Press release -
Brothers against violence
The Non-Violence Project Foundation (NVPF) announces two new Peace Ambassadors - New York Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist and HC Frölunda's Joel Lundqvist.
"We hope to bring more knowledge to young people and spread Non-Violence Projects important message about non-violence by becoming Ambassadors for Peace."
The Non-Violence Project Foundation's symbol and sculpture the knotted gun was created as a memorial by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd after his friend John Lennon was killed in New York 1980. It's today one of the world's most famous symbols for peace and non-violence. The sculpture Non-Violence was placed outside the United Nations head-quarters in New York 30 years ago and is placed at 30 other strategic places around the world.
The foundation is proud to have Ambassadors as Yoko Ono, Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo Starr, Dustin Johnson, Gianluigi Buffon, Muhammed Ali supporting the important message of peace and non-violence. Each Ambassador has designed and named their own version of the knotted gun sculpture. Yoko Ono's sculpture is named "Imagine" and decorated with clouds on a blue sky.
Today the foundation officially announces the two brothers and hockey players Henrik Lundqvist (New York Rangers) and Joel Lundqvist (HC Frölunda) as new ambassadors for The Non-Violence Project Foundation. Their sculptures are naturally inspired by ice hockey and named "830 13 for Peace" after their birth town Åre, sport resort in northern part of Sweden.
The Ambassador sculptures are available in hand-painted limited editions; 19 cm edition 499, 40 cm edition 99 and 100cm edition 8.
To order visit www.nonviolenceartproject.com.
Every purchase of a sculpture contributes to the foundations work to inspire, motivate and engage young people to learn how to solve conflicts peacefully through the educational programs Schools for Peace and Sports for Peace.
For all press and media related requests please contact:
Jan Hellman, Co-Founder, jan@nonviolence.com , +41 22 940 42 47
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The Non-Violence Project Foundation (NVPF) is a Swiss non-profit foundation founded in 1993 and based in Geneva. Its mission is to help build a better world by delivering education to young people around the world and to enable them to learn how to act and take responsibility in all situations of conflicts and violence. NVPF has educated more than 8 million young people, teachers, and sports coaches on 5 continents, with a goal of reaching 50 million by the year 2025. www.nonviolence.com
