Sarajevo Peace Conference to create healing between families who had killed each other in the civil war, at Parkland, Florida, after the massacre at Margery Stoneman Douglas High School, in Northern California to help families who had suffered wild fires, and in Marin County, CA, after the election of 2016. The Singing Tree Project In 1999, a young girl asked, “What if the whole world made a painting together?” That question launched The Singing Tree project which to date has involved 21,000 people from 52 countries creating a forest of over 100 Singing Tree murals. The artist and founder of this project is Laurie Marshall, who has been empowering youth and adults through creative collaboration for 35 years. Laurie says, “Meredith Miller’s question and vision of the world creating together answered a deep longing I had all my life for a peaceful world.”
The Singing Tree process is a collective way for feelings to be expressed and stories to be shared - a necessary step in healing and making way for a positive future. The whole world is invited. If you are interested in bringing a Singing Tree to your community or to become a Singing Tree facilitator, contact: Laurie@UnityThroughCreativity.org, 415-612-0401.
Laurie founded the Unity Through Creativity Foundation as a way to bring people together and heal communities through a shared artistic creation, working under a vision to use the arts, inspired by the collaboration and creativity found in Nature in order to envision a positive future and spark innovative actions. After making The Singing Tree of Climate Solutions with 350 students at Ukiah High School (California), one of the students said, “If we can make this amazing painting together in 12 days, I have more confidence that we can deal with the challenge of climate change.” F
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