In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Yoko Ono and John Lennon's Bed-In, the organizing committee of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence is organizing the launching of Bed-In activities throughout the world. The announcement will take place on Thursday May 28 at 1:30 at the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal.

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Anne Farrell, coordinator committee organizer, will also be presenting the World March for Peace and Nonviolence at the Canadian Peace Research and Education 2009 Conference and Annual meeting at the Carleton University in Ottawa on May 28.

At the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal event, the organizing committee, will reveal the World March activities that will take place in Canada and Quebec this fall. On this special occasion, important people from the cultural, social and political fields will be on hand talk about their involvement with Peace and Nonviolence:

Mary Deros - Montreal city councilor and member of the executive committee for social and community development,

Manon Barbeau - director and producer of WapiKoni, also at the NFB (National Film Board),

Richard Vachon, director of "Jeunesse Uni" youth center and promoter of the Violence-Free Zone,

Martin Neufeld, "Monsieur Calin" - the Canadian candidate to join the traveling team of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence,

Michel Benoit - member of In Pax, organizers of of the 2009 Montreal Bed-In.

Several prominent Canadians such as: David Suzuki, "The Nature of Things", Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, Bryan Adams, Patrick Watson, former CBC chair, have also endorsed the World March for Peace and Nonviolence.

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