August 12 – 17, 2023 The 37th annual World Congress On Illumination took place in Tucson, Arizona.  Friends of May Peace Prevail On Earth International gathered from across the country to attend this Congress. A Peace Pole was planted as a backdrop to this magical and powerful gathering of peace makers and activists. The World…

Elisabeth Ziegler-Duregger represents URI (United Religions Initiative) in Lienz, Austria, through her friend she got in touch with Hassan, a Syrian teacher, who works in a refugee camp 30 km outside of Aleppo. Hassan gives his best to teach the children in the camp about peace. Through Elisabeth he learnt about the art contest of…

AUGUST 15, 2023 In 2001, Pennswood Village, the Quaker-founded retirement and health care community in Newtown, installed a Peace Pole in front of its community center. Two of the speakers were atomic bomb survivors (Hibakushas) from Japan, Mr. Shigeyuki Yama from Hiroshima and Mr. Hideo Tose from Nagasaki, the sites in 1945 of the two…

August 11, 2023 Today at Westport Sunrise Rotary meeting. Here is a Peace Pole in a different form, format and context to reach more people with peace messages. Dennis Wong Rotarian PeacebuilderTrusted Problem Solver  Feel free to post the photo. May Peace Prevail On Earth. Matt Darnell https://maps.app.goo.gl/6W66hwk3wKqTTBky6?g_st=ic

August – 2023 This is the Peace Pole we purchased for my cousin’s father-in-law.    It is in his backyard, so unfortunately not visible from the street.  This is the approximate location.  Feel free to post the photo. May Peace Prevail On Earth. Matt Darnell https://maps.app.goo.gl/6W66hwk3wKqTTBky6?g_st=ic

July 28, 2023 Peace Park celebration this Saturday adding 11 more Peace Poles representing cultures within Timmins. Eleven more cultures will be represented in the Peace Pole display in the International Peace Park in Schumacher. The unveiling of the new Peace Poles will take place this Saturday beginning at 11:30 a.m. The peace park was…

July 15, 2023 The Oracle Institute located in Independence, VA  is home to the Peace Pentagon.  A Regional Peace event took place on July 15th inviting peace makers and activists to gather at the Peace Pentagon for a convergence of mind and spirit. Following a gathering around the Sacred Fire and Drumming, the World Peace…

July 13, 2023 There are Peace Poles across the world. Most are just a few feet tall but, in Minneapolis, their Peace Pole is one of the tallest in the world made of a grain bin. By Karen ScullinPosted July 13, 2023 Check out the video below!  https://www.fox9.com/video/1248628

July-2023 New at the Log House Museum: The sixth Peace Pole installed in the area by the Rotary Club of West Seattle Washington.  It’s in the garden space in front of the historic log house. Rotarian, Keith Hughes explained the history of the Peace Pole Project, which has placed more than a quarter-million poles worldwide, and the…

July-2023 After a few years sitting in our garage the Peace Pole is up and inspiring positive comments from neighbors. We built a peace garden and placed it there. Interestingly, we have folks stopping to take their photograph alongside the Peace Pole. It’s located at our home in a neighborhood with 800 homes. Everyone who…