A Growing National Project
U.S. Human Rights Network Conference
We gave a Presentation, Powerpoint and Collaborative POSTS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE workshop for 4 days at the U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK Conference, Dec 7-11, Emory University Conference Center. Posts for Peace and Justice Leadership at the conference included: Kira...
What if Black Lives Matter? – music video with PPJ
Kira made a new short video with images from Posts for Peace and Justice Workshops in Georgia and California with an amazing song by John Stringer. Here is what John just wrote about this video! "Lovely work, Kira. It looks wonderful. I teared up watching it and...
Refugee & Immigrant kids – United Nations Posts – Chase Ave School, CA
Refugee & Immigrant Children -United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Posts The city of El Cajon has welcomed thousands of refugees in the last 5 years, the 10,000th Syrian refuge arrived last month. Most of the children we interviewed on video spoke of...
Know Your Rights Youth Summit – Los Angeles area youth
The “Compassion in Action: Know Your Rights” Youth Leadership Summit 2018 event will be held at the Pico Youth and Family (PYFC) in Santa Monica on Saturday Jan 13th, 9am-4pm and location TBD on Sunday, January 14th 1-5pm. Compassionate California is hosting this...
Compassionate CA – Supporting Black Lives, Migrant Youth, Compassionate Cops
Compassionate California's #CompassionInAction artists, working with others for peace and justice, grew out of our Compassion in Action Youth Summit in Los Angeles in October 2016. This summit, chaired by Fe Love and Carol Salazar Loweree with the help of other CC...
Veterans’ Struggles – Help with Benefits & Rights
“This post is representing all branches of the military. I want veterans to know your benefits: Where to go? What's available? There are many difficulties in knowing the military process and tremendous run around to get anything done. IT TAKES YEARS TO RECEIVE AND...
Whats new in San Diego? Water & Ocean Eco Arts Collaborations!
Exciting times for Eco Artists! (and those who see the connections with Human Rights) Kira Corser is Co-Director of the Posts for Peace and Justice Project AND founder of Sea Changes ACT (a collaborative project on climate change, plastic pollution and overfishing)...
Black Lives Matter
Made collaboratively at East Lake Commons Co-housing, October, 2017. Participants: Karin Ryan, Shaun Anderson, Kaya de Barbaro, Lisa Parsons, Diane Dougherty, Kira Corser, Austin Thomas, George Thomas, Christian Thomas. The Black Lives Matter post was created with...
V Day – One Billion Rising Atlanta
Atlanta City Hall and BeltLine events, Pat Mitchell acting as MC, in City Hall. See her speak here Kira Corser's silks made with Iraqi Refugee Children were hung, and Posts made by 70 people in workshops led by Kira and Lisa were on stage last year, and this year the...
Our Mission:
To support and build individual and community resilience, engagement, compassion, and cohesiveness, through creative, collaborative, inclusive experiences exploring and artfully representing relevant peace & social justice issues.
Using 6-8 foot vinyl posts made in workshops, “posted” in social media, and “hosted” in a variety of physical settings in an effort to raise awareness and stimulate thought and conversation leading to raising consciousness and taking civic action.
Showcase Of Recent Events
Many of our artists lost homes or jobs because of the worst fires in USA history. We are producing “HOPE and HEALING, Fire Posts.” These will be exhibited around burned communities as a way to strengthen resilience and at events to lift spirits and encourage hope and unity.
Kira Corser and Lisa Parsons were honored at the National Cheers
Foundation annual gala for creating 6 Empowerment Posts on Health Threats for Women: Overcoming Cancer, Autoimmune Diseases, Mental Health, Bone Health, Heart Disease, and one on the Vision of the Cheers Foundation’s work.
Dr. Jennifer Colby, the owner of Luna Gallery in San Juan Bautista, curated an exhibition of Kira Corser’s silk paintings from the last 10 years. The life-size paintings were created with 2 goals: working with communities to promote peace and kindness and with the Wellness for Children Project, on a kids workshop with puppets, books, video and art making to help teach coping skills for life challenges and disappointments. Dr. Qinqin Liu from Sacramento and scientist Deb Wilson-Vandenburg from Salinas, helped prepare for the workshops.
Sylvia, Kira and Heather in Pasadena planning the 2024 retreat with Aldonia R. Bailey and Maria Kostelas.
CAIA (Compassionate Arts in Action) Members and Cast Retreat in Monterey, California.
The Compassionate Arts in Action Climate Play cast by Sylvia Holmes at the Retreat.
CAIA visit to local art institutions: the Fallbrook Art Association and the Fallbrook Center for the Arts.
Using 6-8 foot vinyl posts made in workshops, “posted” in social media, and “hosted” in a variety of physical settings in an effort to raise awareness and stimulate thought and conversation leading to raising consciousness and taking action to resolve injustices.
Posts are generally made as a collaborative effort with everyone adding something to the completion of the post. We encourage diversity in participants to embrace multiple perspectives and greater universal understanding of the issues.
Every post has at least one professional artist who aids in development, design, application, final touches, and relaying principles of effective art techniques and principles.
Posts generally will include powerful, inspirational quotes: informational, eye-opening facts: visual stories: meaningful symbols; hand-prints of those involved in making or supporting the ideas on the post.
Lesson plans, workshop suggestions and templates, and educational videos will be available soon. If you would like to be involved please contact us!