Creativity for Peace (CFP). This non-profit organization trained young Palestinian and Israeli women to learn various teaching modalities to promote equality and peace. Each summer a new group of 15 to 17 year old girls would commit to a one year peace training program. They traveled to Santa Fe to attend a three week immersion and share their personal stories, create art and learn skills for promoting peace. They arrived believing the other side was their enemy. As they listened to each one's story they soon realized there is no other side. Each story had a consistent theme. All have had their lives shattered by air raids, bombs, and death. At the end of their three weeks in New Mexico they returned home and continued their peace studies. "I AM a Peacemaker" began as a project to increase awareness about the work for social change they did. The phrase was used frequently by the young women in presentations made to the public, yet no where in their communication materials did it exist. I introduced the idea of promoting the phrase as another vehicle for promoting the organization. The project began with photographing these courageous girls and grew into various print and web designed pieces. Some portraits and other content are included here. Scroll down the page or click on the first image, then the arrow to the right, to view all images enlarged.
