Peace murals from around the world
Communications High School, Wall, NJ
"Painting the mural showed all of us how peace is achieved. Even though we didn't always agree, we learned to compromise and in turn, we created peace between each other. " — Alexa Squillaro
"Sometimes, I still like to close my eyes and pretend that we had never finished painting the mural —For that, my friends, is an experience that I will not soon forget. " — Skippy Smith
"Aside from having a great time and getting in touch with an artistic side of myself that I rarely get to see, what I really feel that I am taking away from the mural project is a true idea of progress. We often worry so much about the details in life that it becomes difficult to keep the big picture in mind, but in this mural, every little detail, every little stroke of the paintrbush, was a step in the right direction. " — Shina Alads
"Working on this mural taught all of us that people with different ideas can come together and move toward peace. " — Samantha Jasanovsky
Indiana Elementary School in Indiana, Peru along the Amazon river
completes beautiful vision of peace in 2007.
Click the mural below to see a larger view.
THE PEACEMAKERS SCHOOL - Conerly Road Elementary School, Somerset, NJ
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The Conerly Road PEACEMAKER School celebrates their annual PEACE DAY with students coming and painting their peace mural throughout the day. The drawings you see were all created by the students during school workshops and then transfered to large canvas panels you'll see below so they could then paint in their drawings and create their overall peace message "We can all be Peacemakers."
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"Working
on the mural was a big thing for me because it made me feel happy
and it explains what peace is." — Jasmine Blades,
Grade 3
"Working on the mural made me feel joyful seeing big and small working together, it made me feel peace." — Shannon Lauder, Grade 3
"When I was working on the mural it felt like I was helping someone so I feel happy for when were giving our mural to someone else so they know what peace is to us." — Kyra Erel, Grade 3
"I think the mural helped bring out the peace in everyone." — David Earley, Grade 4
"Working on the mural made me feel happy because I got to be part of something big, and it was like seeing what peace means." — Michael Velez, Grade 4
"Working on the mural project made me feel very peaceful and happy. It made me happy and peaceful because I got to be with my friends and I got to learn how to make a mural." — Alayna Fuller, Grade 4
"Working on the mural made me feel happy because I was part of a very big thing with peace and love." — Emily Riha, Grade 3
"Working on the mural made me happy. I liked doing it because it was fun and everyone was able to do it."— Juliana Kosty, Grade 3
Where Peace Lives travels to Suez, Egypt to work with special needs students at the El Safaa Society for Special Needs Children
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Where
Peace Lives founders Donna and Jeff Clapp, along with friend
and special needs educator, Jessica Walter, traveled to Suez, Egypt
in May 2007 to launch the first international mural exchange for
the organization at the El Safaa Society for Special Needs Children.
Founder of the society, Madame Saeda Elsherbini greeted Where Peace
Lives along with city officials, local TV stations, press, and a
special visit by the Governor of Suez, Sief Eldien Galal, who presented
Where Peace Lives with a special gift of crystal pyramids symbolic
of their appreciation for our visit from America to work with these
special and beautiful children of Suez. 
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The experience went way beyond being honored guests into this diverse Muslim community, it was the experience of being a family. It was an opportunity to begin creating a new conversation and dialogue for what is possible for our global family to live and work with one another in peace. Peru and Greece will be the next mural programs to begin internationally this year.
Click
here to see photos from the May 2007 visit to Suez.
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