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Chalk4Peace Chalk4Peace Sunday 9th @ Brick Lane Festival - See you there :)

viziondanz | 08.09.2006 04:26 | Culture | London | World

Chalk4Peace will be out in force again this weekend chalking the pavement with statements for peace .at The Brick Lane Festival, located BETWEEN THE MOSQUE and THE POLICE STATION on Brick Lane,

Brick Lane Festival goers will be INVITED and ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE by chalking their personal statements on the pavement - poetry, hearts, peace symbols, hopes, dreams, empowering statements, also expressions of frustrations and despair.

This event this SUNDAY the 9th September will be a warm up for the international
SIMULTANEOUS Global Chalk4Peace event next weekend on the 16th/17th September, where people all over the world will be coming out and Chalking4Peace
on the pavements and side walks of towns and cities EVERYWHERE

see:
 http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=chalk+4+peace&btnG=Search&meta =
 http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=chalk+for+peace&btnG=Search&meta=

Some of the locations to date include:
 http://www.infinitepossibility.org/chalk2006/locations/

Brick Lane Festival goers will be INVITED and ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE by chalking their personal statements on the pavement - poetry, hearts, peace symbols, hopes, dreams, empowering statements, also expressions of frustrations and despair.

To express and LET THEIR FEELINGS BE KNOWN

For some past Chalk4Peace events in London over the past four years see:
 http://www.infinitepossibility.org/chalk

Brian Viziondanz said:

"Chalk4Peace represents a new direction in activism. It requires no organisation other
than the communication of the idea – it is self organising, using the streets as a form of media that is fully accessible to us the general public and moved by the enthusiasm of those who are touched by the concept – Chalk is readily available every where! – It harmless, temporary, yet offers a unique way to contribute to the global conversation that shapes our culture".

"The streets are the perfect medium for this form of activism - they are used by all of us every day and are accessible to us as a form of media for 'us ordinary folk', using chalk as the means of expression. Chalk is harmless, temporary, yet lasts long enough for the messages to be shared with many as they pass by"

"We chose the stretch of pavement between the Mosque and the Police Station because we feel that it is a perfect metaphor for the current situation that we find ourselves in right now, where our future is in DIRE JEPORDY as our global village falls faster and faster into the fear breeding fear breeding fear spiral."

"Our global culture is teetering on the edge of extinction, its time to bring Peace back into the cultural conversation. The Peace Movement is no longer a fringe movement - its now the mainstream COMMON SENSE position."

“Its amazing how excited people are about this project, I have been Chalking4Peace in Brighton this week to promote the September 16/17th SIMULTANEOUS GLOBAL EVENT. Chalk drawings and statements have been appearing all over the city and some shops are already running short of chalk”

To locate Chalk4Peace on Sunday at The Brick Lane Festival call:
Brian 07886009153
Becky 07723909375

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For more details PLEASE READ the E mail below which has been circulating the internet, myspace.com, and e mailed to hundreds and thousands of individuals all over the world activating the first simultaneous Chalk4Peace event:

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Chalk4Peace2006 SEPT 16/17- OUR STREETS 'R OUR MEDIA -WE have TOTAL ACCESS
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YOUR Participation in this Global event will be very powerful please forward to your contacts
thanks
:)

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United Kingdom… United States…Egypt…Austria…Germany…Canada …
Ecuador… Puerto Rico… France… Chile…Iran… Iraq…Mexico…Spain…
Italy…Cypress…Israel… Everywhere!
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A formatted colourful version of this e mail along with a poignant
song from the amazing Martha Tilston can be found @
 http://www.infinitepossibility.org
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The following has been e mailed to hundreds and thousands all over
the world to activate the first simultaneous Chalk4Peace (scroll down)

People young and old from all over the world are being activated to
participate in this GLOBAL Art/Peace project taking place in
communities everywhere Sept 16/17th

This effort follows the success of smaller localized Chalk4Peace
events in London since 2003
 http://www.infinitepossibility.org/chalk
and in various locations around the world notably @ The Museum of
Modern ARF
www.Modernarf.smugmug.com

It is hoped that at least one million people will participate in this
global outpouring of the heart.

Individuals are encouraged to act alone or to organise groups in
their local community to chalk on the pavements/sidewalks and
contribute to this global tapestry up to the weekend of September
16/17 and beyond.

"Chalk4Peace represents a new direction in activism. It requires no
organisation other that the communication of the idea – it is self
organising, using the streets as a form of media that is fully
accessible to the general public and moved by the enthusiasm of
those who are touched by the concept – Chalk is readily available
every where! – It harmless, temporary, yet offers a unique way to
contribute to the global conversation that shapes our culture".

Contacts:
UK
 viziondanz@infinitepossibility.org
 http://www.infinitepossibility.org
001 44 (0)7886009153

USA
www.Modernarf.smugmug.com
 Aaron@Modernarf.com
703-528-4800

Global Chalk4Peace - Sept 16/17th

Mission Possible – "Our World Working For ALL of Us"

We CAN Make THE Difference!

ON THE WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER 16 & 17th Chalk4Peace!
On the pavements and sidewalks of our towns and cities

You are invited to Take Action! - ("Scroll down for WHAT CAN YOU DO?")

To Participate in this GLOBAL outpouring of public art. Where we make
our personal statements for peace on the pavements and sidewalks of
our cities all over our world.

Chalk4Peace IS HAPPENING!

All around the globe, together we are decorating, dedicating and
declaring, in deep sincerity our collective call for peace.

Chalk4Peace is about our empowerment. We The People, our global
culture, all people everywhere and our common desire to live in peace.

The Chalk4Peace project has already transformed the experience of
thousands of people attending demonstrations for peace all over the
world during the past 3 years. Chalk4Peace is both a tool and a
conduit for non violent public self expression,
and participation in the growing global movement for peace.

Chalk4Peace is an opportunity for all of us of all ages to make our
feelings known, especially the young, whose future is in dire jeopardy
as our global village falls faster and faster into the fear breeding
fear breeding fear spiral.

Our global culture is teetering on the edge of extinction.

No 1 person alone can turn this around, but together WE CAN!

"The Structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man, one
party,or one nation. It must be a peace which rests on the cooperative
effort of the whole world"
... Eleanor Roosevelt

Our basic human instincts drive us to seek safety. This is what this
chaos is all about. Our essential human survival instincts are acting
out of context with the wider global cultural need resulting in
mistrust, fear and conflict.

Everywhere the media is bombarding us with WAR TALK, distractions and
negative belief patterns that encourage us to believe that the future
of our world is out of our hands entirely.

One place we still have communal access to, is OUR STREETS.

We can balance our GLOBAL CONVERSATION with collective self-expression
using OUR STREETS AS OUR MEDIA!

Chalk4Peace is one step, a catalyst that can transform our global
conversation as
we the people, en masse make our statement that is our common
aspiration for peace.

START NOW! Just DO IT!

Carry some chalk with you, invite a friend with you, to chalk
inspirations on the pavement whenever and wherever you fancy.

Chalk is harmless, cheap and washes away within a few days.

Especially PARTICIPATE in the Sept 16 – 17th
GLOBAL Chalk4Peace ACTION!

Make it happen in your Community!

(Scroll down for "WHAT CAN YOU DO?")

Lets us turn our grey streets into a living river of colour and
possibility -
With poetry, hearts, peace symbols, empowering statements, also
expressions of our frustrations and despair.

All will be seen for several days by thousands of people, then as they
are washed away by the elements WE CAN CONTINUE to find fresh places
to Chalk4Peace.

We don't need to be an artist to Chalk4Peace. Every statement, however
small or large becomes part of the amazing tapestry that is our global future.

This unique event conceivably, could be the largest of its kind in
modern history.

It is a global effort that is happening!

We The People are spreading the word and making the effort to be a
part of this huge creative endeavour to bring Peace back into the equation.

It is our goal for at least one million or more of us to participate
with this sidewalk/pavement chalk extravaganza, at thousands of locations, in as many countries, cities and towns around the world as is possible.

So WHAT CAN YOU DO to help make this happen?

1. NETWORK this email to your friends, contacts and where ever else
seems appropriate

2. JOIN the Yahoo group
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chalk4Peace

or send a blank email to:
 Chalk4Peace-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

To network with others around the world who will be Chalking4Peace.

3. EMAIL:
 viziondanz@infinitepossibility.org

to let us know what you are doing in your community, and please send
us pictures. Or to find out how you can participate in the project.

4. ARRANGE with you local businesses, libraries, churches, mosques,
synagogues, restaurants, supermarkets etc to chalk on the pavement
outside their premises on the 16th/ 17th of September and whenever
else.

IDENTIFY public squares in your town such as Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus in London, and invite all your friends your friends' friends or a complete stranger to showup with a few boxes of chalk, or even get some from your local quarry.

BUY your chalk early, some shops are already running out and won’t have time to restock before the 16/17th event - TAKE extra chalk with you to hand out to passers-by.

5. USE this Email as a press release for you local TV, Radio and
Newspapers. Let them know that Chalk4Peace is happening ASAP to get the
momentum going.

6. DOCUMENT YOUR Chalk4peace actions with photos and video.
Send them to your local media - copies for our website will be greatly
appreciated - send to:
 viziondanz@infinitepossibility.org

7. ENGAGE co-creatively in local communal efforts, strengthen
working relationships and find what it takes
to stand for peace and freedom.

8. Have lots of FUN and keep on
Chalking4Peace after the September event.

"FUN – The Final Frontier"

How did Chalk4Peace begin?
"Message in a bottle"
 http://www.infinitepossibility.org/chalk/message/
 http://www.infinitepossibility.org/chalk
 http://www.myspace.com/chalk4peace

for Chalk4Peace locations in America
 http://www.chalk4peace.org

Its time for us to move beyond the "No to War" position and come
together

"Saying Yes2Peace"

"If we don't create our future, our past will create it for us"

 http://www.infinitepossibility.org/yes1
After every war there is a peace agreement
Lets skip the war bit and just get to the peace…

Greet someone new today,
look into their eyes, smile, say hello,
shake their hand ...
LET THE PEACE BEGIN!

Brian :)
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 http://www.infinitepossibility.org

"There is nothing wrong with our world,
we are just having a weird conversation".

"Reclaim the conversation"

"Our New World Order IS Love!"

Dedicated to the child inside each one of us,
All the children and
All the children to come

viziondanz
- e-mail: viziondanz@infinitepossibility.org
- Homepage: http://www.infinitepossibility.org