the opposite spirit, of saying to the affected community, ‘We’re here for you.’
Faith and Festivals
The ‘Faith and Festivals’ model is a way of bringing different faiths together to honour and learn about each other. This works well as a two-part Peace Feast, one hosted by a faith community at Eid and a follow-up event at Christmas for example.
A Peace Feast Mini takes the ethos of a Peace Feast and brings it to a smaller group of friends.
Perhaps you’ve made a new friend at a Peace Feast but feel like you’ve only just scratched the surface? Or maybe there’s a neighbour on your street who you want to know better?
A Peace Feast mini could be the next step
Peace Feast Mini
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Running a Peace Feast takes a bit of planning, so we recommend partnering with a local organisation such as a community centre, a school or a faith group, to help with things like selling tickets and promoting the event. Ideally, you could host your Peace Feast with someone from a different culture or faith in your community to really capture and model the vision.
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Peace Feasts are run in line with the values of Bridges for Communities. Please click here to check that you are in agreement with them before organising an event.
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We are here to help. If you’re thinking about running an event and you have some questions, then feel free to contact us and we’d love to support you.
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In general, events need to cover their own costs, and this is normally achieved by selling tickets. You may also consider a ‘Pay it Forward’ scheme so you can invite people on low incomes. Please see the Running Guide and resources below for practical tips on this and other topics.
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Whichever model you choose, and however you organise your Peace Feast, think about how you include the three key elements - food, stories & friendship.