"Billboard from Bethlehem"

Posted by Judy (Brooksville, Florida, United States) on 7 April 2009 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

Mike & I are delighted to share two projects belonging to Mike's nephew, "I Wage Peace" & the new "Billboard from Bethlehem."
Both sites offer more information, including a short video..........

"On Memorial Day Week End of 2007, I Wage Peace founder and Connecticut native Bruce Barrett, with artist Russell Rainbolt, and Documentary film maker Tom Jackson, joined 100 Israeli and Palestinian children and former Israeli soldiers and former Palestinian armed resisters to hand paint a giant 48-foot long Peace mural in the West Bank of occupied Palestine. The sign was received at religious services in the West Bank and Israel, then shipped to the United States to a Connecticut mosque, a synagogue, and a church, and finally posted on Connecticut Interstate I-95 and RT 84."

This 60-minute documentary is being shown in houses of worship and from his own church's site in CT, "Bruce A. Barrett, a member of the Woodmont United Church of Christ in Milford and owner of Barrett Communications, conceived the project as a way of promoting active non-violence amidst the long struggle in the Holy Land. "For the children of Israel and Palestine," he says, peace is a matter of life and death in the here and now." Staff members at Barrett Communications sketched the giant banner in preparation for its painting in Bethlehem, and Barrett himself worked alongside the local residents as they painted."

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Comments (11)

Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand

What wonderful work you all do!!! This is fantastic, thank you for opening my eyes!

7 Apr 2009 7:26am

@Linerberry: We're very proud of Bruce!

Betty from New Jersey, United States

Excellent work he's doing, thank you for sharing.

7 Apr 2009 10:40am

@Betty: Thanks, Betty; he's an amazing young man!

Chris from South Jersey, United States

what a wonderful project - I will check out the links....

7 Apr 2009 11:07am

@Chris: Thanks, Chris ... we're so proud of all Bruce is doing, while tending his business and his family.

Marie-Hélène Ammor from Casablanca/Paris, Morocco

it's great that everywhere in the world people do something and this peaceful mural painting is a great project ! Thank you Judy !

7 Apr 2009 11:19am

@Marie-Hélène Ammor: Thank you, Marie ... we all need to work toward peace if at all possible!

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

What a wonderful, wonderful gift to give, obviously he's known and has appreciate the love surrounding him...bravo

7 Apr 2009 1:04pm

@Lorraine: He's a son, husband, father of 2, business owner, musician and now this; we're really proud of him!

Barbara from Florida, United States

This is huge. An incredible gift to mankind to make this world a better place. Imagine if more of us gave just a little of what Mike's nephew was able to give.
Remarkable story, I will check out the links.

7 Apr 2009 1:17pm

@Barbara: Thanks, Barb ... Bruce is a remarkable fellow, and you're right, if only more of us could do/give what Bruce has. We can start by sharing our smiles, right?

tyan from Singapore

This is a wonderful project,kudos to Mike's nephew,it really takes determined and singleminded people to carry out projects like that.And the title of the project sounds so hip,sure to attract young people!:)

7 Apr 2009 1:28pm

@tyan: Thank you, Tyan ... I was happy to share something of Bruce's accomplishments; we are so proud of him.

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Outstanding. Perfect for Holy Week. The Prince of Peace would say, "You get it!"

7 Apr 2009 2:39pm

@john4jack: Thank you, Jack. I changed things around in my 'queue' to put Bruce's project into Holy Week.
A little 'advertising' of this nature seemed more than appropriate. <}}}><