Tuesday, September 30, 2008

TONIGHT! EAT4PEACE 4 CHALK4PEACE

EAT4PEACE on NON-PROFIT TUESDAY @ BUSBOYS AND POETS
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
11am-6p: come ask Marielle Mariano questions and check out
pictures from this year 5pm-11pm: Come in and EAT4PEACE!!-
5% of dinner revenue is donated to CHALK4PEACE, Inc.
Location: 4251 S. Campbell Ave., Shirlington, VA
phone# 703.379.9756 http://www.busboysandpoets.com

CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ART SHOW-
"BECAUSE OF YOU, WE CAN..."

PHOTOS OF CHALK4PEACE 2005-2007
Children's National/New Horizons
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 2, 2008,
5:30pm-8pm Show runs from
September 29, 2008 - January 9, 2009
111 Michigan Ave., NW Washington, DC 20010
RSVP: 202.476.2241

Eighteen Fairfax County Public School SACC Programs Join CHALK4PEACE!

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA was the most enthusiastic
location in the world for CHALK4PEACE. For more
information about the FCPS Student Age Child Care
Program and their involvement with CHALK4PEACE,
please click on Today's Post Title above.

Monday, September 29, 2008

AS THE DUST SETTLES...CHALK4PEACE 2008

WHAT A AMAZING EVENT! WHAT AMAZING RESPONSE!
The CHALK4PEACE East and West Coast Coordinators
visited more than 20 sites with more than 3,600
artists! We salute all those who took it upon
themselves to organize their events and spread
their messages with chalk. We know that there
are many more of YOU!
Please send us your photos to chalk4peace@gmail.com
CLICK ON THE TITLE OF THIS POST TO VISIT
THE FIRST DOZEN CHALK4PEACE 2008 GALLERIES...

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

NORTHERN VIRGINIA RAISES SOME DUST!

HERE ARE THE LATEST PHOTOS FROM ALEXANDRIA, VA
CLICK ON THIS TITLE POST TO SEE THE MOUNT VERNON GAZETTE'S
ARTICLE of Sept 24, 2008
photos: Marielle Mariano


Monday, September 22, 2008

CHALK4PEACE PHOTOS ARE POURING IN!

HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE ALMOST ONE THOUSAND PHOTOS WE HAVE RECEIVED SO FAR! PLEASE SEND YOUR PHOTOS TO: chalk4peace@gmail.com
COMING SOON!!! Online galleries for the world to see!

Crane School, Montecito, CA. The Geometry class painstakingly laid out three large symbols with equal spaces for each student in the school! photo:

Hutchison Elementary School, Herndon, VA photo: Kathryn Vaughn

Girl Scout Cadettes Troop 862, Alexandria, VA photo: Beth Campbell

St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town, S. Africa
photo: Angela Rackstraw, Director, CATh

Beach E.S.:P.A.I.N.T.S.'/Beach Dad's CHALK4PEACE 08
Photo: Jerry Downs

HIDEOUT CHICAGO's 12th Annual Block Party, Il photo: Javier Ayala

Saturday, September 20, 2008

BEACH SCHOOL and P.A.I.N.T.S. CHALK IT UP IN CALIFORNIA

In Piedmont, California, on 9/14, the Beach School,
with Sponsors P.A.I.N.T.S. and the BEACH DAD'S CLUB
held their Annual Pancake Breakfast and Chalk Festival
joining CHALK4PEACE for the second year.
A delicious and beautifully organized event,
famous artist parents joined in with hundreds
of young artists to create the most imaginative and
enthusiastic chalk paintings one will find during
CHALK4PEACE. We thank the BEACH COMMUNITY for their
enthusiastic participation and dedication to the
idea that peace is always deserviung of its chance.
A link to their gallery will be posted soon.
photo: Jerry Downs

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

THE WORLD'S GETTING DOWN AND DUSTY!

With this past weekend's kick off of CHALK4PEACE, dozens of
schools, libraries, children's museums, town squares and
sidewalks are in the midstof creating their messages of peace
for the world to see.
WE ARE COLLECTIVELY CREATING A DIALOG ABOUT PEACE.
CHALK4PEACE Coordinators are giving it their all to make sure
the hundreds of events go smoothly and contribute to the global
lens with which we see Peace.

CHALK4PEACE Board members are traveling up and down on
both coasts in the US attending as many events as time allows.
Our job of collecting the photographs, stories and information
is daunting as CHALK4PEACE grows larger by the day!
Since YOU are rising to the challenge, WE are too!

We thank Peggy Phelps and the Pasadena Community Foundation,
Yoko Ono, FedEx Kinko's, Copy Central, the Armory Center for
the Arts, Busboys and Poets, The Boulder Arts Commission,
the DC National Children's Medical Center, Jonothan Dumas, Jerry
Downs, Marielle Mariano, Sarah Jayne Bleiweis, Barry Robinson,
Ken Lee, Jayne Selwa, Roger Cutler, Kathryn Vaughn, Beach School/
P.A.I.N.T.S. and dozens of other individuals and organizations who
directly support CHALK4PEACE.
There are, literally, thousands of people to thank.

BE A CHALKSTAR. MAKE A DONATION NOW
TO CHALK4PEACE BY CLICKING ON
THE TITLE OF THIS POST...THIS IS A BIG SHIP...
YOUR DONATION HELPS US STEER IT!

Thank you.
Artwork from St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town, S. Africa
photo: Angela Rackstraw, Director CATh

Monday, September 15, 2008

YOU ARE BRINGING THE SUNSHINE OUT 4 CHALK4PEACE!

Reports of sunshine everywhere there is a CHALK4PEACE event
are coming in from around the world! Cape Town, Pasadena,
Boulder, Washington, DC, Santurce, Puerto Rico, Florida, and
Piedmont, California have repainted the planet so far this year!
PLEASE SEND YOUR PHOTOS TO:
chalk4peace@gmail.com
so that we can share them with the world!!
CLICK ON THE TITLE OF THIS POST TO SEE THE CHALK4PEACE
ARTICLE IN THE BOULDER DAILY CAMERA

Friday, September 12, 2008

"GONNA BE A BRIGHT, BRIGHT SUNSHINY DAY"

Cape Town, South Africa woke up to the first sun it's seen in
awhile as the Community Arts Therapy programme kicked off
CHALK4PEACE 2008 at St. George's Cathedral!
Here's one of their amazing drawings!
A global Thank You to Angela Rackstraw and her CATh team
for being such great CHALKSTARS!
Thanks to Johnny Nash for the title of today's post.
CLICK ON TODAY'S TITLE TO SEE THE PHOTOS FROM CAPE TOWN!

SCROLL DOWN FOR GLOBAL SITES LIST...

Thursday, September 11, 2008

CHALK4PEACE Article in the PASADENA WEEKLY

Click on the POST TITLE to see the article.
Very Nice! Thank you Pasadena Weekly!
SCROLL DOWN FOR GLOBAL SITES INFORMATION!

Saturday, September 6, 2008

CHALK4PEACE FRONT PAGE ON YOKO ONO'S IMAGINE PEACE WEBSITE!

Thanks to Paul and Jackie Fritt and Friends
of Knoxville, TN, Big Time CHALK4PEACE Advocates
and event organizers of a great event on one of the
most colorful driveways anywhere, CHALK4PEACE has
been featured on the 5 Sept. 2008 front page of
www.imaginepeace.com,
Yoko Ono's website dedicated to Peace!

I went to Yoko Ono's Wishing Tree Project in Pasadena
just two days before to place a wish on a tree about
CHALK4PEACE. My (our) wish came true!!!

Make sure to visit Yoko Ono's Wishing Tree Project
wherever you may find it! MAKE A WISH!

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to Yoko Ono and all of you
who are GIVING PEACE A CHANCE!!!

Click on today's POST TITLE to visit
ImaginePeace.com