Mattie J.T. Stepanek Foundation
Save the date of Saturday, October 2, 2021! We hope you will join us at Lenny’s Market in Americus for our 2nd annual Georgia Peace Day event, “Celebrating Sumter County’s Multigenerational Mosaic of Gifts”!
Find out who our “Celebrating Heartsongs” Contest honorees and special recognition winners are, and view a one-hour special about them that includes birthday messages for Mattie & Jeni!
Volunteers and supporters from across the country attended A “Gathering of Gratitude” in the Mattie J.T. Stepanek Park to celebrate Mattie’s 31st birthday on July 17, 2021.
Dozens of people around the world joined us for an incredible virtual performance by world-renowned magician Chris Dugdale for our July 17th #Toast2Peace to celebrate Mattie’s 31st birthday!
Dr. Kate Cumbo, Executive Director of the PeaceJam Foundation, was our Featured Toastmaster for the April 11, 2021 #Toast2Peace. Learn more about this amazing organization and their work here!
On February 9, we hosted a double-bill of peace events; a Town Hall sponsored by PharmaCentra, and the first #Toast2Peace of 2021 with Featured Toastmaster Sanah Jivani. Learn more about these events here!
We encourage all global neighbors to read Mattie’s poem “For Our World”. Reflect, respond, and reach out with peace!
Millions have been inspired by the late 13-year-old poet and peacemaker, Mattie J.T. Stepanek. Each year on July 17 (his birthday), we want our country to celebrate peace, rooted in Mattie’s life and legacy,through a
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Mattie J.T. Stepanek Foundation, we invite you to participate in a “Kindness Campaign” in 2020.
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