ON THE ROAD TO PEACE...

OUR GOAL: 1,000 OF THESE LARGE SYMBOLS THIS FALL!

VALENTINE'S DAY IN SAN FRANCISCO...THE GREAT AMERICAN PILLOW FIGHT...

AT 6 O'CLOCK SATURDAY EVENING, HUNDREDS OF SILLY PEOPLE
ARMED WITH PILLOWS DESCENDED UPON JUSTIN HERMAN PLAZA
TO BE A PART OF THE LARGEST PILLOW FIGHT IN RECENT MEMORY.
THIS HAPPENS HERE EVERY VALENTINE'S DAY; JERRY DOWNS TOOK
THE PHOTOS, BRAVELY WADING INTO THE FRAY...ALL RIDICULOUS
FUN, NO ONE GOT HURT...A FEW WERE DAZED NO DOUBT!

JERRY'S PHOTOS CAPTURE THE FEEL OF THIS "BATTLE" SO WELL,
WE'RE CALLING HIM OUR "SNORE CORRESPONDENT"
THE EVENT LASTED 4 HOURS AT WHICH TIME THE POLICE SAID
"ENOUGH!"
THIS IS THE STREET SWEEPER GATHERING UP FOAM AND FEATHERS!

LIFESIZE ARTISTS AT BARCROFT E.S. ARLINGTON, VA '07

THE ARTISTS OF BARCROFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ARLINGTON, VA
HAVE BEEN CHALKSTARS OF CHALK4PEACE SINCE 2006. IN THIS PHOTO, THEY PREPARE LIFESIZE DRAWINGS OF THE ARTISTS. BARCROFT'S C4P ART IS ALWAYS SOME OF THE MOST IMAGINATIVE
WORK DONE ANYWHERE!
PHOTO: ALISSA KARTON

CHALK4PEACE DIRECTOR AARON TO DRAW ATTENTION TO PEACE AS HE HITCHHIKES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO ATTEND PEACE ALLIANCE CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, DC

JOHN AARON, GLOBAL PROJECT FOUNDER AND CEO OF
CHALK4PEACE, Inc. WILL ATTEND THE DEPARTMENT
OF PEACE CAMPAIGN 2009 NATIONAL CONFERENCE:
PEACE WITHIN REACH; PEOPLE AND POLITICS
PARTNERING FOR OUR COMMON SECURITY MARCH 20-23
TO PROMOTE WORLD PEACE AND CHALK4PEACE WORLDWIDE.

TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE CHALLENGES THAT NON-PROFIT
PEACE ORGANIZATIONS FACE IN MAINTAINING FUNDING TO
FURTHER THE ADVANCEMENT OF PEACE IN THESE DIFFICULT
TIMES, JOHN WILL BEGIN HIS JOURNEY FROM VENTURA, CA
TO WASHINGTON, DC BY HITCHHIKING ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES SOME 2340 MILES IN THE NAME OF PEACE. HIS
JOURNEY BEGINS IN EARLY MARCH; JOHN WILL SHARE THE
STORY OF CHALK4PEACE AS HE TRAVELS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND DRAWS SYMBOLS OF PEACE NATIONWIDE. HE BELIEVES THAT
PEACE SHOULD BE HONORED WITH AT LEAST THE SAME LEVEL OF
CELEBRATION AND SUPPORT AS THAT OF WAR, BECAUSE PEACE
REQUIRES SO MUCH MORE CONCENTRATION AND COOPERATION.
DAILY POSTS TO THIS BLOG WILL CHRONICLE JOHN'S JOURNEY
TO JOIN THE PEACE ALLIANCE CONFERENCE.

YOU CAN SUPPORT THIS JOURNEY WITH A CONTRIBUTION
TO CHALK4PEACE BY CLICKING ON THE BLOG TITLE AND
MAKING A MODEST DONATION THROUGH PAYPAL TO
CHALK4PEACE, INC. IT'S A LONG JOURNEY 4 PEACE...

SEPTEMBER IS CHALK4PEACE MONTH

IN 2009, CHALK4PEACE HAPPENS THROUGHOUT
THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. GO AHEAD-PICK A DAY...ANY DAY!
YOU HAVE THE WHOLE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER TO CHOOSE FROM!
Destiny Arts Center, Oakland, CA photo: Barry Robinson Photography