Welcome to the Keeling-Puri Peace Plaza web site.

Greg Mortenson of "Three Cups of Tea" will be the guest speaker at the International Day of Peace September 19, 2008!!! "Three Cups of Tea" has been selected to be the "One Book, One Rockford" by the Rockford Public Library for 2008			View a video interspersing photos of CAI schools and Rockford's International Day of Peace celebration Our community is organizing a fund drive through Pennies for Peace to build a school in Pakistan or Afghanistan.  Get "How To" instructions on participating in the Rock River Valley Pennies for Peace effort. Read articles from the Rockford Register Star about the Pennies for Peace initiative.  Follow the above link, then Search for "Pennies for Peace". Read more about Mr. Mortenson and his initiative, Pennies for Peace, and his appearances in Rockford as part of the International Day of Peace 2008 and at a fundraiser for the Rockford Public Library Association. Listen as Mr. Mortenson addresses freshman at Montana State University in the fall of 2007.
View the brochure for the Sister City Garden groundbreaking ceremony. View a slideshow of our 5th Annual Day of Peace Celebration (2007). Nobel Laureate Dr. Oscar Arias visits the Peace Plaza Montessori Students Inspired to Create a Peace Pole View a slide show of the dedication of the Mongolian Flag It's a large file and make take a minute to download
Day or Night ... The Peace Plaza is an inspiring sight.

Aspiring for true peace and tranquility and celebrating diversity and heritage, the Keeling-Puri Peace Plaza is located in Rockford, Illinois. It is easily accessible from I-90 (Riverside Exit) west one-half mile to Perryville Road and south one quarter mile.

The Peace Plaza is situated in a 2.5 acre park which also serves as a trailhead for Rockford’s 20 mile Perryville Path network of bicycle and recreational trails with an easy link to Rock Cut State Park located three miles north of the Peace Plaza. Ample parking is available at the Peace Plaza.

 

At Peace Plaza, one world  comes together.
	May Peace Prevail On Earth