People are being asked to observe a minute’s silence tomorrow to mark International Day of Peace.Imagine Bermuda is planning to stage events tomorrow to celebrate the day, which was created by the United Nations, with a programme at City Hall including local artists performing music and poetry. British reggae vocalist Maxi Priest will also be in attendance.The group made the announcement on Wednesday when they were joined on the steps of City Hall by representatives from the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, Bermuda Employers Council, Bermuda High School for Girls, Bermuda Trade Union Congress, Bermuda Union of Teachers, CedarBridge Academy, the John Lennon Tribute Concert Committee, Spanish Town and the Christian and Muslim faiths.A spokesman for Imagine Bermuda said it was asking everyone to observe one minute of silence at noon tomorrow.“We stand here together representing employers and unions, Christians and Muslims, young and old, town and country; symbolic of the fact that peace is based on maintaining deep respect for others in the face of any differences.“While the international observance will bring attention to the numerous open global conflicts often portrayed in the media, there is relevance to us in Bermuda. Each of us has a role to play in bringing peace to our family, our neighbourhood, our island and our world. But to start, we can all affirm: ‘let peace begin with me.’”Bermuda High School student Jessica Sinclair, 15, shared what peace meant to her and how her school plans to celebrate the day.“To me world peace means obviously no war, no fighting, no violence — coming together; understanding each other’s cultures,” said Ms Sinclair.She added: “At my school we have something called International Day, which is now called Round Square Day, and it’s basically celebrating countries around the world and understanding them. I think when people learn about countries then they’ll understand their differences and people [will] come together.”CedarBridge Academy head boy, Breon Neverson, 17, also shared his school’s plans for the observed peace day.“At CedarBridge we’re having a flag ceremony,” said Mr Neverson. He explained that the flag ceremony is an annual event where the flag symbolises a “new year of peace”. During the ceremony, the flag from the previous year is replaced with a new flag.He added: “World peace day is a symbol that we all need to get along. Not that we all do get along, but it’s a step towards progress that we actually have something like world peace day.”Imagine Bermuda encouraged all schools, churches and other organisations to join in on the festivities on Friday, saying that “each one can play a part by taking a step towards building peace with one other person in our lives”.