World Heritage Week
World Heritage Week is a celebration of the World Heritage City Designation of Philadelphia. The city of Philadelphia declared World Heritage Day on the last Thursday of May to celebrate Philadelphia's World Heritage City Designation. Today, we celebrate World Heritage Week with a selection of events to highlight Philadelphia's international heritages and communities.
The week is a collaborative celebration featuring valued community partners, the Office of the City Representative, and GPA-hosted events.
From May 18–24, we hosted 21 events with 24 partners and five media sponsors—highlighted by the ceremonial raising of the World Heritage Cities flag. Together, we honored our city's rich history, international ties, and multicultural communities.
A big thank you to our 2025 community partners!
2026 World Heritage Month
For 2026, Global Philadelphia Association is hosting a special World Heritage Month Celebration where we will expand our typical World Heritage Week into a month of programming! As a part of the 250th anniversary celebration in Philadelphia, we are excited to significantly scale this event.
We are looking to partner with various organizations that highlight Philadelphia's global/international culture, stories, culture, food, history, or communities. In addition we are looking for media partners to help us spread the word about this special edition of our World Heritage programming.
Interested in taking part? Sign out the interest form below!
World heritage month 2026 interest form
A Week of Collaborative Celebration to Look Back On
World Heritage Week Advisory Committee
Khine Arthur, President & CEO, Asian Chamber of Commerce, Philadelphia
Paresh Birla, Chairman, Council of Indian Organizations
Hayley Boyle, Senior Vice President of Programs, World Affairs Council
Jazelle Jones, City Representative and Director of Special Events, Philadelphia
Val Kogan, President, Mid-Atlantic - Eurasia Business Council
Richard Lee, Founder, Media Copy
John Murawski, FDR Park Special Projects Manager, Office of Parks & Rec
Denzell Wallace, Director of Communications and Marketing, WTC of Philly
GPA would like to acknowledge our partners and thank the city of
Philadelphia and city council for the support of our work.
