PEACE POLE GARDENS

The Peace Pole Gardens Project is a Divine Spark Community Program

A Community-Building, Collective Experience

The collaboration in planting a Peace Pole for your organization, community center, park, church, school, private home, etc. allows for people to come together to create, plant and celebrate the meaning it represents.

You can “plant” your Peace Pole in a variety of ways — from simple placement within an interior or exterior common area or flower bed, to building a labyrinth or sitting area for contemplation, meditation and conversations.

Peace Within Us. Peace Between Us.

The Peace Pole Vision: A world where we live as one human family practicing peace in our personal and community life.

The Peace Pole Mission: To support and build individual and community connection and compassion through the consistent, visual reminder to think, speak and act in the spirit of peace and harmony.” from www.worldpeace.org

These monuments to peace bring our neighborhoods and our world further into community and is a nourishing and all-inclusive message enjoyed by all ages, faiths, backgrounds and cultures.

Details about The Peace Pole

The Peace Poles come in various heights from 4 feet to 8 feet tall. They are made of 4” by 4” white vinyl with the words "May Peace Prevail On Earth" in 4 or 8 languages, and can include phrases such as “May Peace Prevail in Our Community,” as well as other phrases and accessories.

The official white vinyl peace poles are ordered from the non-profit ShopPeace; please note Divine Spark will not receive any remuneration from your purchase. Benefits of planting an official Peace Pole from www.ShopPeace.org are:

They encourage community
They're affordable, and
They have a relatively quick project duration

There is a lot of great history, photos, videos and stories of Peace Poles planted around the world, sample Dedication Ceremonies, and a searchable Virtual Global Peace Pole Map at www.WorldPeace.org.

May Peace Prevail On Earth International is an all-inclusive, all-embracing not-for-profit organization associated with the Department of Public Information at the United Nations. May Peace Prevail On Earth International and The Peace Pole Project promotes the message, May Peace Prevail On Earth ®, a Registered Trademark of May Peace Prevail On Earth International.

Susan Rueppel's Peace Pole Activity Story

I am Susan Rueppel, Ph.D., Peace Pole Activist, and Peace Pole Gardens Project Steward. The Peace Pole Gardens Project is a program under the umbrella of non-profit Divine Spark Community of which I am an active member. Our dear late Divine Spark Community member Joan Marie founded the Peace Pole Gardens Project in 2020. See the dedication to Joan Marie below.

In 2020 I received an intuitive message that although I’ve made positive impact in the world through work with my clients, training and speaking, it was time to step up to making an even wider impact in the world. And, of course, the universe delivered - in divine timing - the way for me to make that happen.

So I shifted my focus to volunteering to co-develop Chill Center, Inc. alongside Divine Spark founder Laura Hansen. Together we launched a set of 501(c)(3) educational organization programs, including Compassionate Sacramento, the Peace Pole Gardens Project, and more.

As Peace Pole Gardens Project founder Joan Marie’s illness progressed, Laura Hansen (founder of Chill Center Inc.) and I stepped forward to continue the Peace Pole Gardens Project. Joan had already selected 5 Artist Facilitators to be trained on facilitating the creation of painted Peace Poles, so Laura and I created and delivered a 2 ½ day Peace Pole Artist Facilitator training. One of our projects was the painting and dedicating of a Peace Pole for the lobby of the UC Davis Mind Institute in Sacramento, California.

As I became more involved in the Peace Pole Gardens Project, I decided to make it my current social mission passion project, so I am dedicated to the work of bringing peace, community collaboration, and well-being to our Sacramento, California region and beyond through guiding Peace Pole projects as a volunteer.

With the closure of Chill Center, Inc. in 2025, the Divine Spark Community stepped forward for the Peace Pole Gardens Project to be a program under the Divine Spark Community umbrella, and I volunteered to be the Steward of the program.

As a Peace Pole Activist and Peace Pole Gardens Project Steward, I volunteer my time to help others – individuals, organizations, community centers, parks, churches, community gardens, private home, etc. - come together to create, plant and celebrate Peace Poles as monuments to peace.

More recently, in June 2026, I planted and dedicated my own monument to Peace at our Main Drain Parkway Community Garden in West Sacramento, California, along with Founder of Peace Poles For Schools Army Major (Ret) Reneé Marie. We were honored by the participation of West Sacramento dignitaries - Mayor Martha Guerrero and District 3 City Councilmember Dr. Dawnté Early who shared their vision of Peace during our Dedication Ceremony.

You can read about the history of Peace Poles at www.PeacePoleActivist.org or www.WorldPeace.org.

Ready to explore planting your own Peace Pole?

Want to receive some volunteer guidance?

Let's connect!

susan@PeacePoleActivist.org

Virtual Global Peace Pole Map

In 2020 the Virtual Global Peace Pole Map was launched to post both physical and virtual peace poles and to search for peace poles around the world at www.worldpeace.org

Search for West Sacramento, or click here to see our Peace Pole story.

Project Partner: Peace Poles for Schools

Looking for a White Vinyl “May Peace Prevail on Earth” Peace Pole for Your School? Ret. Army Major Reneé Marie and Maria Maldonado serve schools interested in ordering and planting a Peace Pole on campus. Renee and Maria consult with the school administration on selecting the languages, the size of the pole and other details as well as providing dedication ceremony facilitation.

In 2001, Reneé Marie began her vision of Peace Poles for Schools, collaborating with educators, students, and communities to dedicate Peace Poles on school campuses (K through college) in Connecticut, Vermont, California, and even Kabul, Afghanistan. For more than two decades, she has championed the idea that peace education begins close to home—within ourselves, within our schools, and within our communities—and that these small acts of connection can ripple outward to touch the world.

We enthusiastically refer all inquiries from schools - and people and organizations who want to donate a Peace Pole to a school - to Peace Poles For Schools:

Army Major (Ret) Renee Marie

Email: PeacePolesForSchools@gmail.com

Phone: 916-969-8957

You can see many wonderful photos and stories of the over 50 Peace Poles she has helped plant and dedicate at schools on her Facebook page.

Remembering
Joan Marie