Art & Peace Literacy

A HOUSE FOR PEACEBUILDING. The Peace Literacy Foundation and its founders, Jerry Leggett & Patsy Ferrell, have relocated to Casa de Peacebuilder (CdP), in Tubac, Arizona. Situated on 3.6 acres at the edge of the Senoran desert, they are dedicating CdP as a live/work/art space for their work as peace literacy advocates.

Beginning in mid-2020, they will host artists, peace and justice advocates, Rotarians and other people of goodwill who wish to organize peace literacy activities in their local communities.

PLF’s nonprofit mission is to promote “peace literacy for all through the arts.”

The PLF public gallery The Straw House opened in December 2019 in nearby Amado. It features Ferrell’s original art and other PLF presenting artists focusing on themes of women and violence, immigration and racial justice. The “Changing the World through Peace Literacy” traveling exhibit draws upon the work of Paul K. Chappell, Peace Literacy movement founder.

In 2020, work will begin on The Peacebuilder Meditative Trail on the site of the beautiful William Kendall Cactus Garden at Amado Territory Ranch. The meditative trail will honor local, national and international peace heroes. PLF will also offer training workshops for community leaders who wish to organize a Peacebuilder or Peace Heroes Walk in their own communities. Since 2005, these events have raised more than $200k to support local peace literacy initiatives.

The William Kendall Cactus Garden adjacent to the PLF Straw House Gallery is the future site of the Peacebulder Mediative Trail, a prototype for other communities interested in lifting up peace heroes in public and private spaces.

The Straw House

A space for art, live music and peace literacy educational resources …

The Peace Literacy Foundation has expanded Westward from dayton, Ohio to the artist colony of Tubac, Arizona

The Straw House features the “Changing the World through Peace Literacy” traveling exhibit and original works of art by Patsy Ferrell including “Les femmes sont humaines.”

WELCOME TO OUR PUBLIC GALLERY

Inspired by the groundbreaking work of Peace Literacy movement founder, Paul K. Chappell, the gallery will feature the art of trauma therapist, Patsy Ferrell and other regional artists including Ernie Lopez.

Women Are Human Project

Armado, Arizona is just north of Tubac, AZ and 30 miles north of the U.S. /Mexico International Border.

creating & showcasing peace literacy resources

Patsy Ferrell continues her work on the Women Are Human project and the creation of Story Collages that feature the women in her painting, “Les femmes sont humaines.”

Tubac, Arizona

Ida b. wells collage

One of seven Story collages that Patsy Ferrell will be creating for the upcoming Women Are Human Traveling Exhibit

exploring the stories of human equality pioneers thru art

Ferrell’s work explores the lives of women who have struggled to end the normalization of institutional violence toward women worldwide.

Story Card Resources

Our Mission:

Empower

yourself.

We teach peace literacy through the arts

and the art of living through peace literacy.

Sarah, a young songwriter inspires us all to work for a world where "all of the children are happy and free."

This PLF exhibit was recently featured at Dayton Metro Library!

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Our Impact:

Celebrating Cincinnati’s official Mayor’s Proclamation to join International Cities of Peace on Sept. 30, 2018. The Peace Literacy Foundation is a member of the NonViolence Alliance of Greater Cincinnati.

Six Peacebuilder events in four states, Ohio, California, Arizona and Oregon with $200,000+ raised for peace literacy initiatives since 2015.
2017 Annual Peace Literacy Word Calendar (distributed 5,000 copies).
The Hub Peacebuilder Tour, a mobile peace education resource to support Rotary peacebuilding at the community level. 9,200 miles/100 days on the road.
More than 100,000 followers on 8 social media sites including 65,000 Peacebuilder Experience (PbX) followers; 39,000 Peace Heroes Walk Around the World followers.
Presenter of the annual Miami Valley Peacebuilder Walk & Village -- the largest peacebuilding walk in U.S.A.
The Hub Peacebuilder featured at the 2017 Rotary International Convention in Atlanta, GA.
Provided speakers and music entertainment for the 2017 Rotary World Peace Conference in Ann Arbor, MI. The Hub was a big hit!
In 2018, sponsored 3 Peace Literacy Dayton Film Forums that drew a total of 326 people.
Collaborated with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance to create a film to promote Film Forums on social issues.
Organizers of the Peacebuilder Experience on Sunday, September 16, 2018.
Launched "Women Are Human" movement (WAHm) on August 20, 2018.
July 2019, Expanded west to Tubac, AZ including opening of The Straw House public PLF Gallery
PLF Founders Jerry Leggett & Patsy Ferrell announced dedication of their home, Casa de Peacebuilder as a host site for PLF activities (by invitation)

200k+

Dollars Raised

Through peacebuilding events we have helped communities flourish and gain greater visibility for future collaborations.

4+

Years Serving communities

We started as a project of the Dayton International Peace Museum and in October 2015 chartered in the State of Ohio as a separate IRS-approved 501 (c) (3) nonprofit.

300k+

thousand people impacted

Through social media followers, community events and participation in the Rotary International Convention.

The Straw House Gallery in Amado Territory Ranch honors the groundbreaking work of Peace Literacy movement founder, Paul K. Chappell as it celebrates art & peacebuilding as a means to promote a more peace literate world.

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from the founder of the peace literacy movement …

The right tools for solving disputes within our community are precision instruments such as reason, communication, empathy, curiosity, and understanding. They are also the right tools for building a global civilization of peace and prosperity.

~ Paul K. Chappell, is an international peace educator and Peace Leadership Director, NAPF.

www.peaceliteracy.org