2015 WOMEN'S WALK FOR PEACE IN KOREA

On May 24, 2015, thirty international women peacemakers will walk with Korean women from the north and south Korean borders to call for an official end to the Korean War and a new beginning for a reunified Korea.

UPDATE: The Women's Walk For Peace turned into a ride as officials, concerned for the marchers' safety, required that they cross the 2 mile DMZ via bus. The crossing was completed safely, without incident.

Twitter: @WomenCrossDMZ

This takes great courage, given the North Korean totalitarian stance of isolationism and human rights.

Some of the participants are: Maired Maguire, Gloria Steinem, Christine Ahn, Medea Benjamin, Hyung-Kyung Chung, Gay Dillingham, Suzie Kim, Abigail Disney and others will march the length of the 2 mile North-South Korean Demilitarized Zone and hold peace conferences in Pyongyang and Seoul where they will discuss how to best mobilize for nonviolence and peace and to reunite long separated Korean families.

CHALK4PEACE supports this expression of peacebuilding and effort towards reconciliation; and will follow WOMENCROSSDMZ WALK FOR PEACE to keep readers up to date on this historic event.

CHALKSTARS: C4P Barcroft E.S. Arlington, VA

Barcroft Elementary School of Arlington, VA is the only location in the world that can boast perfect participation in CHALK4PEACE! Since they joined in to paint the planet the colors of peace in 2006 (and the art was washed away by a rainstorm almost immediately), educators Marel Citron and Alissa Karton have always encouraged Barcroft to CHALK4PEACE. Barcroft brings parents and teachers together on a Saturday in September to fill the sidewalks and parking lot with their annual messages of peace love and understanding. CHALK4PEACE is honored to have such dedication to our event.

Thank you Barcroft Elementary School for keeping the Peace!

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

CHALK4PEACE invited to "Draw FergUSon Together: A Vision of Peace" at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley

CHALK4PEACE has been invited to Ferguson, Missouri by St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley to participate in "Drawing FergUSon Together: A Vision of Peace"  as part of a Social Justice Summit/Weekend of Healing  Sept. 18-19. We are working closely with the College and Community leaders to bring the population of Ferguson together with a symposium of discussion, message and visions of peace and reconciliation. St. Louis Community College has been involved in CHALK4PEACE as a peace, art and photographic project since 2007. It's been guided by Janice Nesser, Professor of Photography and Chair of the Arts and Humanities Dept. 

It is a great honor for CHALK4PEACE to be selected to be part of the healing process for the Community of Ferguson. C4P will be documenting the weekend with the College and Paradigm Pictures. Documenting this event as a film is the focus of our impending Indiegogo campaign.

Some of the C4P photos from the College's events...

Photos courtesy Drew Foster, Gus McNeil