About Peace Ribbon

Even before George Bush's last presidential term, I looked for a symbol that might represent my anti-war pro-humanity beliefs — something I could display on my car to voice my support for our troops, while also advocating withdrawal from our military involvement in the Middle East. Nothing out there created a clear strong rebuttal. Around the time of the election, this design dawned on me. I deeply hoped that after that election, the need would no longer exist. Sadly, I was wrong. And even today, as long as the US is involved in Iraq and throughout the Middle East, the need persists.

I designed the Peace Ribbon shown here as my response to the Support Our Troops ribbons. Based on the peace symbol, and integrating the yellow ribbon — the Peace Ribbon takes back the yellow ribbon as a symbol for those who want to support our troops — through peace.

I and those helping me on this project dream that this symbol will be a meaningful contribution to grassroots efforts to end the Iraq war, and throughout the Middle East. I encourage those of you to whom it speaks to wear it on the roadways with pride.

Those involved in this project see this symbol as a meaningful contribution to grassroots efforts to end our ill-conceived military engagements in the Middle East

Yours in support, activism, and peace,
Maureen Scanlon, friends and family

Special thanks to Dave Gottsegen, M.D., Lisa Clark, Jim Gipe and Kim Hicks, Eric Wapner, Sarah Grolnic-McClurg, Barbara Harrington, Carey Ascenzo, and Mo

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