Friday, October 31, 2008

FRIENDLY HALLOWEEN SAFETY REMINDER FROM CHALK4PEACE!

IF THIS GUY SHOWS UP AT YOUR DOOR TONIGHT,
DON'T LET HIM IN!!!! HE'S A LOBBYIST!

MAY THE KID IN YOU FOLLOW THE SPIRIT THIS EVE!HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM ALL OF US AT CHALK4PEACE!

Thursday, October 30, 2008

SHE VOTES 4 PEACE...EVERYDAY...

Another artist in Northern Virginia for Peace...Yoga In Daily Life, Alexandria, VA photo: Marielle Mariano

Friday, October 24, 2008

CHALK4PEACE TOOK FLIGHT IN VIRGINIA!

In Virginia, Crystal City BID sponsored an interactive
CHALK4PEACE surrounding Rob Mandle's "Chalk It Up"
airplane sculpture that could be drawn on. The Bright Horizons
Day Care Center joined in with a new class every day;
and passersby left their marks from September 18-25.
Shouts go out to Crystal City BID for this innovative
CHALK4PEACE project.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

YOU REPAINTED THE PLANET THE COLORS OF PEACE!


WE KNOW THERE ARE MORE...
CHALK4PEACE EVENTS WORLDWIDE in Sept. 2008

emails have been removed to avoid
website bots that gather the addresses
please contact us at chalk4peace@gmail.com about
corrections or if we forgot to post your site...
CLICK ON THE TITLE OF THIS POST TO SEE THE PHOTOS!

Sept. 12 St. George's Cathedral
Cape Town, South Africa
Coordinated by the Community ARTS Therapy programme
Angela Rackstraw, Organizer

Sept. 13 10 - 3
Villa Parke, Pasadena, CA CHALK4PEACE
Collaboration with Fiesta Patrias and
Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena

Sept. 14 9:30-2:30
Beach School P.A.I.N.T.S.' CHALK4PEACE
with Beach Dad's Club Pancake Breakfast
Piedmont, CA
Contact: Kim Belchamber, President, P.A.I.N.T.S.
Over 400 artists drew at this amazing extravaganza!

Sept 14
Un Dia Para Paz
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico
Santurce, Puerto Rico
organized by Ivonne Miranda

Sept 14
CHALKWALK II
Boulder Public Library
Boulder, CO

Sept 24- National Heritage Day
Cathedral of St. Michael and St. George
With the Albany Museum
Grahamstown, South Africa

Sept. 20
Knoxville, Tennessee CHALK4PEACE
Fritts' Family Driveway- Noon on
Knoxville, TN
visit www.freewebs.com/chalk4peacetn.index.htm

Sept 20 10-2; Sept 21 1-5
Geneva BID presents CHALK4PEACE
Centennial Park, Geneva, NY
Chapin Traugott, Organizer

Sept 18, 19
Goleta Valley Community Center
with the Rainbow School and HeadStart
Goleta, CA 805-967-1237
Randy Rossness, Exec. Director

Sept 17 2:45-4 p.m.
Berkeley Public Library
"Fill in the Peace Sign"
Kittridge at Shattuck
Berkeley, CA

Sept. 19 1-4 p.m.
Valley View Elementary School
Richmond, CA
Organized by Ms. Cotton, Principal and Jonothan Dumas

Sept. 18, 19
P.L. Dunbar Middle School for Innovation
Lynchburg, VA
then Sept. 20 at
the Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg

SOS Children's Villages
Israel and the West Bank

Red Rocks Community College School Age Child Care Program
Blue Heron Elementary School
Littleton, CO

CHALK4PEACE CHALKING EVENTS DC/VA/MD
Dr. Martin Luther King Library-DC Public Library
September 13, 2008
11am-1pm
901 G Street, NW
Washington, DC
Contact: Yvette F. Davis
202.727.4803

Busboys & Poets (www.busboysandpoets.com)
September 20, 2008
9am - 9:30am: Storytelling
9:30-12pm: chalkin' up the sidewalks with peace!!
DC Location: 2021 14th St., NW (phone# 202.387.7638)
Shirlington, VA Location: 4251 S. Campbell Ave., (phone# 703.379.9756)
Contact: Kat Okedeyi

Dos Gringos Cafe
3116 Mt. Pleasant St., NW
Washington, DC
Contact: Alex Krammer
202.462.1159
www.dosgringoscafe.com

School Within School At Peabody
September 19, 2008
during school day
At Stanton Park across the school
425 C Street, NE
Washington, DC
Organized by Marla McLean, Art Teacher/Artist

Elsie Whitlow Stokes Freedom Public Charter School
3220 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC
202.265.7237

Crystal City BID
September 15-18,2008
10am-6pm
SW Corner of 18th Street and Crystal Drive
"at The CHALK Plane" public artwork-Interactive
Crystal City, VA
Contact: Charles Gray

Girl Scout Troop 862
@ Wesley United Methodist Church
September 20, 2008
9am - 3pm
8412 Richmond Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22309
Contact: Beth Campbell
703.780.2511

Yoga In Daily Life
September 15, 2008
5pm-6pm
2402 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Alexandria, VA
Contact:Jackie Wright Martin
703.299.8946
PL Dunbar Middle School for Innovation
September 18 &19, 2008
Lynchburg, VA 24501
Contact: Katie Roseveare

Barcroft Elementary School
625 S Wakefield St
Arlington, VA 22204
Alissa Karton
(703) 228-5838

Fairfax County Public Schools- Contact individual schools for more info:
http://www.fcps.edu/suptapps/directory/
GC Marshall High School, Falls Church, VA
Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke, VA
Woodlawn Elementary School, Alexandria, VA
Groveton Elementary School, Alexandria, VA
Ravensworth Elementary School, Springfield, VA
Halley Elementary School, Fairfax Station, VA
Hutchison Elementary School, Herndon, VA
Saratoga Elementary School, Springfield, VA
Fort Hunt Elementary School, Alexandria, VA
Hybla Valley Elementary School, Alexandria, VA
Hunters Wood Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences,
Reston, VA
Wolf Trap Elementary School, Vienna, VA
Waples Mills Elementary School, Oakton, VA
Herndon Elementary School, Herndon, VA
Forest Edge Elementary School, Reston, VA


Fairfax School Age Child Care Program (SACC)
Lake Anne Elementary School SACC
Bonnie Brae Elementary School SACC
Crossfield Elementary School SACC
Dogwood Elementary School SACC
Herndon Elementary School SACC
Lees Corner Elementary School SACC
Mantua Elementary School SACC
Oakton Elementary School SACC
Sleepy Hollow Elementary School SACC
Westbriar Elementary School SACC
Columbia Elementary School SACC
Navy Elementary School School

Lois Kirkpatrick, Manager
Marketing & Strategic Analysis
Office for Children
Fairfax County Dept. of Family Services
703-324-7162
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ofc

NON-PROFIT TUESDAYS AT BUSBOYS AND POETS: CHALK4PEACE:
September 30, 2008
11am-6pm
Shirlington, VA Location: 4251 S. Campbell Ave.,
(phone# 703.379.9756)
Contact: Kat Okedeyi

Sept. 20
Damascus, MD
Annual Bike Race and CHALK Drawing
Damascus Community Center

CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ART SHOW
Annual Celebration in the Arts
Children's National/New Horizons
Opening Reception: October 2, 2008
Exhibition Dates: September 29, 2008 - January 9, 2009
111 Michigan Ave., NW
Washington, DC
Contact: Greg Scott, Gallery & Exhibit Coordinator

Sept. 20-21
HIDEOUT 12th Annual BLOCK PARTY
World Music and Art Celebration
With Oscar Meyer Magnet School,
Thomas Drummond E.S. and Tuesday's Child
Chicago, Il
www.hideoutblockparty.com

Sept. 20
Peace Festival with CHALK4PEACE
Peace Maypole and Lots of Music!
Juckett Park,
Hudson Falls, NY
organized by Jean Santoro

Sept. 20
The Giant Peace Symbol
ZEUM, San Francisco, CA 11-1
organized by Joy Liu

Sept 20
MOCHA, Oakland, CA 1-4 pm.
MOCHA'S Chalk-a-holic Saturday Extravaganza
organized by Rae Holzman

Rosa Parks Elementary School
Berkeley, CA

Cragmont E.S., Berkeley, CA

Sept. 21 Noon-4
Community Arts Festival of ART, DANCE and MUSIC
Destiny Arts Center/ North Oakland Community Charter School
42nd and Adeline
Oakland, CA

Sept 21?
Superior Elementary School
The Giant Peace Symbol...Again!
Superior, CO
organized by Michael Wojczuk

Sept. 25 8 a.m.
Gooden School, Sierra Madre, CA

Sept 18 12:45-1:30
Crane School
Montecito, CA 805-969-7732 x105
Debbie Williams, Dir. of Admissions

MOTHERS ACTING UP Boulder, CO
Somewhere on Pearl Street

Sept. 17 12:45-1:30
Chandler School, Pasadena, CA

Sept 13-21
Palm Harbor, FL
Chalk It Up To Peace!
sponsored by Oak Trail Books/Witch's Brew
organized by Leslie Klein

Sept. 28 1-5:50 p.m.
Art N Soul on 101
Encinitas, CA
Cindy Blumkin 858-442-8666
1st Anniversary Celebration
Spirit of the Day...Art, Fun & Play!!

Children's Museum of Art, New York City

St. John's, Newfoundland

London, Calgary, Scotland, Costa Rica, Turkey and dozens more...

IT JUST KEEPS GROWING THANKS TO YOU!

Sunday, October 19, 2008

CHALK4PEACE IS EXCITED TO SEE YOUR PHOTOS!

WE HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN 2,200 PHOTOS SO FAR,
AND KNOW OF AT LEAST EIGHT MORE MAJOR SITES WHO
HAD A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER DOCUMENT THEIR
CHALK4PEACE EVENT!
PLEASE SEND PHOTOS TO: chalk4peace@gmail.comWE ARE ALSO ACCEPTING DVDs THAT WE WILL POST ON
YOUR CHALK4PEACE PHOTO GALLERY!
KEEP THOSE PHOTOS COMING!
THE EXHIBITION OF CHALK4PEACE PHOTOS AT THE
DC NATIONAL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER HAS BEEN A
ROUSING SUCCESS. THE EXHIBITION IS EXPECTED
TO TRAVEL IN 2009.
photo: CHALK4PEACE Event cohosted by the Albany Museum
at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. George,
Grahamstown, S. Africa
Participants were the Amasango Career School,
Cathedral Sunday School and home schoolers.
photo: Steven Lang
Grocott's Mail, South Africa's oldest independent newspaper,
published an article about Grahamtown's CHALK4PEACE event.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

CHALK4PEACE Knoxville, Tennessee

PAUL AND JACKIE FRITTS OF KNOXVILLE, TN HAVE TURNED
THEIR DRIVEWAY INTO A CHALK4PEACE GLOBAL DESTINATION!
FRIENDS OF THE FRITTS HAVE MADE CHALK4PEACE YOUTUBE
VIDEOS AND WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR PASSING ON THE
INFORMATION TO YOKO ONO AT IMAGINEPEACE.COM...
PLEASE CLICK ON THE TITLE OF THIS POST TO SEE THEIR
CHALK4PEACE WEBSITE AND PHOTOS!
YOU FOLKS ARE CHALKSTARS!

Saturday, October 11, 2008

IMAGINE PEACE...

A Belated Happy Birthday to John and Sean Lennon from EVERYONE who did CHALK4PEACE...!
THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US HOW TO GIVE PEACE A CHANCE...

Thursday, October 9, 2008

CHALK4PEACE THANKS OUR GLOBAL VOLUNTEERS 4 IMAGINING PEACE

MORE THAN 400 OF YOU ORGANIZED EVENTS, SET THINGS UP
SO IT WOULD HAPPEN, AND ENCOURAGED THE WORLD TO DRAW
TOGETHER 4 PEACE IN MORE THAN 150 LOCATIONS WORLDWIDE! MORE THAN 100,000 FOLKS JOINED US AS A RESULT OF YOUR EFFORTS! YOU ARE AWESOME! AS IN GRAND CANYON AWESOME! WE ARE BLESSED TO KNOW YOU!
THANK YOU! LET'S DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR!

Saturday, October 4, 2008

PHOTOS FROM AROUND THE WORLD!

CLICK ON THE TITLE OF THIS POST TO SEE PHOTO ESSAYS FROM MORE THAN 20 CHALK4PEACE 2008 LOCATIONS!

Thursday, October 2, 2008

YOUR RESPONSE TO CHALK4PEACE IS OVERWHELMING!

OVER 2,000 PHOTOS HAVE COME IN! WE KNOW THERE'S MORE!
SEND PHOTO CDs, ARTICLES and DONATIONS TO:
CHALK4PEACE, Inc.
P.O. Box 99289
Emeryville, CA 94662
or email your photos and online articles to:
chalk4peace@gmail.com
or DONATE to CHALK4PEACE by Clicking on Today's Title Post