About the Peace Ribbon The Peace Ribbon Project honors the victims of the Iraq War by creating a cloth memorial panel to individual fallen soldiers and Iraqi civilians.  It is an ongoing grassroots project where individuals and groups make a panel.  We have over 225 panels completed at the end of 2007. Our goal is to continue creating remembrance panels and displaying the Peace Ribbon Project around the country.  In 2008 we plan to complete a panel for each U.S. female soldier killed in Iraq as well as continue making panels for all victims of this war.  Please join us in this tribute by making a panel and displaying the Ribbon in your community at a peace event.  Scheduling is easy -- we pay to ship the Ribbon to you and you agree to ship the Ribbon back to us.  For scheduling as well as easy directions to make a panel,  email Jacque at Jacque[at]codepinkalert.org or call 352-468-2101.

Where we’ve been April 2008, South Park, Lawrence, KS March 19, 2005, Fayetteville, NC Second Anniversary war demonstration November 11, 2005, Unitarian Universalist Church, Gainesville, Florida Thanksgiving, 2005, Camp Casey II, Crawford Texas December 21, 2005,, Thomas Center, Veterans for Peace solstice concert March 7, 2006, Foundry United Methodist Church, Washington DC March 19, 2006, Davis, California April 1, 2006, Atlanta, Georgia March for Peace and Justice April 28, 2006, Sixth & B Community Garden, Lower East Side, NYC April 29, 2006, Foley Square, New York City, March for Peace and Justice May 14, 2006, Mother’s Day Peace Rally, New Haven, Connecticut May/June 2006, New York area libraries June 2006, World Social Forum, Vancouver, BC July 4, 2006, Peace Rally, Ashland, Oregon July 2006, Santa Maria CA August 2006, Las Cruces, NM August 17-24, 2006    Camp Casey III, Crawford Texas August 2006, Jordan Peace Talks – Six panels were given to Iraqis September 2006, San Francisco, City Hall for three weeks! September 30, 2006, Impeach Bush Rally, Charlotte, NC November 11, 2006, Veterans Day, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma January 6, 2007, Unity Day Parade, Oahu, Hawaii January 2007, Honolulu Public Library February 2007, Maui, Hawaii various events March 17, 2007, Fayetteville, NC 4th Anniversary war demonstration May 2007, Memphis, Tennessee Sep 2007,     Charlotte NC October 2007, Long Island New York November 2007, Delaware River Basin, Philadelphia CodePINK December 2007, Vets for Peace Solstice Concert, Gainesville, Fl April 2008, (Tentative) Lawrence, Kansas Memorial Weekend 2008, Westwood Park, Gainesville, Florida

CODEPINK local groups who would like to have the Peace Ribbon displayed in their city can schedule for Jacque to mail it to them.  Jacque can ship all or part of the Ribbon. See photos of the peace ribbon in Jordan by clicking here.

Creating a Remembrance Panel The first step in designing your panel is choosing a person to honor. Friends and family members are encouraged to make a panel for their loved one. Click here to see a list of the panels that have already been made in memoriam of fallen US soldiers and Iraqi civilians. If you do not know someone personally, but still want to create a panel, you can get information about soldiers and civilians online and through your local media outlets. For the most up-to-date number of Iraq casualties and short info on fallen soldiers from CNN, click here. Also visit the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count website. Check with your local newspaper to find out about fallen soldiers from your area. To learn about Iraqi civilian deaths, visit the Iraq Body Count website. E-mail the name of the person you are making a panel for to jacque[at]codepinkalert.org so that we can list them online to avoid duplicate panels. Each panel should be made of cloth and about 2’x3’ unhemmed. Please hem or use binding to prevent the edges from fraying. Please include the name, age, city and state / country for the person you are creating the cloth for, as well as personal touches added to honor their life. On the front, write the person’s information with a permanent marker, a fabric pen or paint, or needlepoint the information. You might even cut out letters from fabric and sew them on or use iron-on fusible interface webbing (ask at your fabric store)--– be creative. For example, Staff Sgt. Raymond Jones Jr., 31, of Gainesville, Fl, was a son, brother, husband and father and one of his hobbies was raising miniature horses. Please write the date they died on the back of the panel in blue ink pen. Sew 1" sturdy grosgrain ribbon across the top and bottom leaving an 8" overhang at each end, so we can tie each panel together for display. When your panel is complete, please mail it to: Jacqueline Betz , P.O. Box 437, Waldo, Florida 32694 To help, or if you have questions, please contact Jacque at (352) 468-2101 or jacque[at]codepinkalert.org.

Peace Ribbon from South Park in Lawrence, KS -- April 2008. More... The Peace Ribbon on display in Ashland, Oregon. Click here to read about Ashland's Peace Ribbon contribution in an article in the Ashland Daily Tidings.  Jacque with a CODEPINK Long Island member in NYC. The Peace Ribbon on display at Camp Casey in Crawford, Texas. Photo credits on this page: Jeff Patterson and Loretta.  The Peace Ribbon in NYC. The Peace Ribbon on display in Charlotte, NC. September 30, 2006 Photo Credits: Carol Marley   Brisbane Family Festivial Dana Dillworth Impeachmet Rally, Charlotte, NC Peace Ribbon Panels in Detail: