SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!!!

This young fellow points the way to the FUTURE....
may you soar with the eagles, find shelter from the storm,
and and continue to encourage peace, love and understanding.
May 2010 be the best year for you and yours...ever.

It's already New Year's somewhere...! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
from John, Jerry, Jono, Marielle, Angela, Marilyn, Tim, Betsey, Jean, Kim, Saray, Debbie, Sarah Jayne and everyone with CHALK4PEACE...

NEW PHOTOS FROM CUSHING E.S. Scituate, Massachusetts

CUSHING E.S. in Scituate, Massachusetts became the
first site in Mass. to join us for CHALK4PEACE!
Sarah Jayne Bleiweis took the photos of Caitlin Clavett
teaching peace to her students!

CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY ARTICLE: CHALK4PEACE

THE CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY suggests that CHALK4PEACE is at the forefront of collaborative efforts to engage youth in Peace through the use of Art, and has been so since we began our worldwide event in 2006....Happy Holidays from CHALK4PEACE!

HOW TO CREATE A CHALK4PEACE EVENT...

VOTE 4 YOUR FAVORITE PHOTOS OF 2009!

The TOP TWO photos with the most votes will be featured in our promotion for 2010. YOU DECIDE what we look like this coming year! email chalk4peace@gmail.com with your votes...

THE DOVE OF CHALK4PEACE...our Holiday Greetings to You...

Make a Smilebox greeting

Yoko Ono's Imagine Peace- Jerry Downs' photo essay

Better late than never...I just located this-
Last year, ImaginePeace.com featured Jerry Downs' Photo essay
on CHALK4PEACE. We thank Yoko Ono and Imagine Peace for
their support in telling the world about our event. (10/12/08)
IMAGINE PEACE..

CHALK4PEACE 2009 Collage

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Photo credits: Marielle Mariano, Will Fredericks,
Jerry Downs Photography, Marilyn Myamoto, Laura Whitney,
Betsey Reid, Katja Frank, Angela Rackstraw, Kathleen Gadway,
Michael Guerdi, Marianne Ryan, Alissa Karton...

Streetpainting.tv-Interview with John Aaron about CHALK4PEACE

Click on the title post to read the Interview I did with Streetpainting.tv. Anthony and his crew are the keepers of the global happenings in chalk.

Crane Country Day School CHALK4PEACE '09

The Crane School again made an awesome video of their 2009 CHALK4PEACE event.

LIVING PEACE of OJAI You Tube Video with CHALK4PEACE

The LIVING PEACE of OJAI celebrated the International Day
of Peace on 9/19/09 at Libbey Park in downtown Ojai. Click on
the Title Post to see the You Tube video created by Jim and
Laura Whitney.

CHALK4PEACE VIDEO '09: NASHVILLE, TN

SAGE RAIN and her clan brought CHALK4PEACE together
again in her driveway for the third time. A dazzling
canvas they created can be seen in the YouTube Video
CHALK4PEACE 2009. Click on the post title to see how
TENNESSEE does CHALK4PEACE!

Eagle View Elementary School Joins CHALK4PEACE!

Eagle View Elementary School, Fairfax, VA joined the global
movement to express peace through art Sept. 17, 2009.
Way to go, Eagle View! The Arlington Connection Newspapers
wrote a great article you can read by clicking on the title of this post...photo: Jessica Chin

PHOTOS FROM CHALK4PEACE '09

CHALK4PEACE EVENT LOCATIONS- SCROLL DOWN TO SEPT. 18 POSTING...Cape Town, S. Africa photo: Angela Rackstraw

Santa Barbara, CA photo: Will Fredericks

Hamburg, Germany photo: Katja Frank

San Francisco, CA photo: Jerry Downs Photography

Oakton, VA photo: Marilyn Miyamoto

CHALK4PEACE EVENT LOCATIONS 2009

CHALK4PEACE Confirmed Locations 2009 (by date)
Email addresses are not included in order to avoid spambots.

Aug 29, 2009
Vimy Ridge Park 2-8:30pm
821 Preston
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Organizer: Sathya Dhara Kovac

Sept. 5
Peace Festival with CHALK4PEACE
Peace Maypole and Lots of Music!
Juckett Park, Hudson Falls, NY
Organized by Jean Santoro

Sept. 8
Rosa Parks Elementary School
920 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA
Organizer: Kathleen Gadway
English Learner Coach
Arts Anchor School Lead Teacher

9 Sept.
Grundschule Thadenstr -courtyard
Hamburg, Germany
Organizer: Katja Frank

9 Sept.
Community Arts Therapy Programme/
St. Mary’s School
Nyanga, S. Africa
Organizer: Angela Rackstraw

Sept 11 2009
Un Dia Para Paz
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico
Santurce, Puerto Rico
organized by Josarie Molina

Sept. 11
Valley View E.S.
9/11 Observance 11:30-2
Richmond, CA
Ms. Cotton, Principal and Organizer

11 Sept.
Community Arts Therapy Programme/
St. Mary’s School
Nyanga, S. Africa
Organizer: Angela Rackstraw

September 12, 2009
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library-
Washington DC Public Library 1pm - on
CHALKING4PEACE SINCE 2005!
901 G Street, NW
Washington, DC
Contact: Yvette F. Davis 202.727.4803

Bay Area CHALK4PEACE Showcase:
SIMULTANEOUS LOCAL EVENTS

Sept. 12
MOCHA, Oakland, CA 1-4 pm.
MOCHA'S Chalk-a-holic Saturday Extravaganza
organized by Rae Holzman

Sept. 12
San Jose Children's Discovery Museum
10am-1pm
180 Woz Way,
San Jose, CA
Organizer: Sandy Derby

Sept. 12
Daniel Webster Elementary School 11-1pm
465 Missouri Street
San Francisco, CA 94107

Sept. 12
CHALK4PEACE @ Miracle Mile Art Walk 3pm-7pm
Bank of America Parking lot
"Let's Chalk it up to Peace!"
Host and Organizer: The Indigo Project
Sept. 12
Children's Museum of Art
New York City, NY
Organizers: Robin Parks Lockwood, Claire Yeoman

Sept. 12
ArtWorks at the Farmer's Market
Iron Mountain, MI
Joan, Organizer

Sept. 12
ValleyLinks KidsFest 10am - 3pm
Courtenay, British Columbia
(Vancouver Island)
Angeleah Hoeppner, Organizer

Sept. 12
FB Meekins Preschool
900 Maple Ave East
Vienna, VA 22180
Organizer: Elaine Chon-Baker

Sept 13, 2009
CHALKWALK III-CHALK4PEACE
Boulder Public Library
Boulder, CO
Organizer: Carol Heepke

Sept. 13
Adams Morgan Day Festival
18th Street, NW
Washington, DC
Contact: Lynsey Knowles

Sept. 14-19, 2009
Johnson Memorial Library- part of their 70th Anniversary
Drawing on the sidewalk for peace...all week!
Hicksville, OH
Branch Mgr: Amy Murphy

Sept. 14
Waples Mill E.S. (FCPS)
Oakton, VA

Sept. 16, 2009
British International School of Bratislava
Bratislava, Slovakia
Organizer: Anne Bridgman

Sept. 16
Goleta Valley Community Center 10 a.m.
with the Rainbow School and HeadStart
Goleta, CA 805-967-1237
Randy Rossness, Exec. Director

Sept. 17, 2009
Crane Country Day School 12:45-1:30pm
Montecito, CA 805-969-7732 x105
Debbie Williams, Dir. of AdmissionsSept. 17
T.C. Miller Elementary with support from ArtZone, Inc.
Lynchburg, VA
Contact: Katie Roseveare

Sept. 18, 2009
St George's Cathedral 10 am - Noon
Cape Town, South Africa
Coordinated by the Community ARTS Therapy programme
Angela Rackstraw, Organizer

Sept 19, 2009
ALL THREE LOCATIONS!!! CHALK4PEACE BELTWAY SHOWCASE!
Busboys and Poets @ 5th & K. 1025 5th Street NW, DC
Busboys and Poets @ 14th & V.2021 14th St, DC 202.387.7638
Busboys and Poets @ Shirlington 4251 S. Campbell Ave., 703.379.9756
Arlington, VA
Contact: Kat Hansen

Sept. 19 10-6
PEACE IN ACTION
Living Peace of Ojai, California
Libbey Park, Downtown Ojai
Multiple event Peace Festival
including CHALK4PEACE, Tent of Reconciliation,
Dances of Universal Peace, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, much more
Organizers: Laura Whitney, Darakshan Farber, Judy Gabriel

Sept. 19
H Street Festival
H Street between 12th & 14th Streets, NE.
Washington, DC
Contact: Anwar Saleem

Sept. 19
Girl Scout Troop 849
9am - 3pm
Wesley United Methodist Church (rain date Sept. 26th )
8412 Richmond Ave
Alexandria, VA
Contact: Beth Campbell

Sept. 19
Peace Love Balance -an emporium
1556 Laskin Road #122
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
757-425-7522
Organizer- Betsey

Sept. 20, 2009 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.

Sept. 20-22 Noon-4pm 3 days of art, peace and fun!
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
10 Children's Way
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Organizer/C4P Guru: Angela Seals

Sept. 20, 2009
ArtSpring/Meditation Museum
8519 Georgia Ave.,
Silver Spring, MD, 20901
Organizer: Jose Dominguez, Exec. Director

Sept. 20
All Saints Church Homecoming Celebration
Pasadena, CA
Organizer: Rev. Wilma Jakobsen

Sept. 21 International Day of Peace
Pittsburgh, PA Northside Chalk4Peace 2009
The Charm Bracelet Project
All sites Noon- 5pm
- The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
- The Andy Warhol Museum
- The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Allegheny Branch
- The National Aviary
- The New Hazlett Theater
- The ToonSeum Museum of Cartoon Art
- Reading is FUNdamental Pittsburgh
Site: www.pittsburghkids.org/charmbracelet

Sept. 21, 2009 (International Day of Peace)
Yoga In Daily Life 5pm-6pm
2402 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Alexandria, VA
Contact: Jackie Wright Martin
703.299.8946

Mon, Sept. 21, 2009 (International Day of Peace)
Superior Elementary School
Louisville, Colorado
Organizer: Michael Wojczuk

Mon, Sept. 21, 2009 (International Day of Peace)
DC Mini Gallery
4702 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC
Contact: Michael Harris

Sept. 21 International Day of Peace
The Congressional Schools of Virginia
3229 Sleepy Hollow Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
Organized by Cheryl A. Miehl

Sept. 21 International Day of Peace
Friends School of Wilmington
350 Peiffer Ave
Wilmington, NC
Organizer: Jaimie Lang

Sept. 23, 2009
St. Louis Community College – Florissant Valley
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
3400 Pershall RD
Ferguson, Missouri 63135
Sponsored by the Photography and Fine Arts Clubs

Sept. 23
Wolftrap Elementary School
Vienna, VA
Bethany Mallino, Art Specialist
703.319.7300

Sept. 24, 2009
Gooden School, Sierra Madre, CA 8 a.m.
Organized by Marianne Ryan Director of Admissions

Sept. 25, 2009
Woodlawn Elementary School (FCPS)
Alexandria, VA
Organizer: MARIELLE MARIANO,
EAST COAST COORDINATOR, CHALK4PEACE

Sept. 25
Bijou Community School
3501 Spruce Ave.
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Organizer: Carri Gault

September 26, 2009
Organization of American States
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p
Sidewalk of the OAS Main Building
17th Street, & Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
The OAS Peace Fund has joined efforts with the OAS Art Group to hold this event.

Sept 26
Westminster Mall
Westminster, CA
Laurie Nguyen, Organizer

Sept. 27
Fritts' Destination Driveway 4 CHALK4PEACE
Knoxville, TN

Awaiting information on dates and times-
Drake University
Des Moines, IA
Organizer: Gregory Larson

Modesto Junior College
Community Education department
Modesto, CA

George Mayne Elementary School
Alviso, California
Teresa Hernandez, Organizer

Cosmic Ties
Crosby TN

Costa Rica
through a Peace Corps project

ArtWalk
13 Franklin Street
Annapolis, Md. 21401
Organizer: Carole Alexander

Groveton E.S., Alexandria, VA

Marshall Road Elementary- Vienna, VA
Contact: Ginny Kinsey

Eagle View Elementary School- Fairfax, VA
Contacts: Wendy Pierce and Jessica Chin

Dreaming Bear
Marion, IA
Organizer: Dori Vogel

Hickory E.S.
Avon, IN

Locations in London, England-tell us where...!

Rumors of Big Island, Hawaii, Edinborough, Palm Beach, Cork City,
Austin, Ann Arbor, Pasadena, Richmond, VA, Winter Park, FL,
Manchester, Philadelphia, Tacoma, Turkey, India, Philippines,
Emeryville...where else?

FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, N. Virginia
Contact individual schools for more info:
135 FCPS schools may be participating in this
project through their SACC Program!
http://www.fcps.edu/suptapps/directory/
Lois Kirkpatrick, Manager
Marketing & Strategic Analysis
Office for Children
Fairfax County Dept. of Family Services
703-324-7162
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ofc

IT WILL BE GREAT CHALKING WITH YOU...

As we approach almost 500 sites for CHALK4PEACE worldwide,
we thank you all for your enthusiasm and energy that is
turning this project for peace into one of the largest
cooperative art projects of all time! We will begin posting
locations for CHALK4PEACE this Saturday/Sunday at midnight.
Let us know where your CHALK4PEACE event is going to be!

Returning from the Future...

There are stories to tell about the future...in the next post....

THE FUTURE OF CHALK4PEACE...

I traveled through the STARGATE this morning to the future to see what CHALK4PEACE will become.

Return from Gesundheit Institute; new places for CHALK4PEACE....

An amazing educational experience at the GESUNDHEIT INSTITUTE
last week.CHALK4PEACE found many friends at the School for
Designing a Society.Many new locations are stepping up to paint
the pavements this fall-
in Brazil, Italy, Cypress, Germany, Mexico, Olympia, WA,
Champaign-Urbana, IL, Chapel Hill, NC, Charlottesville, VA
Atlanta, GA, Cape Town S. Africa (once again)....
and this is just a fraction of the locations that have come out
of the Activism and Composition Workshop at the Gesundheit Institute (Dasha shown above)and the School for Designing a Society.
It will be nice chalking with you...
Photos and additional amazement at 11...
On the way to San Diego ...through St. Paul...
why so many saints?

...make it look like a Parade.... 4th of July...

The OJAI PEACE COALITION organized and marched in their
fifth annual Independence Day Parade down Ojai Avenue.
Evan Austin, Founder, took this photo of John Aaron of
CHALK4PEACE while he drew peace symbols all the way
through town... This photo has a strange sense to it somehow...

ARTOMATIC DOES CHALK4PEACE!

JUNE 28 ARTOMATIC DOES CHALK4PEACE
Be a CHALKSTAR and join us to show the World that
The Beltway is the center of the CHALK Universe...!
Marielle Mariano, our East Coast Coordinator, arranged
this CHALK4PEACE event with ARTOMATIC...
Give us a HAND!
photo: Waples Mill E.S.

Temescal Creek Street Fair -CHALK4PEACE

The Temescal Street Fair brings its hipness
to Telegraph on Sunday (note day change),
June 7th 12-6pm with an expansion this year
from 45th-51st Streets in Oakland . The fair
is sponsored by the Temescal Telegraph Business
Improvement District. It is organized by Hesternet.
CHALK4PEACE will help young artists of all ages
draw their own conclusions this Sunday...
Please join us. It's one of the great Street Fairs
of the Bay Area!

CRANE SCHOOL AND OJAI LIVING PEACE DUSTING OFF THEIR CHALK...

NEWS IN-
CHALK4PEACE HAPPENING!!!!!
In the lands of my youth...!
AGAIN!
CRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
THURS, SEPT. 17 12:30 - 1:15
MONTECITO, CA

LIVING PEACE of OJAI Festival for PEACE
SEPT. 19-21
LIBBEY PARK, Downtown OJAI, CA
CHALK4PEACE, Saturday, Sept 19

CHALK4PEACE: when the world draws its own conclusion...

JEAN SANTORO DRAWS THE SPIRIT OF PEACE TO HUDSON FALLS

Jean Santoro, the CHALKSTAR granddame who launched
CHALK4PEACE in Hudson Falls, NY in 2007, now has the
whole community in support of the September peace project.
HUDSON FALLS will celebrate CHALK4PEACE again
Sept. 5, 2009 in Juckett Park.
YOU ARE ALL INVITED!
P.S. I'm likin' that fire hydrant!

EARTH DAY GOT DUSTY!!!

BERKELEY'S EARTH DAY, 4/25/09
250 young artists of all ages...

HAPPY EARTH DAY...MOTHER LOVES YOU!

HAPPY EARTH DAY TO ALL OF YOU FROM CHALK4PEACE.LOVE YOUR MOTHER, YOUR GRANDMOTHER...and MOTHER EARTH

JOIN US 4 BERKELEY EARTH DAY 4/25 AT CIVIC CENTER PARK

FACEBOOK: CHALK4PEACE and JOHN AARON

PLEASE JOIN US ON FACEBOOK TO REPAINT THE PLANET
THE COLORS OF PEACE...

TIS THE SEASON 4 SIDEWALK CHALK PAINTING...

Tis the Season 4 Sidewalk Chalk Drawing; and
CHALK4PEACE encourages your artistry at Berkeley's
EARTH DAY Celebration at Civic Center Park this
Saturday April 25 from 11 to 5 as we get together
to "Leave Our Message 4 Mom" to show our support
for Mother Earth and for healing the planet...
Join us in Berkeley this weekend for one of the
premier celebrations of EARTH DAY in 2009.

THANKS 4 THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS....

THANKS!
Peter Brown and Alice McCain, Rick Fielder, Jonothan Dumas,
Jerry Downs, Marielle Mariano, everybody at the Peace Alliance,
Tedd Nunn, Ellyn and Bob Weiss & Emo, Camilla the Hun & Petal
the cat, Aaron Voldman, Sarah Jayne Bleiweis, Karen Orlando,
the folks at Nam Viet, Congressman Dennis Kucinich and Capitol
Hill, Roni Freeman and Vince Blackfoot, Frank Fishburne &
Joyce Zipperer, Valerie Foote, Roger Cutler, the Majestic
Barber Shop, Louise Bourgeouis, Henry Gallucio & the Italian
Store, Richard and Kitty Dana, Jim and Nancy Tretick,
Busboys and Poets, Artomatic, the students and teachers at
Groveton, Woodlawn, London Towne and Lake Anne Elementary
Schools of Fairfax County, VA, Cheri Mason, Physch, Sid Katz,
Al Underwood, Arslan, Sparky, Chris Murray, St. Patrick,
the Detroit Red Wings, Jet Blue and a multitude of enthusiastic
folks who encourage the practice and art of peace...
-Eleanor Roosevelt, FDR Memorial, Washington, DC

LEAVING DC WITH A SONG IN MY HEART...

Finishing off a ten day CHALK4PEACE Awareness Campaign to DC
that included the Peace Alliance's Peace Within Reach Conference,
visits to four Fairfax County Schools, conversations with
congressional leaders, C4P supporters, Artomatic and Busboys
and Poets, the journey greatly expanded the awareness and
participation within the Beltway and around the world.
The next post will thank all those who made the trip possible.
The list looks like the back of a Buffalo Springfield album.
May the Peace Be With You...

photo: Andrea Scharnau

Visits to Lake Anne and London Towne Elementary Schools...and van Gogh's Birthday

First of all, Happy Birthday, Vincent! You'd be 156 today.
Probably wouldn't be doing much painting...
Roger and I visited Lake Anne and London Towne
Elementary Schools in Virginia to talk with them
about CHALK4PEACE. These photos are from Lake Anne...

FAN MAIL FROM YOUNG CHALKSTARS...WOODLAWN & GROVETON E.S., Alexandria, VA

This week, I had the pleasure of visiting the Woodlawn
and Groveton Elementary Schools in Alexandria, VA to talk
with Marielle Mariano's students about CHALK4PEACE. They
had great questions and great answers; their enthusiasm for
CHALK4PEACE shows us that the young artists of the world
will always want to express their ideas about peace.
Shown here are a couple of thank you letters from the kids
for CHALK4PEACE.

This is just the first batch of letters that Marielle could take home!

John teaching students the Peace salute....start off like a normal salute and extend your hand out with your fingers in a peace sign.

John fielding questions from some very inquisitive students.

John with Woodlawn's Wildcats.

WHAT'S SO FUNNY ABOUT PEACE, LOVE & UNDERSTANDING?

A day on Capitol Hill visiting the offices of congresspeople and senators...
Alexander Calder's "Mountain" in the Hart Building Photo by Helen Duval's daughter

Soldiers of Peace

Some dedicated individuals who are dedicated to creating peaceful lives of non violence here in the DC Metropolitan area. l-r Lauren Zepp (My Sister's Place www.mysistersplacedc.org), Ronald Moten (Peaceoholics www.peaceoholics.org), Juan Pacheco (Barrios Unidos www.peacewarriors.net/buva.htm).