Current Programs & Initiatives

Casa de Peacebuilder (CdPb): “Where Art & Peace Literacy Meet.” Hosted by PLF founders, Jerry Leggett and Patsy Ferrell, this 3.6 acre campus serves as a multi-purpose space for art and peacemaking including a live-work-art-music space for Jerry and Patsy. It is also the site of the Borderlands Peace Heroes Storytrail which broke ground in early 2021.

Women Are Human Art Project: WH project tells the missing stories of women Human Equality Pioneers featuring the art of Patsy Ferrell and her “Les femmes sont humaines” painting along with six companion collages. WH project was featured in a month-long exhibit at the Dayton Metro Library and will soon be available as a traveling exhibit.

Social and Racial Justice Art Initiative: Guest artist Ernie Lopez, creates art that attempts to tell the missing stories of peace and injustice. His art invites the observer into a new framework. It invites the observer into a perspective that is not his or her own but it invites them to make it their own. His art is an attempt to broaden one’s skill’s and knowledge for people to live more peaceably.

Free Zoom Training for Organizers of Peace Hero Signature Events: PLF offers free Zoom training and consultation by Jerry Leggett, creator of the Peace Heroes Walk and Trail. Sessions are 90-minutes limited to 10 participants.

Free Online Peace Literacy Resources and Live Facebook Events: PLF offers several online resources on its website, as well as regular Live Facebook Events featuring singer-songwriter, Jerry Leggett and other musicians. PLF presently has attracted more than 100,000 followers/likes/views on its six related sites/pages.

““If you want peace in your life, make space for it.””

— Jerry Leggett, a Founder, Peace Literacy Foundation