Peace Protector

Come and join our peace force. Our recruitment team of Raging Grannies will 'enlist you' in the peace force and provide materials for a protector medal. Who and what do you want to protect? Will it be the whales ? the land? family? Piping plovers? Bird habitat? Pin your medal on the 'altered' uniform that is designed to emphasize nonviolence and the urgent need for climate heroes and take a photo!

So many folks are offering services to make our lives better by addressing the climate crises and protecting water, air, and earth. This project hopes to draw attention to peacemaking and peacekeeping roles in our everyday lives.

Pin your medal on the peace force jacket and take a photo. This alternative uniform jacket is designed to emphasize non-violence, non-killing, and human security from a feminist perspective. Khadi cloth (hand-spun and hand-woven) and white poppies will be part of alterations. Information regarding the Canada wide white peace poppy campaign that began on September 21, the International Day of Peace, and continues to December 10, International Human Rights Day will be available.

A military uniform is adorned with cues to rank and recognition through various insignia and decorations. Uniforms are used to identify the branch of the military and also for display purposes. This is a community project initiated by Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace exploring alternatives to militarization by transforming a uniform into a peace uniform. This peace uniform recognizes the dire need for community and peace beyond the political, state-initiated militarized conflict that involves tools of violence.