Janay' Lee
International Day of Happiness is celebrated on March 20th. The day was founded by Jayme Illien on June 28, 2012 when the United Nations assembled the UN resolution. On the day of happiness, it is usually celebrated by celebrities, public figures, as well as government organizations.
For example, on 2013, it was celebrated by Ndaba Mandela with ceremonies and celebrations. Pharrell Williams created the song “Happy” in light of this day. He urged people to make the a video response to the song, this made it crowdsourcing act quickly made the song a big hit. In 2015, Pharrell made a speech at the United Nations assembly. Google took part in International Day of Happiness by creating a homepage which had 3.5 billion impressions.
On April 2, 2012, the United Nations hosted the first high level of meeting on happiness and well being that defines the three pillars of sustainment. The three pillars of sustainment were social, economic, and environmental well being. Together, those three pillars define the meaning of global happiness. The goal of the happiness day is to pursuit happiness and a “fundamental human goal.” Prior from International Day of Happiness, there was “I want you to be happy day.” It was similar to International Day of Happiness, the main goal of the “Happy Day” is to put a smile on someone’s face.
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