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News from the Sidewalk

CHALK4PEACE is the global chalk art project about peace. We celebrate our eleventh year as a worldwide event encouraging peace. CHALK4PEACE, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization.

We've had more than 1000 events in 50 countries and have covered more than 12 miles of pavement with messages and visions of peace in sidewalk chalk...

We believe in "Drawing the World Together..."

CHALK4PEACE participated in the Peace Day Student Observance at the United Nations in New York City in 2016 to honor the International Day of Peace. Hundreds of thousands of young artists of all ages have joined us since 2005.

Our goal: ONE MILLION artists Chalking 4 Peace at the same time...

Because we need Peace...Now more than ever...

Events that CHALK4PEACE supports, celebrates and observes...

CHALKPEACE has become an event that takes place year round, often depending upon a location's weather or specific date. These are some of the observances that have included CHALK4PEACE...

Honoring the International Day on Peace 21 September (CHALK4PEACE: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, Washington, DC)* Organizer: Yvonne Davis

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day- 3rd Monday in January; (Thacher School, Ojai, CA)* Organizer: Suzie Nixon

Earth Day Celebration (Berkeley, CA)* Organizer: Lisa Bullwinkle

Community Healing ceremony (Centennial Park, Geneva, NY) Organizer: Chapin Traugott

Festival Clown & Clown "Gessito por Pace" (Piazza Aldo Moro, Monte San Giusto, Italia)* Organizers: Paola Sabbatini, Alessandra Torresi, Erica Moressi, Roberto Spinelli, Mabo Band

One country's National Peace Day observance (Miriam Grade School, Quezon City, Philippines) Organizer: Patti Bautista

John Lennon's birthday- 9 Oct. (PS #139, Lodz, Poland) Organizer: Ana Tomasik

Neighborhood Day (Museum of Modern ARF, Hudson St., Arlington, VA)* Organizer: John Aaron

Tribute to Banned books (Boulder Public Library, CO) Organizer: Carol Heepke

Honoring the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics, Ojai Valley Youth Foundation, CA* Organizer: Nicole Haggard...

and pleas for Peace in Baltimore (courtesy Ike Cynkar)

photo credits: Marielle Mariano, Jerry Downs, Chapin Traugott, Luciano Brandimarti, Ed Talaro, Ana Tomasik, John Aaron, Emily Ebba Reynolds, Ike Cynkar

C4P CHALKSTARS: Festival Clown e Clown

More than 1500 artists joined in to Gesitto por Pace at the Piazza Aldo Moro during the Clown and Clown Festival in the City of Smiles, Monte San Giusto, Italy, 2010. photo: Luciano Brandimarti. As full of magic as it gets...