11 Days to Prove Peace Is Possible
A global co-opetition and mass collaboration for peace
September 11–21, 2026
What if, for eleven days, we brought together every form of intelligence—human wisdom, lived experience, trusted relationships, organizational capability and artificial intelligence—in service to one shared purpose?
Compassion Games: Survival of the Kindest invites teams and people everywhere to take part in 11 Days to Prove Peace Is Possible
Together, we will contribute distinct capabilities, undertake meaningful missions and share what we learn in pursuit of a collective win:
meaningful progress toward a verified 24-hour global cease-fire and day of nonviolence on September 21, the United Nations International Day of Peace.
Compete to contribute. Collaborate to accomplish what none of us can achieve alone.
The Invitation
Peace is not created by a single institution, technology, government or movement. It emerges through the courageous work of people and organizations—and through our ability to connect what we know, what we have and what we can do.
Across the world, peacebuilders, affected communities, humanitarian organizations, Indigenous leaders, faith communities, technologists, educators, artists, funders, media, governments and global citizens are already carrying essential pieces of the work.
During September 11–21, we are inviting these many efforts to become more visible, connected, consequential and generative.
This is not a competition to defeat one another. It is a global co-opetition that calls forward our highest capabilities in service to life. Teams distinguish themselves through what they contribute while collaborating around locally informed priorities and a shared goal.
Everyone has something to offer. Every contribution can strengthen the whole.
How to Play
1. Form a team
A team can be an existing organization, an informal group, a network, a company, a community—or a few people who choose to act together. Teams may participate locally, globally or in support of one of the four conflict focus areas.
2. Declare a mission
Bring forward one mission you want to advance during the 11 Days. A mission might meet an urgent need, remove a barrier, strengthen an existing program, build a critical partnership, conduct research, make an important story visible or open a new pathway toward peace.
The mission does not need to be completed within eleven days, but the team should be able to move it forward in a tangible and measurable way.
3. Mobilize support
Identify what would help: funding, volunteers, research, technology, strategic introductions, media attention, humanitarian assistance, diplomatic support or another capability.
The wider team of teams can then organize around needs identified by the people closest to the work.
4. Share the harvest
Teams will be invited to share progress, learning, discoveries and next steps. Each contribution becomes part of a growing body of Peace Intelligence that can strengthen other missions and future efforts.
Peace in All Directions
Lasting peace requires movement from every direction:
- Bottom-up: people and communities choosing peace and practicing nonviolence.
- Top-down: leaders and institutions using their authority and influence to open pathways toward cease-fire and cooperation.
- Outside-in: affected communities, peacebuilders, humanitarian organizations and civil society bringing essential knowledge and trusted relationships.
- Inside-out: individuals cultivating the courage, compassion and inner capacity required to transform conflict.
At the center is a shared commitment: intelligence in service to life.
Four Conflict Focus Areas
The 11 Days will give focused attention to four conflict zones:
- Israel–Palestine/Gaza
- Ukraine–Russia
- Sudan
- Iran–US–Israel
Peace Intelligence Dossiers are being developed to help identify what is happening, who is affected, who is already working for peace, what keeps each conflict going, what openings exist now, which relationships and capabilities could be connected, and which moves may be worth making.
These dossiers are working documents—not declarations about the priorities or relationships of the organizations they reference. They are invitations for affected communities and practitioners to correct, deepen and guide the intelligence.
The Peace Intelligence Platform
Four connected elements will support the work:
Global Co-opetition
Teams contribute different strengths and undertake distinct missions in service to a shared purpose.
Mass Collaboration
Participants share intelligence, relationships, resources and learning so that every useful contribution can strengthen the whole.
The Peace Intelligence Room
A live, synchronous space during the 11 Days for mission collaboration, conflict-focused conversations, Open Space sessions, intelligence briefings, reflection and daily harvests.
The Peace Intelligence Commons
The living, asynchronous home of the initiative inside **One World**—where people can explore the Peace Intelligence Library, discover missions, find collaborators, share resources and preserve what we learn together.
The Compassion Games website offers the public invitation. The Peace Intelligence Commons is where the living work connects and grows.
Three Ways to Enter
Bring a Team Mission
If your organization, network or group has work that could be meaningfully advanced during the 11 Days, declare a mission and tell us what support would help.
Enter the Peace Intelligence Commons
Explore the growing intelligence, connect with other participants and find a mission or collaboration that calls to you.
Choose Peace as One of We the People
You do not need to represent an organization to participate. Every person can make a commitment to nonviolence, take compassionate action and add their voice to the global call for peace.
Explore the Vision
- Shared Intelligence in Service to Life — How connecting independent peace efforts can create a collective multiplier.
- The Peace Intelligence Platform — The four-part architecture supporting the 11 Days.
- Competing to Contribute, Collaborating to Win — A new relationship between competition and collaboration.
- Peace in All Directions — Why peace must move from the bottom up, top down, outside in and inside out.
- Peace Synergy Dossier: Israel–Palestine/Gaza — A working example of shared intelligence revealing potential pathways for cooperation.
- Watch: 11 Days to Prove Peace Is Possible — A challenge to frontier AI labs and an invitation to the wider world.
The Game Is On
Humanity does not lack intelligence, courage or care. Too often, these capacities remain fragmented and disconnected.
For eleven days, we have an opportunity to discover what becomes possible when we make our efforts visible to one another, connect needs with capabilities and organize our intelligence in service to life.
No single team can prove peace is possible alone. Together, we can make the work already underway more visible, strengthen what is working and take meaningful steps toward the peace our world urgently needs.
